[OSM-talk-be] My first attempt at a boundary

[Marc Gemis]

I'll try to get the wms layer for the boundaries and adapt the boundary to
the one from AGIV (or are we not allowed to use that ?)

m


On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 9:46 AM, Glenn Plas <glenn at byte-consult.be> wrote:

> On 05-12-13 05:54, Marc Gemis wrote:
>
>> Another question related to this boundary. Originally I did not touch the
>> boundary between Mechelen en Bonheiden. I just reused it for the
>> Muizen-boundary. I now noticed that the Bonheidensteenweg (
>> http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/146650425) was partially in
>> Muizen-Mechelen and Bonheiden. So I moved the boundary at that point, i.e.
>> moved 1 point by merging it with the streetname change point.
>>
>> But now I wonder whether the boundary should not be over the stream
>>  Boeimeerbeek. That makes more sense to me. In this case the street name
>> change should occur in the middle of the bridge.
>>
>> I just checked AGIV, there is no (street) name on the bridge, but the
>> street names are different on both sides of the stream. Also, the name of
>> the stream is Vrouwvliet according to AGIV.
>>
>> Can we improve the boundaries with data from AGIV ? Is there a WMS layer
>> or shape files we can use ?
>>
>>
>> m
>>
>
> I was born and raised in Bonheiden, I always thought that was the border,
> you could actually spot the border between Mechelen(Muizen) and Bonheiden
> for years by looking at the quality difference of the road.  I only visit
> it once in a while and now it seems the road has been redone.   But it used
> to be pretty close to the bridge over the Boeimeerbeek you mention.
>
> The road in Bonheiden is called the Muizensteenweg, in Muizen that road is
> called Bonheidensteenweg.  By looking at the map alone I think that the
> point on the road should not be merged with the administrative boundary
> like it is now. I noticed someone messed with that area a good while back
> and he lacked some mapping knowledge.
>
> That bridge is the border, atleast by popular knowledge.
>
>
> Glenn
>
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