> > The problem with admin boundaries, here in the Uk anyway is that they > have very little to do with the towns or places they actually are > around. > > Admin_level tends to suggest a simple hierarchy that does not exists. > and tends from what I've seen here to be related to govenment admin > stration areas, Parish, Borough, County etc etc. > In parts of England, the parish boundary will give the best indication of what village a street belongs to.
There are complications of course; some parishes will contain more than one village; some larger places will be completely unparished - but in general you may be able to use some of these as a first approximation. Luckily, most parish boundaries should be visible on NPE or other out-of-copyright maps _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
