Re: [Talk-us] Legislative districts, Land-use zoning, etc.

2015-10-21 Thread Ray Kiddy
On Wed, 21 Oct 2015 08:19:20 +0200 Frederik Ramm wrote: > Hi, > > On 10/21/2015 04:46 AM, Ray Kiddy wrote: > > To me, OSM is a tool which is ideal for relating various information > > layers across a multi-dimensional substrate. This substrate is a > > two-dimensional

Re: [Talk-us] Legislative districts, Land-use zoning, etc.

2015-10-21 Thread stevea
Ray Kiddy writes: > It is very true that, as you say, OSM "excels at holding information that users can see, verify and update." I think it is also true that > OSM excels at relating abstract themes in a multi-dimensional space. I agree. There are hundreds or thousands of clearly themed

Re: [Talk-us] Legislative districts, Land-use zoning, etc.

2015-10-21 Thread Mike Thompson
Many borders, particularly international borders, are prominently marked ("monumented") (e.g. [1]), and thus are verifiable on the ground (and sometimes the monumentation is so prominent it is visible from imagery). It is what is physically monumented on the ground that is the legal border, from

Re: [Talk-us] Legislative districts, Land-use zoning, etc.

2015-10-21 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, On 10/21/2015 04:46 AM, Ray Kiddy wrote: > To me, OSM is a tool which is ideal for relating various information > layers across a multi-dimensional substrate. This substrate is a > two-dimensional geography, which is defined geographically. To me, it > seems perfect for things like borders.

Re: [Talk-us] Legislative districts, Land-use zoning, etc.

2015-10-20 Thread Ray Kiddy
On Fri, 16 Oct 2015 10:10:00 -0500 Toby Murray wrote: > OSM is not the ideal tool to be a dumping ground for all GIS data. It > excels at holding information that users can see, verify and update. > Boundaries like this cannot be seen or verified by anyone except the >

Re: [Talk-us] Legislative districts, Land-use zoning, etc.

2015-10-16 Thread Toby Murray
OSM is not the ideal tool to be a dumping ground for all GIS data. It excels at holding information that users can see, verify and update. Boundaries like this cannot be seen or verified by anyone except the government agency that originally made them. So the data gains no benefit from being in