[Talk-us] TIGER 2022 PLACE dataset

[irons54vortex at gmail.com]

Working on gaining local government approvals for US Bicycle Route designations around the country, I will say un-categorically that there are exceptions for everything.  That said, in the vast, vast majority of cases when I find a reference for a "census designated area" that means there is no definable jurisdictional boundary.  There are layers on layers of agencies that have some sort of "jurisdictional boundary"  (TPOs, MPOs, RPAs, MSDs, and on and on) that are as big as several counties roped together and as small as the equivalent of a city or town.  Their responsibilities range from broad to narrow, but it is very rare that they actually "own" a street or road.  It is a very large rabbit hole to head down.  😊


Kerry Irons
Adventure Cycling Association
989-513-7871

-----Original Message-----
From: stevea <steveaOSM at softworkers.com> 
Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2023 11:39 PM
To: talk-us at openstreetmap.org
Subject: Re: [Talk-us] TIGER 2022 PLACE dataset

On Tue Jan 17 18:08:48 UTC 2023, Joseph Eisenberg wrote (possibly partly quoting the Census Bureau, it isn’t clear):
Census Designated Places are only defined by the Census for their own convenience.  They do not represent a verifiable geometry that can be mapped in OpenStreetMap.

I’ll say:  without further commenting on the other 49 states, it could be said that for some (minor) purposes of government, Census boundaries in the state of Alaska’s Unorganized Borough DO represent such a verifiable geometry.
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