[OSM-talk] Post code areas

[John F. Eldredge]

In the USA, postal-code (Zip code) boundaries don't necessarily correspond to other administrative boundaries, and are frequently adjusted by the Post Office to balance out the load on different local post offices.  Also, real-estate developers sometimes get the Post Office to shift a Zip-code boundary so that a particular street or neighborhood will be in a more-prestigious Zip code.

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-----Original Message-----
From: John Smith <deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 21:17:45 
To: Frederik Ramm<frederik at remote.org>
Cc: OSM<talk at openstreetmap.org>
Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Post code areas

On 1 April 2010 21:13, John Smith <deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 1 April 2010 20:54, Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org> wrote:
>> 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.
>
> It was like that before I came along, I don't know how much this was
> discussed before hand, I've just been adding missing postcodes etc.

Forgot to mention that postcode boundaries share ways with suburb and
even state boundaries so it can be useful in that respect...

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