I think a big issue of using neighbourhoods is the fuzzy boundaries. They are more a concept than a defined geographic unit. I may consider something to be in one neighbourhood, when you consider it a different neighbourhood. Also, there are some areas of cities that aren't really in a neighbourhood. -----Original Message----- From: "Eric Fischer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:55:13 To:[email protected] Subject: Re: [Geowanking] Re: neighborhood database? On Sep 17, 2007 3:34 PM, joshua <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: I wonder if you could statistically derive this stuff. For example, I notice that "Palo Alto" is either Peninsula or South Bay on Craigslist, but not both. Put it in both and see how often it's classified one way or another? http://hood.theory.org/ <http://hood.theory.org/> is one attempt to map what street addresses people on Craigslist consider to be within certain neighborhoods. One problem with, though, it is that Craigslist provides a certain list of neighborhood names and they aren't necessarily the same ones that people use in real life. Eric _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking
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