[Talk-ca] Why does a search for Edmonton show the city out in the country?

If I search for Edmonton on http://openstreetmap.org than select City Edmonton, Alberta, Canada I am taken to this feature which is way out in the country. http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/28295454 Shouldn't this take me to a marker in the centre of the city? Or at least somewhere within

Re: [Talk-ca] Why does a search for Edmonton show the city out in the country?

If you click on View Details you will get to this way: http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/28295454 I believe the problem is that the way is tagged as area=yes, despite not being closed. And I guess in general it would make more sense to have the city boundaries in a relation, not a way. I'm

Re: [Talk-ca] Why does a search for Edmonton show the city out in the country?

If you look at the history, you'll see that way back in the dark ages (Nov 2008), I tried creating a way that defined the city limits of Edmonton. Actually I was creating a way that defined the boundary of Strathcona County, and part of that way was coincident with the City of Edmonton boundary.