Hello listers,
<div><br></div><div>I'm a developer at the Los Angeles Times. We just put out a set of boundaries for 272 neighborhoods and 16 regions that cover Los Angeles County. <a href="http://projects.latimes.com/mapping-la/neighborhoods/">http://projects.latimes.com/mapping-la/neighborhoods/</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>The idea is to draw formal lines that try to capture informal areas commonly used by locals. It's an art, not a science, but we're trying to have fun with it. And have invited users into some OSM type debates along the way. See: <a href="http://projects.latimes.com/mapping-la/debates/westside/">http://projects.latimes.com/mapping-la/debates/westside/</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>Long story short: I'm curious whether our boundaries might have a home in the OSM database. I don't know a ton about the project, but I've always admired it from a distance, and I would love to get our small development team, which does a fair amount of mapping, somehow involved with the community.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I hope this isn't interpreted as spam. I don't mean any disrespect. I'm just honestly curious what y'all think and this seemed like the place to drop a line.</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you,</div>
<div><br></div><div>Sincerely,</div><div><br></div><div>Ben Welsh.</div><div><br></div><div><div>P.S. We already distribute all of the shapes in KML and GeoJSON. See: <a href="http://projects.latimes.com/mapping-la/api/">http://projects.latimes.com/mapping-la/api/</a></div>
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