2014-05-15 18:52 GMT+02:00 John Packer <john.pack...@gmail.com>: > Wait a minute. > As far as I understood, the key capital=* isn't supposed to simply > substitute admin_level. > capital=2 means this city (which the node represents) is the capital city > of this country (which has admin_level=2). > capital=4 means this city (which the node represents) is the capital city > of this state (which usually has admin_level=4) > capital=2;4 would mean this city is the capital city of the country AND > state. > > Is my current understanding of this key wrong?
I'd see it like this: capital=2 this place is the capital of a country capital=4 this place is the capital of a region (etc.) i.e. you can see the administrative importance, but there is no notion of which entity the place is the capital. capital=2;4 doesn't make much sense then. cheers, Martin
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