[OSM-talk] is_in and similar tags

[John Smith]

--- On Tue, 28/7/09, Shaun McDonald <shaun at shaunmcdonald.me.uk> wrote:

> Only use the is_in tag on the place nodes rather than every
> node.

Why?

The reasoning I've been given so far is for routing, but to find such information routing software would have to look at all nodes near by until it found the node tagged with the place information.

The information I've reviewed so far shows at least one airport tagged as a place, and a whole bunch of other information wrong or contradictory or you name it someone has probably done it.