On 11/01/2008, Lukasz Stelmach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Robin Paulson wrote: > > On 11/01/2008, Lukasz Stelmach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Do you mean that a commune (the lowest level of self government) can > >> be part of more than one unit of each of higher levels? Like this? > > > > yes. some examples: > > > > Franklin district in new zealand lies partly in auckland region, > > partly in waikato region > > Are those regions admistrative units? I've never been to New Zeland, > it's the other end of the world for me ;)
yes. i'm not well up on it, maybe franklin is entirely governed by the ARC (auckland regional council) for simplicity's sake? OTOH, government is rarely logical > > i think turkey lies partly in europe, partly in asia? > > Bad example ;-) We there are no comtinental governments, yet. > Spealing about administrative boundaries. ok, but we still need to distinguish between the two. i think i've lost sight of where this discussion was going..... > > the kansas city metro area lies in missouri and kansas (US) > > Ok, how about its administration. To which governor must a mayor of > kansas city suck up? I'm pretty sure that not to both. Maybe the > "metro area" has som independence? Then I would draw it like this. yes, that may be true, but still boundaries at a high level do not have to coincide with boundaries at a low level. i think that was where this all started _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
