2016-01-27 21:38 GMT+01:00 Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com>: > government:level=federal,state,local ? > OR > > This could also be operator tag = federal_government, etc ... that would > be more consistent? > > OR > use admin_level tag from the boundaries tag > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:boundary%3Dadministrative#admin_level >
yes, as we already have them, the admin_levels seem great to add this information this way (it will provide the detail relative to the rest of the map data, i.e. administrative entities). Only problem: if an institution serves several levels we will either loose information (e.g. by using only the highest level) or deal with multiple values (but that's no different from "government:level=state;local". We might even consider using relations for this, so the area that is served can become member of the object and the role could tell what the connection is. I agree with Frederik about the separation of powers and the usage of the term government (it seems in some countries this distinction is less prominent and "government" serves as a collector for all kind of official public powers). For reference, a similar discussion was held here: https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/2015-March/022449.html an particular from here on: https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/2015-March/022509.html Cheers, Martin
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