Locality and Sub-locality/Neighborhood

[Sabar Kurdistani]

Hey everyone :)

I would be grateful if you share what you know about Locality and Sub-locality/Neighborhood and their difference with me, I'm kinda confused about it and new to this too.

[Craig Hartel]

Sabar,

This can be a difficult topic because it can mean different things in different countries. It would be helpful if you would let us know specifically what country or countries you edit. This will help us give you or help you find the information you need.

Craig.

[Sabar Kurdistani]

Thanks for your reply Craig. The changes that I wanna make is in Iraq, so if you have any info about it I would be grateful for your help.

[Craig Hartel]

I don't have specific knowledge of mapping practice in Iraq. I will ask around to see if I can find someone who does. Meanwhile, can you identify what questions you have in more detail? What parts of the definitions/descriptions are unclear to you?

[Sabar Kurdistani]

Thanks a lot. That's very nice of you to do so. Well to be specific my question is, is a locality a part of a city? and is there a minimum or maximum area for a locality and sub-locality? I'm asking this because the Iraqi government offers no or very few information about such stuff, and I really want to take mapping in my city at least to the next level. I noticed many absent parts and names and very unclear boundary of the localities and sub-localities, and I don't blame anyone specific but the government since in my city we don't have any naming and/or numbering for the streets, alleys, neighborhoods, etc. written and put in their places for people to see and benefit from, though in other cities it's very clear and distinguishable, the boundaries and names I mean. And to add to all this a user in my city is abusing google maps and renaming many locations in languages other than English in the English language based on racist bases.

Sorry for the headache I gave you buddy :) but I had to give some details! And thanks again for your reply and caring.

[Rahim]

Hey Sabar and Craig,

@Sabar - We appreciate your in interest in making better maps for Iraq. Yes, a locality is a part of the city. A locality is an urban entity which can consist of several housing colonies. However, these localities cannot be subdivisions of other localities, but have an official name.

While, a Sub-locality is a relatively small section of a city, such as a neighborhood, housing colony, or development that has it’s own official name or local name. Unlike locality, a sub-locality feature can exist under a sub-locality. 

Hope this clarifies. Please let me know if still have questions.

Thanks,

~Rahim

[Sabar Kurdistani]

Hey Rahim,

I appreciate your reply and yes I still need more clarification since some of the parts of my city are marked as localities while others are marked are sub-localities, I'm sure that those features have the same category but I'm not sure which one is the best to choose from and to unify those features' categories. I'll include some of those features in this post so that you have a better idea of what I'm talking about:
https://www.google.iq/mapmaker?gw=39&fid=0x15552a75e29635c3:0x4b6aa7fd72e94544

https://www.google.iq/mapmaker?gw=39&fid=0x1554d9c1c15187f3:0xfc2e633faa5dc782

https://www.google.iq/mapmaker?gw=39&fid=0x15552805e4d25cab:0x63fe06bbb044addc

https://www.google.iq/mapmaker?gw=39&fid=0x1555283879889eab:0xb10a5043abff0d4a

https://www.google.iq/mapmaker?gw=39&fid=0x155529eb9700a59d:0xe347df9995c13e53

https://www.google.iq/mapmaker?gw=39&fid=0x1554d61ed8636147:0x7082fb9aead5c96
https://www.google.iq/mapmaker?gw=39&fid=0x1554d7a42050ee03:0xe978d5b7b38aa2b9

https://www.google.iq/mapmaker?gw=39&fid=0x1554d63fc05af483:0xcf2a7678676c9efa

https://www.google.iq/mapmaker?gw=39&fid=0x15552a1b542d3a59:0x53414ec6463d3bb9

The above have the same category in reality but on the map they have different categories from each other, so which category best describes these features? And just to add to your information some of these features have some smaller areas with different names under them, so for instance if we take Rahimawa (the first link) and Sarchnar ( https://www.google.iq/mapmaker?gw=39&fid=0x15552a7331b99a25:0xb2e0316f6508c76e) they have different categories in reality and Sarchnar is a part of Rahimawa, so do you think Locality category best describes Rahimawa and sub-locality best describes Sarchnar or what do you think?