[OSM-talk-ie] New Local Electoral Areas 2018

[Colm Moore]

Hi,

It is useful to have the current electoral areas. Putting the date on them indicates (accuracy aside) they are the current ones.

Having past ones listed (and dated) means that one can avoid the situation of someone finding an old source and editing the current boundaries to fit historical boundaries.

It is also nice to have and to be able to understand how boundaries have evolved.

As an aside, when roads get realigned, statutory boundaries do **not** change, so users should be careful in such circumstances.

Colm

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Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2019 17:24:42 +0000
From: Dave Corley <davecorley at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [OSM-talk-ie] New Local Electoral Areas 2018

Hi,

Can I ask a stupid question or two

Why do we need to reflect previous ed boundaries?

Is OSM the right place to store that info?

Could someone reuse that data later in the same manner they use the current
boundary data?

Is it just a "nice to have" bit of info?

Dave