Shaun McDonald wrote: > > On 28 Jul 2009, at 13:43, John Smith wrote: > >> >> Is there a real need for is_in tags or have admin boundaries replaced >> the need? >> > > Admin boundaries are the new way of doing this. The is_in tag was the > early way of trying to show a hierarchy of admin areas.
It is still *very* helpful to have is_in present though. It is much easier to present this information in a search than to do polygon tests which requires a whole new algorithm (desirable though that is), and of course, boundaries are nowhere near complete, and you often know in which region a place is without knowing the exact boundary. David _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
