On Tue, 2012-06-12 at 07:52 -0400, Phil! Gold wrote: > * Peter Dobratz <[email protected]> [2012-06-12 00:45 -0400]: > > There seem to be a lot of holes in the multipolygon relation, and it > > seems strange to me that there are so many places within the city that > > are not part of the city. Is anyone more familiar with this area that > > give an explanation for this? > > It's not uncommon for cities to have unusual shapes, including holes like > that, as they can have annexed land around but not within a given area. > > In the specific case of Columbus, the holes look legitimate. I looked up > Columbus on Wikipedia and found this map of the city: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Columbus_Overview_Map-150dpi.png > > The white part is the city proper and the colored parts are independent > suburbs, which seems to match (to a first approximation) the OSM data. > Sounds likw what we, in Europe, call enclaves. There used to be county enclaves in the UK, but I think they have all been cleaned up now.
If you want complecated, international, borders try http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=51.4371943473816&lon=4.94758129119873&zoom=14 Phil _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
