<div dir="ltr">Interesting discussion, I've been working at thinking how to approach doing this in my hometown of Tempe, AZ<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.tempe.gov/index.aspx?page=792">http://www.tempe.gov/index.aspx?page=792</a><br>
</div><div><br></div><div>They classify neighborhoods two ways, homeowners associations (the classic HOA) and neighborhood associations. The former is usually set up by the developer and the latter is more organic, either historically significant or like minded individuals band together to improve the community. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Now I think I could import these boundaries without worry because they are city defined but I've been struggling with how it would impact the database. After reading this discussion I'm going to move forward and import them.</div>
<div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>--<br>James Fee</div><div>480-225-2287</div><div>@cageyjames </div></div></div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 9:49 AM, Clifford Snow <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:clifford@snowandsnow.us" target="_blank">clifford@snowandsnow.us</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="im"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 9:21 PM, Serge Wroclawski <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:emacsen@gmail.com" target="_blank">emacsen@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="overflow:hidden">Your reply really doesn't address what William is saying, which is<br>
that neighbourhood boundaries are subjective. I think we all agree<br>
that neighbourhoods are useful, but they're worse than political<br>
boundaries in terms of being unsurveyable.<br>
<div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div>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.</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">So what are the pro and cons for importing boundaries? </div><div class="gmail_extra">Cons:</div><div class="gmail_extra">Neighborhood boundaries are fluid</div>
<div class="gmail_extra">Most neighborhood boundaries can not be surveyed</div><div class="gmail_extra">3rd party data users and overlay their own boundary polygons</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div>
<div class="gmail_extra">Pros:</div><div class="gmail_extra">Helpful when doing queries</div><div class="gmail_extra">Search results show neighborhood boundaries</div><div class="gmail_extra">Irregularly shaped neighborhoods better depicted by a polygon than a node</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br>Personally I don't have any objection if someone wanted to import neighborhood boundaries for their city. <div class="im"><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div>Clifford</div><div><br>
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