Steve Bennett schrieb:
Although...that just raises a different question: what's the
difference between a town mapped out as an area (place=town) and a
town mapped with a boundary=administrative, admin_level=8 (plus
relation).
I guess there is no difference, just two different ways of expressing
the same thing. Along with the subtle distinction between a town
*area* and a boundary *way*.
at least in Germany place=town (area) is often used for the complete
"settled area" with buildings.
(In German there is an administrative term "geschlossene Ortschaft".)
Whereas the boundary is the administrative border, often a quite bigger
area including surrounding rural parts.
Regrads
Georg
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