[OSM-talk-be] Boundary admin levels

[Ben Laenen]

Hi all,

we need to decide on the proper values in the table at 
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Key:boundary#Admin_level_values_for_specific_countries
once (even though we don't have a proper source for these boundaries 
yet...). I've filled it in with these values for now:


1: not used
2: national borders
3: not used
4: regions (Flanders, Wallonia, Brussels Capital Region)
5: communities (Flemish, French and German community)
6: provinces (Antwerpen, Brabant Wallon, Hainaut, Liège, Limburg, 
Luxembourg, Namur, Oost-Vlaanderen, Vlaams-Brabant, West-Vlaanderen)
7: administrative arrondissements (map for Flanders at 
http://web.archive.org/web/20070202234322/http://binnenland.vlaanderen.be/verkiezingen/kaarten/indeling_arr.jpg 
and for Wallonia at 
http://environnement.wallonie.be/zones_prevention/arrondissements.jpg)
8: municipalities
9: deelgemeenten/sections de municipalité
10: not used


For 10 we could maybe use the quarters of each municipality. I know the 
city of Antwerp divides the districts into smaller quarters, but I 
don't know if other municipalities do the same, so I haven't filled 
that in yet.

I've put communities one step lower than regions (even though the 
Flemish community is bigger than the Flemish Region, since it includes 
Brussels Capital Region) so that may be a discussion perhaps, but I 
generally see the communities being less important than the regions.

Also, the administrative arrondissements are chosen because it makes 
more sense than judicial or electoral arrondissements.

So, anyone who has comments? Or can we make it "official"?
Ben