<div dir="ltr"><div>To me this is a clear case of something that doesn't belong in OSM. It sounds like the boundaries aren't verifiable on the ground and may change frequently. Therefore any data in OSM would go stale quickly and the only verification of accuracy would be to go back to the source.</div><div>Yes, we have deviations from the "verifiable on the ground" rule, but we've had similar discussions for census boundaries, ridings/election districts, and on the the talk-us list recently about Bureau of Land Management boundaries. <br></div><div><br></div><div>For your analysis of businesses within a BIA, you can just download the OSM and BIA boundary data separately and do the analysis in the GIS application of your choice.</div><div><br></div><div> Harald.<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, Jan 7, 2019 at 6:32 PM Matthew Darwin <<a href="mailto:matthew@mdarwin.ca">matthew@mdarwin.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Hello all,</font></p>
<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">I'm not sure if this
applies to other provinces or not, so I thought I would ask
here.</font></p>
<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">In Ontario there is a
concept of "Business Improvement Area" ("BIA" for short) that
has the power to tax businesses within their zone (see
<a class="gmail-m_-4572369703235974165moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.mah.gov.on.ca/Page1529.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.mah.gov.on.ca/Page1529.aspx</a> for details). <br>
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<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">I want to tag these in
OSM, so then you can run a query to find all businesses within a
BIA. Sometimes the boundaries of the BIA are very tight and just
cover things that are actual businesses, and sometimes the
boundaries of a BIA are very loose and cover lots of area
including residential... and when a new business comes up later
in that area it automatically is a part of the BIA.</font></p>
<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">I am thinking that the
<b>relation type=boundary, boundary=local_authority </b>might
be applicable here, and define either a Canada specific
definition maybe just Ontario, depending if the concept exists
elsewhere.<br>
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<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">I would like to get
people's opinion on this idea.... Or please suggest something
else.<br>
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<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a class="gmail-m_-4572369703235974165moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag%3Aboundary%3Dlocal_authority" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag%3Aboundary%3Dlocal_authority</a><br>
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<li><tt dir="ltr" class="gmail-m_-4572369703235974165mw-content-ltr" style="background:rgb(238,238,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-size:1em;line-height:1.6"><u></u><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:type" title="Key:type" target="_blank">type</a><u></u>=<a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:type%3Dboundary" class="gmail-m_-4572369703235974165mw-redirect" title="Tag:type=boundary" target="_blank"><u></u>boundary<u></u></a></tt></li>
<li><tt dir="ltr" class="gmail-m_-4572369703235974165mw-content-ltr" style="background:rgb(238,238,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-size:1em;line-height:1.6"><u></u><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:boundary" title="Key:boundary" target="_blank">boundary</a><u></u>=<a class="gmail-m_-4572369703235974165mw-selflink gmail-m_-4572369703235974165selflink"><u></u>local_authority<u></u></a></tt></li>
<li><tt dir="ltr" class="gmail-m_-4572369703235974165mw-content-ltr" style="background:rgb(238,238,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-size:1em;line-height:1.6"><u></u><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:name" title="Key:name" target="_blank">name</a><u></u>=*</tt></li>
<li><tt dir="ltr" class="gmail-m_-4572369703235974165mw-content-ltr" style="background:rgb(238,238,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-size:1em;line-height:1.6"><u></u><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Key:local_authority:FR&action=edit&redlink=1" class="gmail-m_-4572369703235974165new" title="Key:local authority:FR (page does not
exist)" target="_blank">local_authority:CA</a><u></u></tt><tt dir="ltr" class="gmail-m_-4572369703235974165mw-content-ltr" style="background:rgb(238,238,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-size:1em;line-height:1.6">=BIA</tt></li>
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