[OSM-talk-be] city names - bug in OFM?

[Glenn Plas]

Tx Sander,

I was looking for this type of background information as well.  I have
some suspicion that some boundaries were off , it floats to the surface
when mapping housnumbers (and checking if the postal codes match the
real one).

I will be less reluctant to change them now.  Especially the comment
about following a stream is what I noticed lately that some border look
like they follow the shape of the stream but are a bit offset.

@Marc : Indeed, that could be the Basecamp he was refering to.

Glenn


On 24-02-15 16:44, Sander Deryckere wrote:
> It's all a matter of how much work you want to put in it.
> 
> A few years ago, I tried to draw most of the part-municipality
> boundaries in West-Flanders, and succeeded pretty well in it. However,
> that was still in the time of Yahoo imagery, so many features (like
> streams) weren't visible, which means that many boundaries are shifted a
> few meters from their actual location.
> 
> Here's a map that enables you to see to what level boundaries are
> mapped: http://www.itoworld.com/map/2?lon=4.67594&lat=50.88177&zoom=9
> 
> In short, I used out-of-copyright Popp maps from the royal library. Then
> I georeferenced them manually using the JOSM background image plugin.
> After referencing them, I could draw the boundaries as they were in the
> 19th century. Most boundaries didn't change since that time, so you can
> do a pretty good job. But you do need to search some information on
> certain boundaries to see which areas were exchanged in the past.
> 
> So if you want to invest a few hours, you can certainly draw some nice
> boundaries.