[mkgmap-dev] Suggestion for more flexibility in locator part of mkgmap

Tue Sep 18 10:24:34 BST 2012

>>Just to clarify ... the admin_levels for Ireland described here
>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Ireland/Boundaries#Boundary_Types
>> don't seem to mention things like village boundaries - there's a big gap
>>between admin_level=8 and admin_level=10.

>That's ok. OSM must deal with local specialities because they just 
>exist. And I think that's a chance for the new locator to become more 
>flexible.

>> In situations like this, maybe
>> the locator could be more
>> flexible and use other kinds of boundaries too.

>In principle that's quite easy to do if these other boundaries are 
>closed polygons or complete multipolygons.

Sorry for resurrecting this old thread.   Many rural villages, hamlets  (and
even some small towns) are not administrative areas or have their own town
council etc so administrative boundaries are not the best choice here to be
able to assign addresses correctly. 

To make locator more flexible for assiging addresses, could it also be
extended to also support the place tag?  eg 
 mkgmap:place:village  mkgmap:place:hamlet   mkgmap:place:locality
mkgmap:place:suburb etc

Thanks

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