Its an interesting one - unlike suburbs, LGAs don't really have a physical presence or much you can survey; even though they have a spatial relationship/are often defined by physical features. For being surveyable... maybe you get a 'welcome to foo shire' sign or two.
I would say that* if an LGA is suitable to be added*, Unincorporated Areas and other weird things like http://www.ncl.net.au/ (A town owned by a corporation that provides services *like* an LGA, but isn't legally an LGA) should be suitable too. In terms of actually using the data; I find that relying on the ABS data and treating that as a separate data set is often quite useful. I'd be inclined to not worry too much about adding them in; particularly when they do fun things like merge frequently - maintenance pain in the behind and a half! On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 8:45 AM, cleary <o...@97k.com> wrote: > > I have been adding administrative boundaries in NSW and SA using the > Government data for which OSM has been given explicit permission. I am > currently working on the "Pastoral Unincorporated Area" in SA and > another mapper commented that it was inappropriate. I responded but my > response appears not to have satisfied the other mapper. I then found > that the same mapper had deleted the "Unincorporated Area of New South > Wales" because it was not administered by a council. > > Both of these "unincorporated" areas are defined and designated in the > respective government datasets, that is (1) South Australian Government > Data - Local Government Areas and (2) LPI NSW Administrative Boundaries > - Local Government. > > The issue for the other mapper appears to be the acceptability of the > form of governance of these areas. While the majority of local > government areas are administered by councils, this model works less > well in areas which are sparsely populated. The Pastoral Unincorporated > Area in South Australia is administered by a designated authority, the > Outback Communities Authority, which is not a council either in name or > in the usual sense. I am aware of three other designated local > government areas in South Australia that do not have councils - two are > administered by the indigenous residents although they appear to have > some form of executive committee to make routine decisions. One > designated local government area does not appear to have a council and I > have not ascertained the form of governance. In the Unincorporated Area > of New South Wales, responsibilities are dispersed and do not rest with > any one body, for example roads are managed by the Roads and Maritime > Services (state authority) and there are local advisory committees in > some isolated communities. > > The key issue is whether the form of governance in an area should > determine whether or not areas should be mapped in OSM. It seems to me > to be akin to removing Northern Territory and ACT on the basis that they > have different forms of governance and are not proper states! > > The comments on the Pastoral Unincorporated Area can be viewed at > http://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/44528330#map=12/-34.3720/140.4687 > The relation for the Pastoral Unincorporated Area is at > http://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/6804541 > The deleted relation for Unincorporated Area of New South Wales is at > http://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/5892272 and refers to Changeset > #44531564 > > Do other members of the OSM community have a view on whether the form of > governance should determine what areas are shown on the map and > particularly whether local government areas should be included if they > are not administered by councils. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au >
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