[OSM-talk-be] Names of Arrondissements

[Sander Deryckere]

2012/8/30 Wouter Hamelinck <wouter.hamelinck at gmail.com>

> But the provinces are in that article also mentioned with "Province"
> in the name, which contradicts with article 5 of the constitution. And
> the constitution takes priority over a regular law.
> According to me they put it there exactly to avoid confusion since the
> names of provinces, arrondissements and cities are often the same.
>
> My conclusion: if there can be confusion you explicitly mention what
> you are talking about. If there is no confusion you don't. A search in
> juridat will show you plenty of laws, decrees etc where the names of
> arrondissements are just listed, without each time specifying
> "Administrative Arrondissement".
> If you really would like to add it to the name you would have to do
> the same for the regions and provinces.
>

I have no problem with that. It's a small change and can improve clarity,
certainly for the provinces Antwerpen, Liège and Luxembourg.

>
> In OSM we have the admin_level tag to avoid confusion.
>

I don't think that's enough. The meaning of admin_level is strictly
Belgian, so an OSM-specialist from some other country wouldn't even
understand it. And it's strictly bound to OSM. So some random user can't
understand the admin_level either without first searching through the wiki.

Btw, in Germany, it's also done this way. See f.e.:
http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/relation/62379

>
> For completeness, it belongs now to the jurisdiction of the regions.
> For Flanders you can find a similar table in the Provinciedecreet of 9
> december 2005.
>
> wouter
>

@Georges,  er zijn inderdaad verschillende soorten arrondissementen, maar
ik denk dat boundary=administrative duidelijk maakt dat het om
administratieve arrondissementen gaat. Hoewel ik er niet tegen gekant ben
om de volledige naam te gebruiken.
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