Steve Bennett <stevag...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sorry, I don't follow. There should be a place=town node that is part of > the boundary=town way? How could the centre of the town be on its boundary? > > But anyway, I'm specifically asking about boundary=town ways, and > place=town ways. Should a town have both a place=town way and a > boundary=town way? If so, what's the distinction?
Here in France we tag our town with 2 things : a node (place=town or village, depending on population size) a relation (type=boundary + boundary=administrative + admin_level=8) The relation has members : outer/inner composed with ways that define the boundary (a closed way defining an area) and a node (role=admin_centre) defining the node (place) that is the center of the town (usely the main place in the town, an indicator for rendering the name for example. Here's in example (City of Cognac in France) : <http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/relation/111381> We do not use anymore the key boundary for ways, relation are far more powerful (but a bit more confused to used at the beginning). OSM wiki references : http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Relation:boundary http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:boundary%3Dadministrative http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:admin_level#admin_level OSM Inspector can help you to check boundary relation (anr more more things) : <http://tools.geofabrik.de/osmi> beta.letuffe can also display boundary relation (admin 4, 6, 7 and 8) : <http://beta.letuffe.org/?zoom=11&lat=45.67924&lon=-0.23922&layers=B0000 FFFFFFFFTFFFF> -- Pierre-Alain Dorange OSM experiences : <http://www.leretourdelautruche.com/map/> _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
