Given the tools that use this data on a worldwide scale, yes I think it is a compelling use case.
- Ben Kelley. Ben Kelley On Dec 4, 2011 3:31 PM, "Steve Bennett" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 6:51 AM, Ben Kelley <[email protected]> wrote: > > I definitely want to keep them. I don't think admin boundaries are just a > > layer. > > > > They are needed to enclose ways to tell you the name of the place. I > think > > they are as important as street names. > > > > E.g. I search for George St. Which George St? Admin boundaries answer > that > > question. > > That use case isn't a compelling demonstration of the need to store > the information *in* the database though. Search tools should rightly > make use of information from different databases (the Australian > Gazetteer comes to mind). > > Steve >
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