In California there are “End Freeway” signs, usually between the last interchange and about 1/2 mike before the first at-grade intersection On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 11:54 AM Paul Johnson <ba...@ursamundi.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 7:46 PM Alan McConchie <alan.mcconc...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I want to take your feedback with the weight and respect it deserves. I >> see you voted against "boundary=aboriginal_lands" on the wiki because you >> prefer "boundary=administrative". Can you clarify more about your proposed >> alternative? >> > > >> In this thread I see you're a fan of admin_level=*, but what admin_level >> do you propose? The problem I see with that tag is that it follows a strict >> hierarchy, which reservations don't always follow. It's the hierarchical >> nature of boundary=administrative that I get hung up on, which is why I >> like that boundary=aboriginal_lands can exist parallel to that hierarchy. >> >> For example, if we used boundary=administrative + admin_level=3 (as Kevin >> Kenny suggested in this thread) that seems clearly wrong for the few >> reservations that cross national boundaries, like Akwesasne. >> > > I don't know if a consistent administrative level is possible given the > context of each particular tribe and it's respective relationship with the > US and Canada. This may need to be determined on a case-by-case > situation. I do think that admin_level=3 is a pretty reasonable in the US > because within tribal lands, if at least one party is a tribal citizen of > the nation they're in, I'm not aware of one that doesn't automatically > moves jurisdiction to tribal or federal courts *exclusively,* with state > and county courts not having jurisdiction. In some cases, this might apply > to any criminal or civil case within the jurisdiction regardless of who is > involved. > > >> I can understand how others might see boundary=aboriginal_lands as a tag >> that carries less respect. But I don't see it that way. >> > > Part of it is the strong tendency of folks making renders to fill-shade > the tribal territory like it's a park, wildlife preserve or zoo. Carto > used to have a green "IR" hatch that was almost indistinguishable from the > same colored "NR" hatch for indian reservations (which was easily half of > my annoyance on the subject in 2013). Treating tribal boundaries as other > political boundaries humanizes the situation. > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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