On Jan 9, 2008 3:34 PM, Thomas Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jan 9, 2008 10:58 PM, Karl Newman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You could query it for admin_level=4 to get the state or > > province name, to take an example from the "boundary" key page on the > Wiki. > > (Does anyone know why there are only even numbers for the admin_level > > values???) > > I believe its so it would fit all possible international region schemes. > It also fixes the issue for different levels of regions being called > the same thing, eg counties in the UK and US. >
I understand why numbers are used instead of names. My question is why are there no odd numbers listed? It just looked strange. Karl
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