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

[Ray Kiddy]

Wow. Bizarre, but good to know. Yes, I _always_ have thought that 
zipcodes partition land areas.

Now I have to wonder if ZCTAs are still around and if they are mapped. I 
expect not.

much thanx - ray

On 6/24/20 2:39 PM, Spencer Alves wrote:
> Zip Codes are Not Areas
> http://www.georeference.org/doc/zip_codes_are_not_areas.htm
> Specifically for Zip codes, the best you could do is query for addr:postcode.
>
>> On Jun 24, 2020, at 2:33 PM, Ray Kiddy <ray at ganymede.org> wrote:
>>
>> 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
>>
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