In current OSM I can not find a boundary for the region Allgäu. What admin_level should be used for this German region Allgäu ? Or perhaps admin_level should be used at all for Allgäu as it is a region in Germany without adminstrative. Why can't I find this region in OSM? How should it be tagged? Regards, Martin asked 08 Aug '23, 22:17  Martin-osm |
2 Answers:
Don't try to map boundaries that are not well defined. Regions like "Allgaü", "Alpenregion" or "Rheintal" are loosely defined, they do not have a sharp boundary. OSM can only record precise boundaries. Therefore all you can do is place a node with "place-region". Do not try to map the region as a polygon; it will be deleted. answered 09 Aug '23, 09:14  Frederik Ramm ♦ |
I don't know about a boundary, but searching for it finds this node answered 09 Aug '23, 08:43  EdLoach ♦ |
Thanks Frederik for explaining. I don´t know if the "Allgäu" region is well defined or not. If yes then I would assume it should be mapped by a relation of lower-level admin_level entries.