On Sat, 19 Sep 2020 at 09:29, cleary <o...@97k.com> wrote:

>
> In regard to ABS data ... I understand that it was added into OSM when it
> was the only data for which we could get permission.  ABS statistical areas
> approximate suburb boundaries (perhaps 90% similarity).  In the Sydney
> suburb where I live, the ABS boundary is almost exactly the suburb boundary
> that existed more than 20 years ago (last century!) but the official
> boundary has now changed. Now that we have accurate data on
> suburbs/localities, I think we should remove references to ABS data.
>
> In regard to mapping localities ...  I don't have knowledge of the Gold
> Coast but, in NSW, I see localities as non-specific areas without precise
> boundaries and which are are smaller places within the bounded places
> usually referred to as suburbs.  If there are official boundaries for Gold
> Coast localities, then I withdraw my comments. However generally I think
> the suburbs are best mapped as areas with precise boundaries while
> localities are mapped as nodes. In rural areas, these places are often
> unpopulated and mapped as "place=locality" or one or two houses mapped as
> "place=isolated_dwelling" (both of which I have used).  In metropolitan
> areas, they can be mapped with a node "place=neighbourhood" (which I have
> used) or "place=quarter" (which I have not used).
>

For place=* yes best to use local knowledge, but for the actual
administrative regions (which is what's being proposed for import here) as
boundary=administrative, there are no gaps, so anywhere on the country has
a suburb/locality administrative regions.

It makes sense to co-mingle the place=* and boundary=administrative where
they are the same, especially for suburban suburbs, but in rural areas if
the imported region doesn't matchup with the place name, then you can
separate out the boundary=administrative from the place=*.
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