[Talk-GB] Possible Boundary Vandalism Warning

[Philip Barnes]

On Sat, 2013-03-23 at 18:28 +0100, Colin Smale wrote:
> I had already suggested boundary=planning to SemanticTourist.
> Boundary=civil is rather ambiguous. In my eyes the boundary tag serves
> to differentiate which hierarchy the area belongs to. For example
> boundary=police might serve for police force jurisdictions, with
> different values of admin_level for force areas and districts (not
> sure exactly how they are organised).
> 
> NP's don't have an admin function in the sense of a separate body to
> administer them, they are just documents with a legal status which are
> owned by (and binding on) certain bodies. There might also be Traffic
> Plans, Landscaping Plans etc etc.
> 
I spotted these whilst looking through local changes. To be honest it
was the word 'Neighbourhood' that started alarm bells ringing. I have
only heard Americans talk about the neighbourhood they grew up in or
live in. But it appears to be true. 

He has added a boundary for Ercall Magna, that follows the existing
Telford and Wrekin/Shropshire boundary, but not quite. I am sure it
should be the same, it does appear to break things.

I do wonder what the point of this sort of information is? How does it
make a better map?

Phil (trigpoint)