My feedback on the current state of the proposal: # Admin Boundaries
This looks good overall. The important aspect about admin boundaries is that they are fairly static and do not change unless through legislation. Is this understanding correct? I would correct the admin_level values to closely match the same values used for countries around the world[1]. 2=national, 4=state, 6=district, 8=sub district, 10=revenue village (The odd numbers used for any groupings in between) # Political Boundaries Boundaries defined by the election commission and redrawn after each census by the Delimitation Commission [2]. The list currently covers the parliament and assembly constituencies, but no boundaries for local bodies. These boundaries do not coincide with administrative boundaries, except maybe at the state level (admin_level=4) # Self governance boundaries These are technically political boundaries for self governance, according to the Panchayati Raj system[3] and Municapal bodies. This is currently divided into rural and urban boundaries, but can probably be conflated together. It might also make sense to use a political_division value that matches the admin boundaries: Rural: 6=district/zilla panchayat, 8=block/subdistrict/mandal panchayat, 10=village/gram panchayat, 11=neighbourhood/ward gram sabha Urban: 6=city/town municipal body, 8=sub city/municipal zones, 10=suburb/municipal ward, 11=neighborhood/colony mohalla Jaisen, would be great to hear your feedback on this. [1] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:boundary%3Dadministrative#10_admin_level_values_for_specific_countries [2] http://eci.nic.in/delim/Acts/acts.asp [3] http://www.panchayat.gov.in/ebook/ [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipal_governance_in_India On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 9:31 PM, Arun Ganesh <arun.plane...@gmail.com> wrote: > Merging recent discussions from district[1] and constituency [2] > boundaries. > > The current tagging scheme for boundaries in India[3] has limitations > since it was not effectively researched to properly separate revenue and > local body boundaries. > > This is the reason to draw up a more well researched proposal[4] > > Jaisen, who has experience working with the panchayat office in Kerala has > just made the proposal more comprehensive[5]. This is right now the most > detailed description of various boundaries in India that one can find > anywhere online. > > This is a great time to get more eyes on this and work towards a final > scheme. > > > [1] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-in/2016-March/002529.html > [2] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-in/2016-March/002533.html > > [3] > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:boundary%3Dadministrative#10_admin_level_values_for_specific_countries > [4] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_India/Boundaries > [5] > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=WikiProject_India/Boundaries&diff=next&oldid=1280759 > > -- > Arun Ganesh > @planemad > <http://j.mp/ArunGanesh> > -- Arun Ganesh @planemad <http://j.mp/ArunGanesh>
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