On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 9:21 PM, Serge Wroclawski <emac...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Your reply really doesn't address what William is saying, which is > that neighbourhood boundaries are subjective. I think we all agree > that neighbourhoods are useful, but they're worse than political > boundaries in terms of being unsurveyable. > I agree that most neighborhood boundaries are subjective. Of the cities I've lived in, some neighborhoods are clearly define, usually by natural or man made artifacts, others are definitely fluid. When importing addresses into Seattle we considered adding a neighborhood tag to each address or building node but decided against it. Administrative boundaries seemed like a better plan. After this discussion I'm not longer so certain. So what are the pro and cons for importing boundaries? Cons: Neighborhood boundaries are fluid Most neighborhood boundaries can not be surveyed 3rd party data users and overlay their own boundary polygons Pros: Helpful when doing queries Search results show neighborhood boundaries Irregularly shaped neighborhoods better depicted by a polygon than a node Personally I don't have any objection if someone wanted to import neighborhood boundaries for their city. -- Clifford OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch
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