On 10/20/2010 04:07 PM, Brad Neuhauser wrote:
Only in those states, of course. In Pennsylvania and New Jersey (and
apparently the Dakotas?) it should remain admin_level=8.
FYI, it's the same with Minnesota: cities and townships are legally
different forms of municipalities (one incorporated, one unincorporated).
No, that’s a contradiction in terms. “unincorporated” basically means
“outside of a municipality”. Hence people talking about New Jersey
being “fully incorporated” while Minnesota is not: Every place in NJ is
part of a municipality.
Minnesota also has unorganized areas, which are legally under the
jurisdiction of the county, but which may have clusters of population that
would warrant a place in OSM (call them what you will--village, hamlet
whatever)
Unsurprisingly, Wisconsin is similar. place=hamlet is the thing to use
for these, but it’s irrelevant to the admin_level as there is no
administrative boundary for unincorporated communities.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unincorporated_area discusses both of these
topics.
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