[OSM-talk] Populated places: how to use is_in tag?

graham graham at theseamans.net
Mon Oct 8 14:25:52 BST 2007


Abigail Brady wrote:

> Two separate sets of tags seems a good idea.  For administrative 
> boundaries, you can define an exact border.
> With locality names, its usually quite fuzzy (where does one suburb 
> start and the next stop?) and will depend upon opinion (and whether you 
> are an estate agent!)
> 
> I would suggest place=suburb,town,city should remain for informal 
> places, 


What about the 'is_in' relation? Would you apply that to one or both 
sets of tags?

>and maybe some system devised for indicating approximate extent...
> 

Why not just key the boundary to the administrative node? Sounds like 
one of the new relations...

Graham




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