[OSM-talk-be] Nominatim administrative boundaries

[Kurt Roeckx]

On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 07:49:55PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 05:04:56PM +0200, Glenn Plas wrote:
> > http://www.vlaamsbrabant.be/binaries/kaart-vlaamsbrabant-fusiegemeenten-deelgemeenten_tcm5-11555.pdf
> 
> That's not even complete.  For instance Haacht exists of Haacht,
> Wespelaar, Tildonk, Wakkerzeel en Kelfs.  You can find signs on
> the streets for all 5 of them.  There exists statistics about
> people living in all 5 of them, birthrates, ...  So there clearly
> is some definition of what those 5 are.  But I've never seen a
> map clearly saying where the borders are like they are now.
> 
> If you look at the map as produced by province, Wakkerzeel and
> Kelfs seem to be part of Tildonk now.
> 
> Historically, Kelfs used to be part of Herent and Wakkerzeel
> used to be part of Werchter.  If you combine old and new borders
> you might be able to define where those are.  I have some old
> maps, but I'm not sure they are detailed enough to put the borders
> like they really are.

Anyway, I added Werchter based on what I know about it.  It might
not be really correct, but I think it's good enough.


Kurt