On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Harshad RJ <[email protected]> wrote:
> Special attention PlaneMad! > > Just noticed this page on the OSM wiki: > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:boundary%3Dadministrative > > The administrative levels are proposed as follows for India > [1] N/A > [2] National border > [3] Division (?) > [4] State > [5] District > [6] Sub-district (Taluk, Tehsil, etc) > > > Two questions: > > 1. What is [3] Division for? I don't remember anything in my history > books about Divisions! > 2. The data I have uploaded yesterday marks every district with > admin_level=4. Is it okay to change the wiki in accordance with this, if > division can be removed from the list? > > i had put that up quite a long time back and now i dont recall what my logic was. but i guess we need to reconsider this as per your observation. we need something in between a state and a district, see this map by the IMD<http://www.imd.gov.in/section/hydro/dynamic/rfmaps/seasonal/mon2009.jpg> where they have divided a state into different division. Also the wiki page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subdivisions_of_India has a chart which indicates a 'division' as a collection of districts. Kenneth, can you clarify as to what you think of the existing boundary tagging scheme and if the division and state admin level needs to be interchanged? -- http://j.mp/ArunGanesh
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