[OSM-talk] Q: Is OSM interested in neighborhood and regional boundaries for L.A.?

[Richard Weait]

On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 11:28 PM, Ben Welsh <ben.welsh at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello listers,
> I'm a developer at the Los Angeles Times. We just put out a set of
> boundaries for 272 neighborhoods and 16 regions that cover Los Angeles
> County. http://projects.latimes.com/mapping-la/neighborhoods/
> The idea is to draw formal lines that try to capture informal areas commonly
> used by locals. It's an art, not a science, but we're trying to have fun
> with it. And have invited users into some OSM type debates along the way.
> See: http://projects.latimes.com/mapping-la/debates/westside/
> Long story short: I'm curious whether our boundaries might have a home in
> the OSM database. I don't know a ton about the project, but I've always
> admired it from a distance, and I would love to get our small development
> team, which does a fair amount of mapping, somehow involved with the
> community.
> I hope this isn't interpreted as spam. I don't mean any disrespect. I'm just
> honestly curious what y'all think and this seemed like the place to drop a
> line.

Hi Ben,

Welcome to OpenStreetMap.  Thanks for the cool article about OSM
today.  Sure, it was under Mike Swift's name, but you showed up here
so you get the thanks.

Your question is interesting.  I'm not going to answer it.  ;-)

As a visitor to LA, or viewer of LA on OSM, I think it would be
interesting to see the neighbourhood names.  It sounds useful to
visitors and locals.

As an OSM contributor, I'd hate to see the contribution of informal
areas become contentious or a focus for an edit war.

Perhaps some of our LA locals will join the discussion.

Best regards,
Richard