On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 6:53 PM, Anthony <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
I also don't care all that much about mapping New York. If you disagree with me, I'm not going to argue about it. I am willing to provide my reasoning if you'd like. _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
