On 2013-11-09 15:25, Rob Nickerson wrote:
Hi All,
A few days ago there was a thread about the pros/cons of moving admin
boundaries to a new database. I'm not going to give my opinion on this
as the thread has now fizzled out, but I will suggest that decisions
like this should involve as many of our end data users as possible (we
have moved beyond a small isolated project).
One such user is mySoicety. Check out the video of their MapIt Global
talk at http://lanyrd.com/2013/sotm/scpkhg/ to see how they use
boundaries from OSM.
Note MySociety do not use boundaries from OSM for the UK for their
projects. Instead they just use boundaries from OS OpenData.
I think this is an example of where a separate database makes sense. ie
with the complete, up to date OS OpenData boundaries, in a format
compatible with OSM.
Yes, some of the OS OpenData boundaries have been added to OSM. But they
are very incomplete/inconsistent, and often accidentally edited or
broken etc. And probably out of date if the official boundaries have
changed anywhere. So generally not as useful or reliable as just using
the OS OpenData.
Craig
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