[OSM-talk] place=country/nation/state

[Lester Caine]

Robin Paulson wrote:
> i was looking for a tag to name new zealand, and it appears there are
> no tags for places at this high level, at least in potlatch, or here:
> 
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Key:place
> 
> is there any consensus on this?
> 
> has anyone made any attempt to distinguish between nation, state,
> country, etc. in the context of osm?
> 
> wp has some info, but that left me somewhat bewildered
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country
> 
> would this be a better place to start?
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states
> 
> i think the 'place' key will need some expanding, or am i missing
> something obvious?

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Key:is_in
But this is just as uncontrolled as place :(

We *NEED* a proper hierarchy for the boundary structures! A simple UNIQUE way 
to identify where the **** we are in the world ;)

So North Island and South Island - is_in New Zealand and Auckland and 
Wellington is_in North Island
( And perhaps New Zealand is_in South Pacific ? )

I've been glancing at a few of the recent links on the list and then having no 
idea where I am looking :(

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