[OHM] Falsehoods programmers believe about geography/addresses

[Richard Welty]

On 5/1/15 11:00 AM, todd.d.robbins at gmail.com wrote:
> Here are a couple of useful posts to keep in mind as we model our data:
>
>   * http://wiesmann.codiferes.net/wordpress/?p=15187&lang=en
>   * https://www.mjt.me.uk/posts/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-addresses/
>
> The addresses post is a bit more specific to the UK but can be
> generalized.
>
actually, the address one is pretty good on US issues. it misses
slightly on one US zip code
issue; zip code boundaries are only vaguely related to administrative
boundaries
and assuming they are the same will be quite wrong in many, many places
in the US.

richard

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