[OSM-talk] capitols

Adam Schreiber sadam at clemson.edu
Tue Jun 12 22:02:39 BST 2007


On 6/12/07, Mike Collinson <mike at ayeltd.biz> wrote:
> 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

If an attempt was made to use is_in hierarchically, adding abstract
groups to is_in would break it.

Adam




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