[Geocoding] [OpenStreetMap] #3430: Reverse lookup in Belgium

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#3430: Reverse lookup in Belgium
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 Reporter:  kurt@…                         |       Owner:  geocoding@…                
     Type:  enhancement                    |      Status:  new                        
 Priority:  major                          |   Milestone:                             
Component:  nominatim                      |     Version:                             
 Keywords:  Belgium,  Belgian communities  |  
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Changes (by gerdami):

 * cc: gerdami (added)
  * keywords:  => Belgium,  Belgian communities


Comment:

 A search for Bruxelles gives
 Brussels, Flemish Community, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium, Europe
 (City) (details)

 While this is not wrong, this not totally true since Brussels belongs also
 to the French Community of Belgium.

 Indeed there is a legal overlap of both communities over the Brussels-
 Capital Region, with NO hierarchy in any direction between communities and
 regions.

 I you examine
 http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/details.php?place_id=157050627
 you will see that French Community is dimmed in paragraph


 == Address ==

 Brussels (Type: place:city, node 1635651356, 15, , Polygon, 0 GOTO)

 Flemish Community (Type: boundary:administrative, relation 53136, 5, ,
 Polygon, 0.219284367884933 GOTO)

 ''French Community (Type: boundary:administrative, relation 78967, 5, ,
 Polygon, 0.836828863064937 GOTO)''

 Brussels-Capital Region (Type: boundary:administrative, relation 54094, 4,
 , Polygon, 0.0216817423783759 GOTO)

 Belgium (Type: boundary:administrative, relation 52411, 2, , Polygon,
 0.286100598523024 GOTO)


 I agree with the post above, communities should NOT be displayed as part
 of the address.


 However, one could consider the linguistic regions which do NOT overlap,
 based on Article 4 of the Belgian Constitution:

 {{{
 Article 4

      Belgium comprises four linguistic regions : the Dutch-speaking
 region, the French-speaking region, the bilingual region of Brussels-
 Capital and the German-speaking region.
      Each municipality of the Kingdom forms a part of one of these
 linguistic regions.
 }}}
 Source: http://www.const-
 court.be/en/basic_text/basic_text_constitution.html

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