[Talk-us] [Imports] Zipcode Import

[jamesmikedupont at googlemail.com]

Listen, Yes, and the zipcode of my area surrounds my old house.
please just load the osm file in your josm and look.
here is the file :
http://ia341326.us.archive.org/0/items/OpenstreetmapZipcodes/zt34_d00.osm

mike

On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 6:45 PM, Jeremy Adams <milenko at king-nerd.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 12:41 PM, Anthony <osm at inbox.org> wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 12:29 PM, Jeremy Adams <milenko at king-nerd.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> One can easily figure out what town someone is from based on their ZIP
>>> Code.  Is this not the case everywhere?
>>
>> Certainly not.  There are lots of zip codes which represent multiple
>> towns, and lots of towns which represent multiple zip codes.
>>
>> You can usually find out an approximate geographical location from a zip
>> code (at least if it isn't an APO/FPO zip code).  But if that's all you
>> want, you're best off just representing zip codes as single points in the
>> approximate geographical center of all post boxes which receive mail to that
>> zip code.  Going in the other direction, from lat/lon to zip code (assuming
>> your lat/lon is the location of a building and/or post box), requires a much
>> more specialized database which isn't currently available as public domain.
>
> But the code still represents a geographic area?  If this is the case, I
> don't see why we wouldn't want them in OSM.  It'd be the same as
> administrative boundries, county lines, etc.
>
> -Jeremy
>
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