[talk-au] suburb boundaries import

[Franc Carter]

I wonder if this is because the data is/was off when it was created(2006) or
because the boundaries
have changed?

On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 8:47 AM, Ben Kelley <ben.kelley at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi.
>
> For NSW the Lands Department's "Geospatial Portal"
> http://gsp.maps.nsw.gov.au/ can show suburb boundaries in the cadastral
> layer.
>
> Of the area in question, where the ABS shows the boundary going neatly down
> the middle of my street, the NSW Lands Department shows the boundary between
> 1 street and 1/2 a street further south. That is, on the next street south,
> some houses are in my suburb, and some are in the next suburb.
>
>  - Ben Kelley.
>
> 2009/3/6 Ben Kelley <ben.kelley at gmail.com>
>
> 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 over). 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.
>>
>>
>


-- 
Franc
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