On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 6:42 PM, Dave F. <dave...@madasafish.com> wrote:
> I'm not convinced this is usually true. It maybe UK specific, but > municipal boundaries were more likely to originally be placed on physical > boundaries to farms & estates such as walls, fences etc. before > tracks/roads were developed. Roads subsequently evolved along those > boundaries afterwards. > > It would be pretty silly to have a municiple boundary splitting the centre > of a road so different administrations were responsible for maintaining the > left & the right. > This is usually true in my country. For example, here's the legal definition of a district in the capital Manila: Malate. - Beginning at the intersection of west face of the sea wall on > Dewey Boulevard and the center line of Calle Cuarteles; thence along the > center line of Calle Cuarteles, M. H. del Pilar and Herran, and Esteros de > Paco, and Tripa de Gallina, to the city boundary line; thence westerly > along said boundary line to high-water line on Manila Bay; and thence > northerly along said high-water line and the west face of said sea wall to > the point of beginning.[1] Hence, the relation for the Malate district[2] contains rivers and roads (and coastlines) as members. [1] http://philippinelaw.info/statutes/ra409-revised-charter-of-the-city-of-manila.html [2] http://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/103704
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