2010/1/19 Pierre-Luc Beaudoin <[email protected]> > Hi, > > Let's start a thread to create an official organization of the > administrative divisions in regards with the numbering in OSM [1]. > > Skipping levels higher than 4 (reserved for things greater than Québec). > > Here's my first shot based on all the info I could find on the Ministère > des affaires minicipales, des régions de l'Occupation du territoire > (gosh they like the long names!) [3]: > > Level 4: Provinces and territories > Level 5: Région administratives / Administrative regions > (Level 5.5: Here would fit L'Agence métropolitaine de transport, not worth > mapping) > Level 6: Communautés métropolitaines / Urbans or metropolitan communities > Level 7: Municipalités régionales de compté (MRCs) > (Level 7.5: Here would fit the Conférences régionales des élus of > Montérégie (which is divided in 3), other CRÉ match their MRC boundaries, > but I believe this information is not worth of mapping. Maps [4]). > Level 8: Municipalités et villes / Municipalities, Cities > Level 9: Arrondissements / Boroughs > Level 10: Quartier / Quarter > > This list does not contain federal electoral districts, provincial > electoral districts, municipal electoral districts, school boards, > "Régions municipales de recensement" and "Agglomérations de > recensement" [5] (what are theses?). Should we include all of them? > > Now if you look closely at the wiki table, my suggestion doesn't fit > with the rest of Canada: Québec's MRCs would be one level down compared > to Ontario. That's because we have 2 levels between the province and > the cities. > > A real life example would be for the place I used to live in Québec > City: > > Level 4: Québec > Level 5: Capitale-Nationale (ref=03) > Level 6: Communauté urbaine de Québec > Level 7 is N/A (Québec is not part of an MRC, being a big city) > Level 8: Québec > Level 9: La cité (Map of the borough [2]) > Level 10: Montcalm > > I believe it would make sens for all those names show up on a map as > they are commonly used. > > Are there other opinions? >
I think it makes sense. Are all levels smaller in size and inclusive of the previous levels? I am afraid I don't know enough about Quebec to say about it even if I lived for some time not too far from Canada. It would be great to see that information in OSM. I think it is something that is missing currently but it is being filled very rapidly. With a level 8 for municipalities, that means that maposmatic will work without doing anything. Great stuff. Emilie Laffray
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