@code-plate/iran-cities 1.2.0 → 2.0.0

package/NOTICE.md

@@ -19,3 +19,20 @@ The following public datasets were used **only to cross-check the match** (no va
 | mhndev/iran-geography | cross-check only | none stated |
 
 This is a summary, not legal advice.
+
+## Province boundaries and neighbors
+
+`src/boundaries.json` (published as `@code-plate/iran-cities/boundaries` and `data/iran-provinces.geojson`) is derived from
+**geoBoundaries** `IRN-ADM1` (https://www.geoboundaries.org), which is based on **OpenStreetMap** data
+(© OpenStreetMap contributors, https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright).
+
+- License of this boundary data: **Open Database License 1.0** (ODbL-1.0, https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/).
+  If you redistribute the boundaries, or a database derived from them, you must keep this attribution and offer it under ODbL.
+  The rest of the package is not affected: the code is MIT and the coordinates are CC BY 4.0.
+- Changes made: provinces were merged into one feature each; a polygon around Bandar-e Gaz that the source labels
+  Mazandaran was reassigned to Golestan (Bandar-e Gaz county has belonged to Golestan since 1997); geometry was
+  simplified with a shared-edge (coverage) simplification at a 0.01° tolerance and rounded to 4 decimals.
+  The script is `scripts/geo/build-boundaries.py`.
+- The `neighbors` of each province are computed from these boundaries (a shared border of at least 3 km). They were
+  cross-checked against Natural Earth (public domain), which predates the 2013 move of Tabas county from Yazd to
+  South Khorasan; geoBoundaries reflects the current borders.