I certainly think there is scope within OSM for these indigenous boundaries and names to be mapped. However, as has been brought up earlier in this discussion, I don't know if there is much authoritative data under a compatible license.
In this case, I would suggest making contact with your local indigenous groups and teaching them how to use OSM. This might even be a case where OSM can create some spatial data which is not available anywhere else, based on direct indigenous knowledge. Regards, David Wales On 2/6/20 10:41 am, Andrew Harvey wrote: > > > On Tue, 2 Jun 2020 at 08:21, Ian Sergeant <inas66+...@gmail.com > <mailto:inas66%2b...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > I don't see that mapping Nations is an option, I see it as > almost criminal that we don't already. > > > Surely the essential question to be asked here, is whether these > boundaries fit into the OSM model, which is largely inspired by > the ordinance survey, where every boundary can be placed as a > surveyable marker. > > So, while they deserve attention and focus, if they can't be > verified and measured, then perhaps OSM isn't the right tool. > > > Suburb boundaries usually don't have anything physical on the ground > to survey, but we still include them where they actually exist and are > a concept that is recognised by people. > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
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