John Smith wrote: > On 2 April 2010 03:59, Ian Dees <ian.d...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Do we really want to import these kinds of administrative boundaries? If a >> "regular old mapper" can't go out with a GPS and verify that a border >> actually exists, does this sort of data belong in OSM? > > How many admin boundaries, except country boundaries, can be actually > verified with a GPS? > > Unless the boundary follows a geographical feature, such as a river, > these boundaries exist only on "paper"
Even country boundaries can be problematic, for example the land border between Ireland and the UK. I don't believe it is fully marked on the ground. Andy -- Andy PGP Key ID: 0xDC1B5864 _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
