[Talk-us] The Republic of Molossia (and other micro-nations)

[Bradley White]

Something a little bit different:

The Republic of Molossia is a self-declared "micro-nation" located
near Dayton, NV, landlocked by the United States. The nation claims
full sovereignty from the United States; however, it is recognized by
neither the United States, nor any other country on Earth, as an
independent nation. You have probably heard about it before, since it
is one of the best-known examples of such a micro-nation in the US.

Within the past few months, this "nation" has popped into OSM,
complete with sloppily implemented "admin_level=2" and
"boundary=national" tags, view-able here:
http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/39.32281/-119.53908. My
discussion point is whether this is a valid use of these tags. A
handful of quick searches about this topic didn't turn up anything for
me, so I'm assuming no precedent has been set yet. It is worth noting
that this is not the only micro-nation in the US.

I'm not inclined to think these tags are valid. Otherwise, there's
nothing stopping me from calling my backyard its own nation, slapping
together a wikipedia article, and entering it into OSM as a
full-fledged nation. However, since they are still geographically
based entities of interest to the public, I think they are worth
mapping

There is a proposal for disputed boundaries, but I don't think that's
valid either since there isn't really a dispute. The nation has gone
unacknowledged by the United States, and nothing has gone through the
legal process between the two nations (that I'm aware of) that could
constitute a "dispute". No other boundary tag is really applicable,
maybe a new "boundary=micronation" would work? De facto, US law still
applies in these "micronations", along with the law of whatever
jurisdictions the micronation belongs to, so I don't think an
admin_level tag is applicable.

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[Talk-us] Whole-US Garmin Map update - 2017-09-02

[Dave Hansen]

These are based off of Lambertus's work here:

http://garmin.openstreetmap.nl

If you have questions or comments about these maps, please feel
free to ask.  However, please do not send me private mail.  The
odds are, someone else will have the same questions, and by
asking on the talk-us@ list, others can benefit.

Downloads:

http://daveh.dev.openstreetmap.org/garmin/Lambertus/2017-09-02

Map to visualize what each file contains:


http://daveh.dev.openstreetmap.org/garmin/Lambertus/2017-09-02/kml/kml.html


FAQ



Why did you do this?

I wrote scripts to joined them myself to lessen the impact
of doing a large join on Lambertus's server.  I've also
cut them in large longitude swaths that should fit conveniently
on removable media.  

http://daveh.dev.openstreetmap.org/garmin/Lambertus/2017-09-02

Can or should I seed the torrents?

Yes!!  If you use the .torrent files, please seed.  That web
server is in the UK, and it helps to have some peers on this
side of the Atlantic.

Why is my map missing small rectangular areas?

There have been some missing tiles from Lambertus's map (the
red rectangles),  I don't see any at the moment, so you may
want to update if you had issues with the last set.

Why can I not copy the large files to my new SD card?

If you buy a new card (especially SDHC), some are FAT16 from
the factory.  I had to reformat it to let me create a >2GB
file.

Does your map cover Mexico/Canada?

Yes!!  I have, for the purposes of this map, annexed Ontario
in to the USA.  Some areas of North America that are close
to the US also just happen to get pulled in to these maps.
This might not happen forever, and if you would like your
non-US area to get included, let me know. 

-- Dave


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