Boundaries
 Feature page: Boundaries
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| Boundaries mark the borders of areas, mostly political, but also of other administrative areas. |
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The original accepted usage was to only apply this tag to areas.
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However there now seems to be a consensus of using the boundary key also on linear ways, with relations used to aggregate these ways if needed.
Also see the boundary relation.
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Administrative values
The following values are possible, though might be old due to the new admin_level tag
National
boundary=administrative + admin_level=2
marks country borders, such as the border between Austria and Germany. The names of the countries is specified through the tags "left:country", "right:country", if used on a linear way rather than an enclosed/area way.
There is some controversy about what is the exact meaning of country. For the sake of clarity, only political entities listed on the ISO 3166 standard are to be considered countries.
Country names in the table below are written in English.
Subnational
boundary=administrative + admin_level=3 to 10
marks subnational borders. The names of the subnational entities involved is specified as with national borders, with "parish", "district", "region", "province", "state"
Other
- boundary=national_park
- marks the borders of a national park.
- boundary=political
- is approved, but not documented, can somebody check tagwatch for usage? (supposed to be Electoral Boundaries)
- boundary=vice_county
- for marking vice counties in Britain and Ireland.
- boundary=religious_administration
- trial for dioceses, parishes... see FrViPofm/Tag:boundary=religious_administration
Proposed values
See also
- place=* for toponyms, human settlements and fractions of them.
