--- On Tue, 28/7/09, andrzej zaborowski <[email protected]> wrote:
> What if boundary is not defined but the hierarchy is
> defined, such as
> with post codes? Should people invent boundary
> polygons based on just
> what nodes/ways belong to the area? I hope not.
Why spend just as much time tagging every node, way and relation in an area
with this information, how would that be useful when a rough polygon can
essentially tag all those nodes?
> This is the case with administrative hierarchy of
> regions/counties/municipalities in a lot of countries, in
> other
> countries there is no and possibly will never be any way to
> obtain the
> official boundary polygon information.
We don't have official information available for most roads in most countries
how does that stop unofficial information being added?
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