[talk-ph] Administrative boundaries and Postal Codes

[maning sambale]

For those interested in editing boundaries relations, a nice post on
the steps here:
http://ksmapper.blogspot.com/2014/02/workflow-for-fixing-county-borders.html

On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 3:09 AM, Ervin Malicdem <schadow1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> This is in relation to below email at OSMPH GPS map generation.
>
> If you want to help in updating the administrative boundaries of the
> Philippines including its postal codes, please do so.
>
> In reference to the administrative boundaries and postal codes, you may use
> the following links as your reference
>
> [1] Administrative boundaries -
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Philippines/Mapping_conventions
> [2] Tagging Postal Codes -
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:postal_code
> [3] Postal Codes of the Philippines - http://zip-codes.philsite.net/
>
> Ervin M.
> Schadow1 Expeditions - A Filipino must not be a stranger to his own
> motherland.
> http://www.s1expeditions.com
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: schadow1 <schadow1 at cxsmedia.com>
> Date: Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 2:01 AM
> Subject: [OSMPH GPS:77] Address generation using OSM boundaries relation
> To: osmph-gps-dev at googlegroups.com
>
>
> Hi All,
>
> I've been busy the past 2 days working on changes for the GPS map of the
> Philippines based on OSM.
> Starting v20140203, I will be uploading a new map to which the addresses of
> waypoints will be based on 2 data.
>
> OSM address tags
> OSM boundaries data.
>
> The #2 is newly incorporated on the map and is dependent on the
> administrative boundaries data of OSM to which it would push the address of
> a certain waypoint using the  mentioned data even if there are no actual
> address tags on the waypoint. This should improve the address search on the
> recent map.
>
> In this sense, I would ask the volunteers to update the boundaries data of
> the Philippines (from barangay to provincial boundaries) as well as the zip
> codes so that this feature can be exploited.
>
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