[talk-au] suburb boundaries import

[Franc Carter]

I assumed it is copyrighted however, so not a valid source for OSM ;-(

On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 11:23 PM, Narelle Irvine <narelle.irvine at gmail.com>wrote:

> The Dept of Lands database was said to be 94% correct in 2007 and
> improving.
> Most of their errors relate to the house numbers on a street, and I
> would assume that their suburb boundaries are correct.
> This data should take precendence over ABS data.
>
> Regards,
> Narelle.
>
> 2009/3/8 Franc Carter <franc.carter at gmail.com>:
> >
> > 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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Franc
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