Schuyler, Seems like we need something that describes an indeterminate state or that statehood is in flux. Maybe something like: "is_in:multiple" as a placeholder maybe?
> > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 03:21:10 -0700 > From: Schuyler Erle <[email protected]> > To: hot <[email protected]> > Subject: [HOT] sensitivity to "country" in the Horn of Africa > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > 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? > > SDE > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > > End of HOT Digest, Vol 18, Issue 12 > *********************************** _______________________________________________ HOT mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
