[talk-au] suburb boundaries import - Darwin quirk

[Jeff Price]

I was reminiscing about Darwin via OSM and noticed this boundary quirk.  The boundary was created by ABS2006 on 1 Mar 09.  I thought maybe the Casino had its own boundary but its actually the creek line.

http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=-12.44448&lon=130.84079&zoom=15&layers=B000FTF

Franc, I presume this will be an example of the minor touch ups needed polish of your great work?  Or will the boundary probably make more sense as the nearby suburbs populate and the boundary takes its proper shape?

Jeff.





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From: Franc Carter <franc.carter at gmail.com>
To: Ben Kelley <ben.kelley at gmail.com>
Cc: OSM Australian Talk List <talk-au at openstreetmap.org>
Sent: Friday, 6 March, 2009 6:38:47 AM
Subject: Re: [talk-au] suburb boundaries import


I only have the licensing contact - I will follow up with her and see if I can get a content person.

cheers

On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 6:43 AM, Ben Kelley <ben.kelley at gmail.com> wrote:

Hi.

Any thoughts on how to work out the real boundary when the ABS data disagrees with commonly known boundaries? 


I don't know why I didn't notice this when I previewed the data, but the ABS data shows the boundary for my suburb going right down the middle of my street (when I believe it to be one street o 
ver). This puts my house in the next suburb over.

I suspect the ABS data is wrong, but any thoughts on how to find out for sure?

Franc - do you have a contact at the ABS who might be interested in corrections?

 - Ben Kelley.




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Franc
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