Re: [Talk-us] understanding administrative boundary relations

2015-09-05 Thread Ray Kiddy
On Fri, 4 Sep 2015 21:40:57 -0400 Richard Welty wrote: > On 9/4/15 5:09 PM, Ray Kiddy wrote: > > So, there is nothing that a relation brings to the table that a way > > does not? I mean, it is clear that for the purposes of drawing, they > > are the same. But then are

Re: [Talk-us] understanding administrative boundary relations

2015-09-04 Thread Ray Kiddy
On Fri, 4 Sep 2015 07:06:33 +0200 Marc Gemis wrote: > On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 3:56 AM, Ray Kiddy wrote: > > > It has occurred to me that there will probably need to be a > > "boundary watcher" tool, which can let an interested group know > > about it

Re: [Talk-us] understanding administrative boundary relations

2015-09-04 Thread Toby Murray
On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 1:37 PM, Ray Kiddy wrote: > > Strangely, I am finding that some of the cities in California _are_ in > the system, but as ways and not as relations. This seems odd, but we > will see. Well the primary reason to use relations in boundaries is to reduce

Re: [Talk-us] understanding administrative boundary relations

2015-09-04 Thread Ray Kiddy
On Fri, 4 Sep 2015 14:11:26 -0500 Toby Murray wrote: > On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 1:37 PM, Ray Kiddy wrote: > > > > Strangely, I am finding that some of the cities in California _are_ > > in the system, but as ways and not as relations. This seems odd, > >

Re: [Talk-us] understanding administrative boundary relations

2015-09-04 Thread Richard Welty
On 9/4/15 5:09 PM, Ray Kiddy wrote: > So, there is nothing that a relation brings to the table that a way > does not? I mean, it is clear that for the purposes of drawing, they > are the same. But then are they really just the same? i don't know about the current style, but in the past there has

[Talk-us] understanding administrative boundary relations

2015-09-03 Thread Ray Kiddy
Hello - I am on a quest to learn more about how administrative boundaries can be managed as relations. I have a bit of experience with these things, but I am discovering the limitations of my knowledge also. Which was the point, actually. I would like to be able to suggest that governmental

Re: [Talk-us] understanding administrative boundary relations

2015-09-03 Thread Toby Murray
The area you linked to has no boundary data in OSM. You don't state this in your email but by pulling up the TIGER shapefile, it looks like you are wanting school district boundaries? I see one runs through the area you linked to, in the shapefile. School districts were not imported into OSM. The

Re: [Talk-us] understanding administrative boundary relations

2015-09-03 Thread Marc Gemis
On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 3:56 AM, Ray Kiddy wrote: > It has occurred to me that there will probably need to be a "boundary > watcher" tool, which can let an interested group know about it when a > boundary gets broken in some way. And I have started playing with the > python

Re: [Talk-us] understanding administrative boundary relations

2015-09-03 Thread Ray Kiddy
On Thu, 3 Sep 2015 18:51:50 -0500 Toby Murray wrote: > The area you linked to has no boundary data in OSM. You don't state > this in your email but by pulling up the TIGER shapefile, it looks > like you are wanting school district boundaries? I see one runs > through the