Admin Level 9

[bmacs001]

Style change requested

There are many municipalities in the US where an admin_level=9 tag is required, and it would be useful to have it appear (perhaps at zoom level 12-ish, and in a lighter line)

Affected Tag or Tags

type=boundary; boundary=administrative; admin_level=9

Where this is visible

[1ec5]

Can you share an example of one of these admin_level=9 municipalities? Thanks!

[bmacs001]

Have 30 or so

[1ec5]

At a glance, these jurisdictions are tagged as admin_level=8 in OpenStreetMap, for example Freehold. Did you find it necessary to use admin_level=9 for jurisdictions like Bordentown (1825–1849) (as opposed to in the present day) because admin_level=8 is already taken by a higher-level jurisdiction?

[bmacs001]

Indeed- before the 20th century, boroughs in New Jersey were governments within townships

[1ec5]

Ah, got it, makes sense. For what it’s worth, New York State and several Midwestern states are still divided into minor civil divisions (towns, townships) that contain municipalities (cities, villages, hamlets). In fact, I recall reading that Ohio derived its system of villages within townships from New Jersey’s system. In OSM, and to the extent that OHM has any of these states’ local boundaries, the minor civil divisions are typically tagged admin_level=7 and the municipalities admin_level=8. However, there appears be precedent for admin_level=9 boroughs in Connecticut, since Connecticut puts its towns at the same admin_level=8 as all the other New England states.

Regardless, there are definitely parts of the world that need admin_level=9 and even admin_level=10, so stylesheet support would be helpful.