[OSM-talk] capitols

[Mike Collinson]

At 08:56 PM 12/06/2007, Robert T Wyatt wrote:
>Here's what I'm thinking for my city node:
>
><tag k="place" v="city">
><tag k="name" v="Austin">
><tag k="capital" v="yes">
><tag k="population" v="656,562">
>
>... and then for the (separate) building node:
>
><tag k="building" v="capitol">
><tag k="name" v="Texas State Capitol">
>
>Do you see obvious omissions in this mark-up (tags worth having here)? 


It was suggested a while ago (Oliver?) that the is_in tag could be used for things other than just the larger administrative entities in which a place lies.  I therefore used "capitial cities" experimentally. For example

name=Canberra
place=city
is_in=Australia, capital cities

In hindsight, it might have been better to be more specific and said "national capitals".  You might consider using 

name=Austin
is_in=USA,Texas,state capitals

Mike