[OSM-talk] OSMF makes a political decision where should be a technical solution?

[Tomas Straupis]

> I fear that this is only "kicking the can down the road" though because
> we'd likely have - just as we have with names - one "default" set of
> boundaries where we say "that's the one you get if you don't ask for any
> particular one", and the fight would then be on which one that is going

  "default" is not required (map/app creator should have a freedom to
make decision).

  The only change required is to allow OVERLAPPING borders which
apparently is a normal thing for borders even when there is no war,
nobody on the ground to make "ground truth". For example:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Island