[Talk-us] Neighborhoods / Zillow

[Clifford Snow]

On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 5:47 PM, william skora <skorasaurus at gmail.com>wrote:

> Given the subjective, fluid nature of neighborhoods - especially
> boundaries - where one neighborhood ends and one begins - may change from
> person to person, they are best represented as a single node in the area
> where there is greatest consensus that the neighborhood is located. This
> can be very roughly estimated by OSM mappers who locally live in or near
> the area.
>

One reason for including boundaries is querying to determine what exists in
a neighborhood. Another is to see the result from a search using nominatim.
A single node doesn't really tell much of a story, while a boundary give a
better scope of the neighborhood. It might be more compelling for 3rd
parties to use our information if we included the boundaries. They in turn
give us greater visibility. And while the boundaries may not be exact,
people can always change them!


-- 
Clifford

OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch
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