On 1 Jun 2008, at 22:52, Cartinus wrote: > On Sunday 01 June 2008 17:43:11 Karl Newman wrote: >>> The examples that keep being quoted are of 'towns' that straddle >>> state >>> boundaries in the US > > I don't know any examples of "towns" straddling state boundaries, > but "towns" > straddling county boundaries are common enough to break the model. > > Here is one example of a city that is "part of" three counties: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora%2C_Colorado > > The authority of the municipalities is granted by the states, not by > the > counties.
Here's another. Worcester Park sits on the boundary of 3 English counties http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=51.38053&lon=-0.24354&zoom=15&layers=B00FF Shaun _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
