When it comes to strange boundaries, I always like to refer to this situation: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/53137#map=15/51.4390/4.9341
Baarle-Hertog is a Belgian enclave (actually some 20 enclaves) in the Netherlands. The main town inside the county is functionally one town together with (Dutch) Baarle-Hertog. Before the Schengen treaty, this led to weird situations with lots of checkpoints and people paying property taxes in two countries. Some more info here: https://brilliantmaps.com/baarle-hertogbaarle-nassau/ -- Martijn van Exel [email protected] On Thu, Jul 12, 2018, at 08:41, Kerry Irons wrote: > There are some "famous" court cases where it needed to be determined > where someone lived. First the courts decided that the bedroom would > determine which jurisdiction applied, and then it came down to where the > bed was in the bedroom, and then finally where the person's head was > when they slept. Indeed, boundaries do go through buildings. > > > Kerry Irons > > -----Original Message----- > From: Greg Troxel <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2018 10:02 AM > To: Frederik Ramm <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] Openstreetmap <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Talk-us] admin_level=8 boundaries in Parker County, TX > > > Frederik Ramm <[email protected]> writes: > > > I've recently traced a little bit of stuff in Annetta, TX. The area I > > looked at had a lot of potential for someone interested in mapping > > from aerial imagery (houses, tracks, driveways, parking missing; some > > driveways tagged as highway=residential etc.) and I did what I could > > in the small area I worked on, but there was one thing I didn't dare > > touch and that's admin boundaries. The ones I encountered often cut > > straight through residential buildings and I thought that can't be > > right, but I know too little about boundaries in the US to fix any of > > it. I am specifically talking of > > Not commenting on that boundary (which others say needs help), but the logic > > admin-8 bounadry goes through houses > --> > boundary must be wrong > > is incorrect in the US. Around me, there are multiple houses where the > boundary line indeed goes through them (where I've seen the boundary > markers, seen the houses, and talked to the occupants who pay taxes to > two towns). > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
