[OSM-talk-be] Fixing administrative borders

[Julien Fastré]

I have too much work those days for keeping me up to date to
osm-threads, but what I read here is interessant.

*May I suggest to ask someone to make a proposition and organise a
vote* : I think it worth trying to reach legitimacy and global
agreement about our discussions here, and do not speak about this
until... the next reform of our Constitution/Grondwet...

Julien

2011/6/13 Gerard Vanderveken <Ghia at ghia.eu>
>
> Benoit Leseul wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 10:16, Ben Laenen <benlaenen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> ...
> My main concern is to somehow discern the border of the German language area
> (after all, it's the only border not at level 4).
>
>
> I don't know if it's realistic, but maybe the German language area
> could be the only thing mapped at level 5, the other borders being
> obvious?
>
> If it's not, I stand by my proposition to tag language areas (in the
> constitutional sense) instead of communities.
>
> We are not responsible for the choices made by the governement ;-) , we map (the mess) as it is.
>
> There is no German region, and thus no boundary at level 4.
> There is only the community at level 5 comprising the Muncipalities of Amel, Büllingen, Burg-Reuland, Bütgenbach, Eupen, Kelmis, Lontzen, Raeren und St.Vith
>
> Because at the governement the regions and communities are on equal level and we have choosen in OSM to give them a different level (which I support), you can not make assumptions on level 4 areas comprising level 5 things and vice versa. So the whole discussion with overlaps etc in OSM is pointless. Belgium is illogical and complicated and this will also show on the mapping.
>
> [Joking]
> (If someone is involved in the current governement negociations, maybe they can ask for a region and province, etc  for Brussels and the German East Kantons too, so we can map this properly at all levels?)
> [/Joking]
>
> The language regions should IMHO not be mapped , and certainly not on the administrative boundary level.
>
> Regards,
> Gerard.
>
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