[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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