<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 9:49 AM, Frederik Ramm <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:frederik@remote.org">frederik@remote.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Hi,<br>
<br>
we're thinking about importing post code areas in Germany. Are post<br>
code areas being mapped in other countries already, and if so, using<br>
what tagging schema?<br>
<br>
I was thinking of creating multipolygon boundary relations with<br>
boundary=post_code_area or so.<br><br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Do we really want to import these kinds of administrative boundaries? If a "regular old mapper" can't go out with a GPS and verify that a border actually exists, does this sort of data belong in OSM?</div>
<div><br></div><div>It seems like someone that wants to use the data should go get it from the authoritative source and overlay it on top of OSM "what's on the ground" data.</div></div>