2011/1/9 Georg Feddern <o...@bavarianmallet.de>: > 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
-1, the difference is that boundary describes the administrative area while place describes the built-up area. If the two are the same, there is no difference. > 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".) -1, "geschlossene Ortschaft" is not an administrative term, it is a term from traffic laws and is distinct from both (it is neither place nor admin boundary) > Whereas the boundary is the administrative border, often a quite bigger area > including surrounding rural parts. +1 cheers, Martin _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
