On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 6:50 PM, Nathan Edgars II <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 6:39 PM, Alex Mauer <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 10/20/2010 05:37 PM, Nathan Edgars II wrote: >>> >>> Why can't something with admin_level=x cross a border with admin_level >>> less than x? There are a lot of cities that are in more than one >>> county. >> >> Agreed, though I think New York City is a special case since it actually >> encompasses several counties rather than simply being a part of several >> counties. > > I wouldn't exactly call it a special case - many cities are > coextensive with counties, and (I believe) New York City and New York > County were the same until 1874.
New York City is coextensive with 5 counties, and is subordinate to none of them. I don't know if it's unique in that sense. But I don't think it matters whether or not it is. _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
