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[BOUNDARY ERRATA] Russia ADM1 #2013

Closed DanRunfola closed 2 years ago

DanRunfola commented 2 years ago

Because we define each country as that country would define itself, the omission of Crimea from Russia ADM1 is an error in our database today.

It appears to be correct int he other cases.

Given the situation currently ongoing in the region, we should make this a high priority fix.

DanRunfola commented 2 years ago

Of note - we took a look at our dataset, and today our RUS ADM0 and RUS ADM2 are both from OSM, rather than an authoritative source.

So, the strategy for now is to: (a) remove Crimea from ADM0 and ADM2, as we don't have an authoritative source showing where within Russian claims of Crimea are bounded at this time, and (b) seek to identify such a source we could use for a future update.