Hi maning, For your second question, well Ian and I are already converting and implementing the borders in Metro Manila as relations (though the admin_levels are still not finalized).
For example, see this relation for Brgy. Urdaneta in Makati: http://openstreetmap.org/browse/relation/103686 Or this relation for Brgy. Ayala Alabang: http://openstreetmap.org/browse/relation/110365 Eugene / seav On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 8:16 PM, maning sambale <emmanuel.samb...@gmail.com>wrote: > Sounds like a good proposal to me. Do we vote? :) > Let's wait for the others to look into it before we start > implementing. I'm not really sure what is the extent of coverage of > existing admin boundary data that we need to edit to follow this > convention. > > Next question would be, will it be a relation or just regular node/way? > > cheers, > maning > > who wants to go home already but still working because he needs to > finish statistical processing of gigabytes of satellite data to meet > work deadline! > > On 4/30/09, Eugene Alvin Villar <sea...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi maning, > > > > Actually, I mentioned in my e-mail that I have specifically excluded > > congressional districts[1] from the discussion since these do not specify > > administrative boundaries. Aside from the pork barrel, the > representatives > > don't *administer* their territories. I think these should be tagged as > > boundary=legislative/congressional and not as > boundary=administrative.[2] > > > > I've done a bit more research since my initial e-mail and here is my > > proposed values for admin_level: > > > > 2 - National border > > 3 - Regions > > 4 - Provinces > > 5 - Sangguniang Panlalawigan districts (if any) > > 6 - Cities/Municipalities > > 7 - Sangguniang Panlungsod/Bayan districts (if any) > > 8 - Other administrative districts[3] (if any) > > 9 - Zones (if any) > > 10 - Barangays > > 12 - Sitios/Puroks (if any, but only if boundaries are defined) > > > > The Sangguniang Lalawigan/Lungsod/Bayan districts are mentioned in > Republic > > Act No. 7887[4]. These districts basically apportion the members of the > > LGU's Sanggunian. Since the Sanggunian is an administrative entity (it's > > the > > one that creates the local laws or ordinances), then it's proper that > their > > districts also be given admin_levels. > > > > These proposed values have the proviso that admin_level=3 is *not* > > automatically an admin_level=4|5 due to the weird nature of Isabela City > > and > > the ARMM. (But, as long as all boundaries are grouped into relations, > then > > there should be no problem with interpretations.) > > > > > > Eugene / seav > > > > ------------- > > [1] The proper legal term is "legislative district". > > > > [2] We can also have boundary=judicial (for the jurisdictions of the > > Regional and Metropolitan trial courts) and boundary=police (like > Manila's > > Western Police District). Also, Catholic archdioceses and dioceses, > anyone > > (boundary=catholic)? :-) > > > > [3] Examples of other non-Sanggunian districts: > > > > A. Manila has 6 Sangguniang districts (I to VI) co-terminous with the > > legislative districts and these are further subdivided into 17 > geographical > > districts: Tondo 1, Tondo 2, Sta. Cruz, Sampaloc, Sta. Mesa, Quiapo, > > Binondo, San Miguel, San Nicolas, Port Area, Intramuros, Paco, Pandacan, > > Ermita, Malate, Sta. Ana, and San Andres. These districts are further > > subdivided into 100 zones. (Tondo 1 and Tondo 2 used to be one district, > > while San Andres used to be part of Sta. Ana and Sta. Mesa used to be > part > > of Sampaloc.) > > > > B. Iloilo City has 6 districts: Arevalo, City Proper, Jaro, La Paz, > > Mandurriao, and Molo. (Iloilo City has only 1 legislative district.) > > > > C. Davao City has 3 Sangguniang districts (1 to 3) co-terminous with the > > legislative districts and these are further subdivided into 11 > > administrative districts: Poblacion, Talomo, Agdao, Buhangin, Bunawan, > > Paquibato, Baguio, Calinan, Marilog, Toril, and Tugbok. > > > > D. Pasay City has 7 districts (1 to 7) subdivided into 20 zones. (Pasay > > City > > has only 1 legislative district.) > > > > N.B. Quezon City "districts" like Cubao, Diliman, La Loma, San Francisco > > del > > Monte, Projects 2,3,4,5,6,7,8, etc. DO NOT have legally defined borders > so > > they won't have a place in the admin_level scheme. > > > > [4] http://www.chanrobles.com/republicacts/republicactno7887.html > > > > > -- http://vaes9.codedgraphic.com
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