Wait a minute. As far as I understood, the key capital=* isn't supposed to simply substitute admin_level. capital=2 means this city (which the node represents) is the capital city of this country (which has admin_level=2). capital=4 means this city (which the node represents) is the capital city of this state (which usually has admin_level=4) capital=2;4 would mean this city is the capital city of the country AND state.
Is my current understanding of this key wrong? 2014-05-15 13:32 GMT-03:00 Andreas Goss <andi...@t-online.de>: > Am 5/15/14 16:30 , schrieb fly: > > Regarding the original discussion I am in favour of using >> capital=[2-10]* if an additional tag is needed. The semicolon (;) is >> defined as value separator so we could have capital=4;6;8 or similar. >> > > This just sounds like a disaster waiting to happen. I also don't see why > it would be needed. > > You are doubling the risk of errors when it comes to admin_levels. Now you > don't just have to ensure all relations are correct, but also all nodes. > > You also have no reference to those numbers. When you add one admin_level > to a relation that relation has a name (Bavaria is a state). When placing > admin_centre you know the name of the relation and of the city so you can > make a connection (Munich is the capital of Bavaria). And while that maybe > is obvious at level 2 and 4, it becomes more compicated when you get into > smaller administrative areas. This also makes it more complicated to find > errors in the first place. > > I also bet that people are going to assume that some numbers are missing > and are simply going to add them, especially as it varies from country to > country, from state to state etc. Others might simply add a number with > good intend, because they had the wrong admin_levels in mind. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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