Re: [OSM-talk] Feature Proposal - RFC - Mapping disputed boundaries

2018-11-27 Thread Johnparis
Thank you, Victor. In fact, that is what I have done in the case of Spain, which did not have properly closed land borders, in the example from the proposal. On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 12:57 PM Victor Shcherb wrote: > Hi All, > It might sound a bit critical but I believe the ways *without a role *

Re: [OSM-talk] Feature Proposal - RFC - Mapping disputed boundaries

2018-11-27 Thread Victor Shcherb
Hi All, It might sound a bit critical but I believe the ways *without a role * in admin_level=2 creates more confusion than bring value. First of all, the biggest value of admin_level=2: - to identify country as it is in UN - to have name translated in different languages - to have extra tags

Re: [OSM-talk] Feature Proposal - RFC - Mapping disputed boundaries

2018-11-27 Thread Roland Olbricht
Hi all, a much simpler approach is to look into the respective constitution. The Ukrainian constitution defines the state's territory in article 133. Other countries, like Germany do so as well, and Ireland does or has done so. France does not define its terriotry in the constitution, and

Re: [OSM-talk] Feature Proposal - RFC - Mapping disputed boundaries

2018-11-26 Thread Johnparis
Here's a link to this thread on the Tagging list : https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/2018-November/041109.html And a link to the main Tagging thread that most recently raises this subject: https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/2018-November/040858.html And finally a

[OSM-talk] Feature Proposal - RFC - Mapping disputed boundaries

2018-11-26 Thread Johnparis
A general proposal to address mapping disputed borders at the national level. I've read the discussions on the Tagging and Talk lists, and have given the matter considerable thought (and experimented with different approaches) before formulating the proposal. I hope it offers a mechanism to show