I would call this map vandalism and delete. -jack -- Typos courtesy of fancy auto spell technology
On September 3, 2017 6:51:27 PM EDT, Bradley White <[email protected]> wrote: >Something a little bit different: > >The Republic of Molossia is a self-declared "micro-nation" located >near Dayton, NV, landlocked by the United States. The nation claims >full sovereignty from the United States; however, it is recognized by >neither the United States, nor any other country on Earth, as an >independent nation. You have probably heard about it before, since it >is one of the best-known examples of such a micro-nation in the US. > >Within the past few months, this "nation" has popped into OSM, >complete with sloppily implemented "admin_level=2" and >"boundary=national" tags, view-able here: >http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/39.32281/-119.53908. My >discussion point is whether this is a valid use of these tags. A >handful of quick searches about this topic didn't turn up anything for >me, so I'm assuming no precedent has been set yet. It is worth noting >that this is not the only micro-nation in the US. > >I'm not inclined to think these tags are valid. Otherwise, there's >nothing stopping me from calling my backyard its own nation, slapping >together a wikipedia article, and entering it into OSM as a >full-fledged nation. However, since they are still geographically >based entities of interest to the public, I think they are worth >mapping > >There is a proposal for disputed boundaries, but I don't think that's >valid either since there isn't really a dispute. The nation has gone >unacknowledged by the United States, and nothing has gone through the >legal process between the two nations (that I'm aware of) that could >constitute a "dispute". No other boundary tag is really applicable, >maybe a new "boundary=micronation" would work? De facto, US law still >applies in these "micronations", along with the law of whatever >jurisdictions the micronation belongs to, so I don't think an >admin_level tag is applicable. > >_______________________________________________ >Talk-us mailing list >[email protected] >https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
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