[OSM-talk] Post code areas

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

John Smith wrote:
> We're using them in Australia, as for schema:
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Catalogue/ABS_Data

Hm. I'm somewhat reluctant to tag a post code boundary an 
"administrative" boundary. Our postal service is on its way to being a 
private enterprise now.

> Also these are being imported manually to ensure good QA on the data,
> Franc who imported the suburb data produced .osm files and then using
> those in JOSM to compare existing boundaries that can be shared...

That's one thing we're contemplating. It is a bit difficult because of 
the relations involved (one boundary line is used by two neighouring 
relations, so anyone importing a region manually would have to check for 
already-imported regions around to share their boundary lines). But of 
course it also helps avoid problems.

Bye
Frederik