Re: [OSM-talk] new zealand, australia

2011-07-07 Thread Stephen Hope
It is confusing, but I don't think that I'd call it correct, either. New Guinea can be considered part of the Australian continent, but New Zealand is not. It's Islands, and not on the continental shelf. It and NG are sometimes listed as part of Australasia (not Australia), and a bigger area

Re: [OSM-talk] new zealand, australia

2011-07-07 Thread Robin Paulson
On 7 July 2011 17:56, Toby Murray toby.mur...@gmail.com wrote: Looking at the details it seems like the Australia being referred to is the continent, not the country. The New Zealand node has a is_in:continent=Australia tag and there is a place=continent node a-ha, thanks that nominatim is

[OSM-talk] new zealand, australia

2011-07-06 Thread Robin Paulson
i did a search for new zealand, and was heartened to find we are now part of australia. at last, we have come to our senses and joined as a nation! slightly more seriously, could someone help with the labelling of the node for nz? apart from somehow being part of australia, if i click on the

Re: [OSM-talk] new zealand, australia

2011-07-06 Thread Toby Murray
Looking at the details it seems like the Australia being referred to is the continent, not the country. The New Zealand node has a is_in:continent=Australia tag and there is a place=continent node that nominatim is associating it with. So I guess this is correct but perhaps a little confusing in