#38 - Adding `is_in` tags (Archived)

Entities to Map

places

Changeset Comment

Add is_in tags

When saving your work, please leave the default comment but add what you actually mapped, for example "added buildings and a residential road".

OSM Tags

Add the following tags

Cities

• name: Ottawa
• is_in:continent: North America
• is_in:iso_3166_2: CA-ON
• is_in:country: Canada
• is_in:country_code: CA
• is_in:state: Ontario
• is_in:state_code: ON

States

• name: Ontario
• is_in:continent: North America
• is_in:country: Canada
• is_in:country_code: CA
• state_code: ON
• ISO3166-2: CA-ON
• ref: ON

State Capitals

state_capital: yes * Merge into state relation as admin_centre

Ottawa Example

https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/18886011

References

ISO 3166-2

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-2

Improve Accuracy

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Key:is_in&uselang=en-US#Improving_accuracy

Country Codes

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Country_code

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