[OSM-talk-be] Boundary admin levels

[Sebastiaan Lampo]

Hi,

I think too we should avoid getting into these 'trouble' waters in
Belgium. Communities are, imho, not a thing that should be taken into
the proposed admin_level scale. The admin level scale is for
geographically well defined areas, with clear borders that where the
lower parts do not intersect 2 different parts of a higher scale.
(This might not be a fixed rule, but it seems logical). Thus,
communities do not belong in the admin_level scale because of the
following reasons:
- their geographical area is defined, as read from the constitution,
by the taalgebieden. These are, in turn, defined by the regions and
the gemeenten of the german speaking part.
- I have, as of today, never seen a sign that tells me in what
taalgebied or subject to which communities' laws I am. there are signs
for the regions however. This is a strong indication that regions do
have a physical border, whereas communities do not.

If, however, one still feels the need to map them, I would not advise
against either. There is a map existant already:
http://www.cfwb.be/index.php?id=portail_geographie
There is thus not a good reason why they shouldn't be mapped. The
'civil' or 'political' boundary types might bring a solution. I'm not
experienced in using these though.

greetings,

Sebastiaan



2008/5/30 Kurt Roeckx <kurt at roeckx.be>:
> On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 07:53:55PM +0200, Ben Laenen wrote:
>>
>> Ah, you were bothered to look things up in the constitution :-)
>
> I got bored when I got to article 125 or something.
>
>>  § 2. Deze decreten hebben kracht van wet respectievelijk in het
>> Nederlandse taalgebied en in het Franse taalgebied, alsmede ten aanzien
>> van de instellingen gevestigd in het tweetalige gebied
>> Brussel-Hoofdstad die, wegens hun activiteiten moeten worden beschouwd
>> uitsluitend te behoren tot de ene of de andere gemeenschap.
>
> So the decretes they make only apply in certain language areas, which
> are perfectly defined where they are.  And an institution is always only
> part of one community, and you have 1 region with 2 communities.
>
> So it still makes more sense to me to map the language areas.
>
>
> Kurt
>
>
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