[OSM-talk] [Talk-us] IR boundary tagging

[Paul Norman]

On 2014-07-18 10:53 PM, Paul Johnson wrote:
> I should add that I do not intend on changing state boundaries, just 
> mapping indian nations where I know the boundaries to lie on the 
> ground, as higher than state, lower than the country, inside the US 
> only, if that wasn't clear on the admin level argument.  It would 
> still be possible to render a map without such excluded territory at a 
> state level, since, in practice, there's a LOT of overlap in 
> responsibilities and jurisdiction.
>
What you're proposing badly breaks admin hierarchies - hence the need to 
carve the bits out of the states if you wanted to go that route.