On 12/31/12 5:12 PM, Minh Nguyen wrote:
I'd argue that not all governmental boundaries need to be tagged as
boundary=administrative. In Ohio, we've started to retag CDP
boundaries with boundary=census and place=locality but without
admin_level. [1][2] They still show up in Nominatim as localities.
this is approximately what i was thinking should be done with CDPs.
In states that give civil townships some authority, they are much more
important to the identity of an unincorporated area than CDPs. The
TIGER boundary import excluded Ohio townships, so Vid the Kid and I
have been painstakinglly filling them in.
i have started filling in Towns in upstate NY as well. i don't mind
identifying the Hamlets in some manner, but all they consist of
typically is a boundary drawn by the Census, and some green-and-white
signs posted by the NYS DOT in traditional locations by the road side.
there's no government there, whereas the towns maintain roads, provide
the framework for the volunteer fire districts, have a zoning & master
plan functions, inspect buildings & construction, and so forth.
richard
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