On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 11:11 PM, Pierre-Alain Dorange <[email protected]> wrote: > a node (place=town or village, depending on population size) > > a relation (type=boundary + boundary=administrative + admin_level=8) > The relation has members : > outer/inner composed with ways that define the boundary (a closed way > defining an area) > and a node (role=admin_centre) defining the node (place) that is the > center of the town (usely the main place in the town, an indicator for > rendering the name for example.
Hmm, interesting. Why don't you use the place=town node to mark the centre of town? (Presumably you mean "place" in the French sense of "town square"). Also, this makes me think that boundary=town was a shorthand for boundary=administrative,admin_level=8. Sort of makes sense. Although...that just raises a different question: what's the difference between a town mapped out as an area (place=town) and a town mapped with a boundary=administrative, admin_level=8 (plus relation). I guess there is no difference, just two different ways of expressing the same thing. Along with the subtle distinction between a town *area* and a boundary *way*. Steve _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
