COMMUNITY BOUNDARIES IN A GEO-SPATIAL ENVIRONMENT

1 . A method of organizing a community network, comprising:

obtaining a location on a geo-spatial map;

determining a representative of a community in the community network associated with the location;

obtaining a community boundary selection associated with the community from the representative;

determining a region corresponding to the community boundary selection on the geo-spatial map; and

creating a community boundary associated with the community on the geo-spatial map from the community boundary selection.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining a residence of a member of the community network in the region; and

associating the member with the community based on the residence.

3 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

obtaining a privacy preference corresponding to the community; and

hiding a profile associated with the member from a public view of the community network based on the privacy preference.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

obtaining a vote corresponding to the community boundary selection; and

creating the community boundary based on the vote.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the community boundary selection comprises a polygon.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the representative comprises an elected official.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the location comprises a latitude, a longitude and an altitude.

8 . A community network, comprising:

a member repository comprising a plurality of members;

a geo-spatial repository comprising a plurality of locations on a geo-spatial map;

a member management logic instruction configured to obtain member data associated with each of the plurality of members, wherein the member data comprises one of the plurality of locations; and

a boundary management logic instruction configured to:

determine a representative of a community from the plurality of members associated with the one of the plurality of locations;

obtain a community boundary selection associated with a the community from the representative;

determine a region corresponding to the community boundary selection on the geo-spatial map; and

create a community boundary for the community on the geo-spatial map from the community boundary selection.

9 . The community network of claim 8 , wherein the member management logic instruction is further configured to:

determine an activity level of each of the plurality of members in the member repository, wherein the representative is determined based on the activity level.

10 . The community network of claim 8 , further comprising:

a representative interface accessible by the representative, comprising:

a neighborhood management module configured to provide a neighborhood management option to the representative;

a neighborhood cleanup module configured to provide a member profile regulation option to the representative;

a neighborhood selection module configured to obtain the community boundary selection from the representative; and

a forum configured to display a comment from at least one of the plurality of members.

11 . The community network of claim 8 , wherein the boundary management logic instruction is further configured to:

determine a residence of one of the plurality of members in the region; and

associate the one of the plurality of members with the community based on the residence.

12 . The community network of claim 11 , wherein the boundary management logic instruction is further configured to:

obtain a privacy preference corresponding to the community; and

hide a profile associated with the one of the plurality of members from a public view of the community network based on the privacy preference.

13 . The community network of claim 8 , wherein the boundary management logic instruction is further configured to:

obtain a vote corresponding to the community boundary selection; and

create the community boundary based on the vote.

14 . The community network of claim 8 , wherein the community boundary selection comprises a polygon.

15 . The community network of claim 8 , wherein the representative comprises an elected official.

16 . The community network of claim 8 , wherein each of the plurality of locations comprises a latitude, a longitude and an altitude.

17 . A method of organizing a community network, comprising:

obtaining a plurality of proposed community boundaries corresponding to a community from at least one member of the community network, wherein the at least one member of the community network is associated with the community;

displaying each of the plurality of proposed community boundaries to a second member of the community network, wherein the validity is determined based on a residence of the second member;

sending a ballot comprising the plurality of proposed community boundaries to the second member;

obtaining a vote corresponding to one of the plurality of proposed community boundaries from the second member;

determining a validity of the vote wherein the validity is determined based on a residence of the second member;

applying the vote to the one of the plurality of proposed community boundaries based on the validity; and

determining a community boundary corresponding to the community based on the vote.

18 . The method of claim 17 , further comprising:

obtaining a privacy preference corresponding to the community from the second member; and

hiding a plurality of profiles associated with the community from a public view of the community network based on the privacy preference.

19 . The method of claim 17 , further comprising:

determining a residence of the at least one member in the community based on the community boundary.

20 . The method of claim 17 , further comprising:

associating the at least one member with the community based on the residence.