We should not confuse province and municipality levels.
Quebec city has admin_level=8. See node description
http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/1781476959
Quebec province has admin_level=4. See Administrative boundary
relationhttp://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/relation/61549
Pierre
>________________________________
> De : Andrew Lester <a-les...@shaw.ca>
>À : 'Bruno Remy' <bremy.qc...@gmail.com>; talk-ca@openstreetmap.org
>Envoyé le : Jeudi 14 juin 2012 14h13
>Objet : Re: [Talk-ca] admin_level of canadian cities
>
>
>As far as I can tell, the reason Quebec City is tagged as admin_level=4 is
>because it’s the capital of the province. As per your linked wiki page,
>provinces are admin_level=4. For any old non-capital city, they should be
>tagged admin_level=8. Keep in mind that admin_level=* is primarily intended
>for use on boundary ways and relations, not the place=* node. The usage of
>admin_level=*and capital=* on city nodes is part of a proposed feature
>covering capitals
>(http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/capital). Contrary to
>what that proposal outlines, the common usage according to Taginfo
>(http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/capital#values) seems to be that
>capitals are tagged as capital=[admin level number] (ie. Quebec City would be
>tagged capital=4).
>
>Andrew Lester
>Victoria, BC
>
>From:Bruno Remy [mailto:bremy.qc...@gmail.com]
>Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2012 10:44 AM
>To: talk-ca@openstreetmap.org
>Subject: [Talk-ca] admin_level of canadian cities
>
>hi,
>
>What do you suggest for "admin_level" of canadian cities, because i noticed
>difference between the official Canadian recommendation on Openstreetmap wiki
>(http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Admin_level#10_admin_level_values_for_specific_countries)
> witch is suggesting LEVEL 8 ... whereas you can check LEVEL 4 for big cities
>in Canada on Opensstreetmap (Quebec City as instance...)
>
>So ... do we adjust our admin_level according to the canadian section of
>openstreetmap's wiki?
>Or do you suggest to keep on tracks on LEVEL 8 usage... and why?
>
>--
>Bruno Remy
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