Re: [OSM-talk] OSMF makes a political decision where should be a technical solution?

>> it is widely internationally recognised that Russia now controls Crimea. When we talk about boundary recognition the meaning is completely different. The UK Government’s position on Crimea

Re: [OSM-talk] OSMF makes a political decision where should be a technical solution?

It seems to be a good idea to show the disputed boundaries in a different style. For example, if a captain of a see ship visits a port in Crimea and then one in Ukraine, as far as I know, he may have legal problems and the ship could be delayed in Ukraine. A captain from say the Southeast Asia

Re: [OSM-talk] OSMF makes a political decision where should be a technical solution?

Hi, Am 24/11/2018 um 15.09 schrieb Andy Townsend: > I'm not actually aware of a situation where countries have said "this > bit belongs equally to both of us" (I'd be interested to hear of any > examples, actually), though there are plenty of places where they say "I > think it belongs to me, and

Re: [OSM-talk] OSMF makes a political decision where should be a technical solution?

24. Nov 2018 15:09 by ajt1...@gmail.com : > >> >> 2. International boundaries DO sometimes overlap.>> > > > > > I'm not actually aware of a situation where countries have said "this > bit belongs equally to both of us" (I'd be inter

Re: [OSM-talk] OSMF makes a political decision where should be a technical solution?

"international recognition" allows to eliminate for example Sealand (and othermicronation nonsense). It also allows to skip on the ground survey in cases where everybody agrees where the border are. It also allows to map borders in areas without physical control (due to lack of inhabitants orany

Re: [OSM-talk] OSMF makes a political decision where should be a technical solution?

On 23/11/2018 21:03, Tomas Straupis wrote: Ok. So do I understand OSMF position is this: All the answers here are "my personal understanding of OSM's collective position, based on many years to and fro in mailing lists, wiki pages, etc. etc.".  Some of the questions below are technical, s

Re: [OSM-talk] OSMF makes a political decision where should be a technical solution?

23. Nov 2018 01:42 by yuriastrak...@gmail.com : > * each country gets its own admin_level=2 relation according to THAT country. > I am against starting to misuse admin_level=2 relations. ___ talk mailing list talk@op

Re: [OSM-talk] OSMF makes a political decision where should be a technical solution?

boundary=administrative can't be "IRRESPECTIVE OF WIDE INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION" by definition. Please check it on OSM wiki : "An administrative boundary. Subdivisions of areas/territories/jurisdictions r