Personally, I think the is_in: tags are entirely unnecessary, duplicate
information. It takes a bit of analysis to get there, or an extract ... but
what is gained by these is_in tags?
In this case, with the ambiguity, best to leave it off entirely, IMO.
== Mikel Maron ==
+14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron
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>From: Schuyler Erle <[email protected]>
>To: hot <[email protected]>
>Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2011 5:21 AM
>Subject: [HOT] sensitivity to "country" in the Horn of Africa
>
>Question for the list:
>
>In reviewing prior imports of GNS into OSM, I note that it is customary to use
>the "is_in:country" and "is_in:country_code" tags to denote within which
>country a given point lies.
>
>However, the situation in the Horn of Africa is not so simple. As you are all
>undoubtedly aware, the area internationally recognized as the Republic of
>Somalia also contains two other de facto autonomous regions: Puntland, and
>Somaliland, the latter of which has declared independence from Somalia.
>
>The data import that I am working on covers the entirety of the areas claimed
>by Somalia, Puntland, and Somaliland. Should I just leave out the is_in:*
>tags? Or should I leave them in, but use the names/codes recognized by other
>national governments? I don't want to get into trying to denote anything more
>complex than that. Thoughts?
>
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