On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 2:48 AM, James Ewen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Looking at the US data, they have national, state, and county > boundaries displayed. I attempted to copy the tags that seemed to be > used to render these features on the map, but I don't get anything in > my area. > > I tried defining the boundary of the province of Alberta, and also the > boundary of Strathcona County. None of this has been rendered as seen > in the US data... How do I determine which tags are required to get a > feature rendered? there is a good consensus on the fact that using a relation is a good thing for borders: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Relations/Proposed/Boundaries or take a look at what I used when importing italian borders few weeks ago: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Italian_Borders you need for the way: <tag k="boundary" v="administrative" /> <tag k="admin_level" v="a_number_2,4,6 or 8" /> for the relation: <tag k="type" v="boundary" /> <tag k="boundary" v="administrative" /> -S _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies
