[OSM-talk-be] Importing polygons of administrative boundaries for Belgium into OSM

[Pierre Parmentier]

Dear all,

A tedious job but - when there is a doubt - the best way is to refer to the
'original': the Processen-verbaal van de Afpalingen van Gemeenten /
Procès-verbaux de Délimitation des Communes.

See for example here
<https://search.arch.be/fr/rechercher-des-archives/resultats/ead/rabscans/zoekterm/d%C3%A9limitation/eadid/BE-A0550_007502_007197_DUT>
on www.arch.be. All boundaries refers to limits of plots of land.

Need to be be checked all the successive fusion of municipalities.

Don't forget that a boundary marker is not always on the boundary;
sometimes the accompanying text (procès verbal) explains that a boundary or
its change of direction is a point on the line between marker A and marker
B at x metres from marker A (e.g. if the boundary is in the mid of a
stream). Sometimes there are three markers to define an angle of the
boundary.

Regards.

Pierre
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