On 2015-11-27 13:13, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote :
>
> 2015-11-27 12:02 GMT+01:00 Colin Smale <colin.sm...@xs4all.nl
> <mailto:colin.sm...@xs4all.nl>>:
>
>     One concrete use case is "return the boundary relations for the
>     constituent parts of a given boundary relation", for example "all
>     the district councils in Kent" 
>
>
> you can do this with overpass API (if all boundaries are mapped). Of
> course you should not rely on rectangular bounding boxes but use the
> Kent-area/border for this.
>
???
For the overpass API to work, you need to connect your GPS to the Internet.
For a GPS to do that with subareas, just a few, lightning fast program
instructions are needed.
Bboxes?  Borders? In what way are they necessary to answer Colin's question:
UK=England+Wales+Scotland
<https://www.google.be/search?&q=UK+England+Wales+Scotland> (+Ireland).
???

Cheers

André.




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