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

[Steve Bennett]

On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Ben Welsh <ben.welsh at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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

IMHO they might be useful, on the basis that they're not just any old
informal boundaries, they have the credibility of a major newspaper
behind them. On the other hand, if they really do just change
arbitrarily, that's less valuable.

OSM does need to think more carefully about what exactly is in and out
of scope. Some people want everything if it's verifiable. Others want
to draw limits. The exact same debate goes on constantly at Wikipedia,
but is much more sophisticated.

At the very least, the names would be useful in nominatim or whatever,
to help find stuff.

Steve