[Talk-ca] Is Edmonton broken? (NW)

[James Ewen]

On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 11:40 AM, Matthew Vavrek <mattvavrek at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Edmonton is just weird, not broken. As far as I know, Edmonton was
> running out of street numbers as the city grew south and east (people
> don't like negative street numbers, oddly enough), so they started using
> a quadrant naming system. However, this means that virtually the entire
> city falls within the NW quadrant, except for a number of new
> subdivisions. Few people actually use the NW/NE/SE/SW bits as of yet,
> but they will likely have to start as the city continues to grow.

Only people who don't understand quadrants don't use the quadrant
suffix. The quadrant concept was implemented in 1982.

There has been development for many years in the NE quadrant of the
city, north of Highway 16 a couple miles north of Sherwood Park. There
has been a lot of area within the SW quadrant of the city as well, but
now with the southerly expansion past the Henday, some people are
starting to realize that there is a quadrant system in place.
Ellerslie Road has been labeled as 9th Ave SW for many years...

Just don't go looking for a SE quadrant of the city, since the city
ends at Meridian Street down near Quadrant Avenue (BTW The only
section of Quadrant Ave that exists can be found just off of 199 St.).

http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=53.43309&lon=-113.6678&zoom=15&layers=B000FTF

 Edmonton exists in only the SW, NW, and NE quadrants for now. It will
take a while to expand beyond the eastern boundary, especially with
Strathcona County itching to build new urban nodes in the area. (I
know the area wasn't selected just recently, but there would be a
fight if Edmonton wanted to annex in the area for expansion... I
guarantee it!)

The center of the quadrant system in Edmonton would be on the City
Limit, just west of the Bretona area label in this shot.

talk-ca <talk-ca at openstreetmap.org>

I just added a point to the map database at the location.

James
VE6SRV