On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 3:49 PM, Peter Budny <pet...@gatech.edu> wrote: > Anthony <o...@inbox.org> writes: > >> On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 1:21 PM, Jim McAndrew <j...@loc8.us> wrote: >>> There are townships in other states that are managed differently, but in PA >>> and NJ, they are just county subdivisions, and are not points to put on a >>> map. >> >> I think you're right here, though I probably would indicate the >> township boundaries on most maps in a similar (though somewhat less >> prominent) manner to county boundaries - at least at certain zoom >> levels. > > It sounds like you may have just found a use for the missing > admin_level=7 in the US.
No, at least in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, townships are the same level of government as cities and towns. In a more urban county you can see this more clearly: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Essex_County,_New_Jersey_Municipalities.png Some are silly reorganizations to take advantage of funding rules ("City of Orange Township") but some are simply the urban remnants of once-larger townships. I've used admin_level=7 for Disney's Reedy Creek Improvement District, which encompasses two cities and some other land. _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
