[OSM-talk-be] Using the tag place=neighbourhood

[Sander Deryckere]

Hi,

I'm busy drawing and correcting boundaries in W-VL. And for Oostende, I
have a strange issue (http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oostende).

The deelgemeenten of Oostende are Zandvoorde and Stene (as those are the
only ones that were still independent before the fusion of the 70's). The
hamlet Raversijde used to be part of Middelkerke, and it's still rather
separated from the main centre of Oostende.

But Mariakerke was completely merged with Oostende in 1899 (so it can't be
considered as a deelgemeente). Because it isn't a deelgemeente, this
automatically means it should get the tag place=hamlet. This while
Mariakerke has over 10.000 inhabitants, so it should deserve a title
place=town when it wasn't merged so soon.

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Belgium/Conventions/Places

I would like to use the tag place=neigbourhood for Mariakerke.

What do you think about the following definition?

When the place has the name of a municipality or a deelgemeente, the
definitions stay as they are

When the place doesn't have the name of a municipality or deelgemeente, the
tags place=hamlet and place=neighbourhood are used

place=hamlet is used when the residential area is clearly separated from
other residential areas.
place=neighbourhood is used when the residential area is part of the
residential area of a city, town or village.

This follows my feeling about a hamlet being something rural, while a
neighbourhood is part of a bigger residential area. And it also follows the
international conventions (more or less) on the wiki:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Place

Regards,
Sander
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