[OSM-talk-be] Neighbourhoods in Ghent mapped as a point

[Pieter Colpaert]

Hi all,

Neighbourhoods in Ghent are mapped as a point. See for example 
https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/2274965455

The problem with this is that nominatim will add the neighbourhood to an 
address string, based on the nearest point. An address still in the 
Brugse Poort therefore will get an obvious wrong neighbourhood attached 
to it. See for example 
https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search.php?q=appelstraat+27%2C+9000+Gent&polygon_geojson=1&viewbox=. 
This point is in the Brugse Poort, but it is closest to the point of the 
neighbourhood Malem.

Should we change these point to be polygons instead?

There is also an official Open Data list of “wijken” (which is not 
entirely the same though) on the open data portal of the city of Ghent: 
https://datatank.stad.gent/4/grondgebied/wijken → Should we map these 
bounds in OSM as well? And how?

Kind regards,

Pieter