[Imports] Oahu, Hawaii CDP boundaries

[Brian M. Sperlongano]

Being an extinct volcano, the boundaries are usually defined by rather
dramatic topographical features.  But yet there are some CDPs (Kaneohe
Station) that are as you say statistical conveniences used locally.  That's
why I'm leaning towards using the postal service's boundaries as level 8
admin boundaries and CDPs as neighborhoods where they match reality on the
ground.

For eample, if you look at the leeward (west) coast of Oahu, the entire
coast north of Ko'olina uses "WAIANAE, HI" for its postal address, and
there are multiple CDPs (e.g. Nanakuli, Ma'ili, Makaha) that are
essentially neighborhoods, but with boundaries well defined topographically
by parallel rivers and ridges running from the mountains down to the
coast.  But then there are oddballs like you have a "Makaha" CDP and a
"Makaha Valley" CDP just up-valley that in real usage, is one neighborhood
just called "Makaha"

Oh, and the whole shebang is contained within Honolulu County which has a
county mayor and is administered by the government entity "City and County
of Honolulu".

Hence I am thinking, for example:
Honolulu County = admin boundary level 6
Waianae (all of zip code 96792) = admin boundary 8
Makaha+Makaha Valley CDPs = place=neighborhood boundary, perhaps with or
without a level 10 admin boundary.

On Fri, Sep 6, 2019 at 4:32 AM Max Erickson <maxerickson at gmail.com> wrote:

> It may make sense to tag the boundaries as place=neighborhood or something
> like that.
>
> It would depend on whether they have a firm enough meaning to locals or
> whether they are statistical conveniences.
>
> (obviously the places are meaningful to locals, I'm talking about the
> exact boundaries)
>
>
> Max
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