[Talk-us] relations on which thematic data can be connected? eg internet availabilty byt zipcode

[Ray Kiddy]

Hello -

I am interested in where people in the US lack internet connectivity and 
I keep thinking that I should be able to use OSM for some part of this.

I am recalling (perhaps not accurately) that connectivity information is 
published by the FCC and I think that at least some of the information 
is per zipcode.

This led me into a bit of a rat hole as I sought to find out if there 
are relations for zipcodes in the US. Does anyone know? I know that 
TIGER data defines lines that bound zipcodes. But can one craft a query 
that maps just the edges of a zipcode area? Are there then relations 
defined for those edges?

I can keep thematic data on my own database but, so far, I do it by 
linking directly to a relation or way. If it had to be a set of 
relations, that would be unfortunate, but possible. But I am not seeing 
how to make the queries.

Any ideas?

cheers - ray