IMO it seems absurd to condone this sort of mapping. It isn't accepted as a sovereign nation by the U.S. government and probably does not exist on any other reputable maps. Place=locality or place=neighbourhood would be fine although even then the name Molossia is a pure invention. Native-American areas are, on the contrary, recognized and hence deserving of such a boundary tag. (I haven't checked this but assume its' the case).
Another issue is, where will it end? Can I feel free to create my own "republic", e.g., the Republic of Swarthout? My 2 cents AlaskaDave On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 5:51 AM, 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 > -- Dave Swarthout Homer, Alaska Chiang Mai, Thailand Travel Blog at http://dswarthout.blogspot.com
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