[OSM-talk] Post code areas

John Smith deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com
Thu Apr 1 19:38:22 BST 2010


On 2 April 2010 03:59, Ian Dees <ian.dees at gmail.com> wrote:
> Do we really want to import these kinds of administrative boundaries? If a
> "regular old mapper" can't go out with a GPS and verify that a border
> actually exists, does this sort of data belong in OSM?

How many admin boundaries, except country boundaries, can be actually
verified with a GPS?

Unless the boundary follows a geographical feature, such as a river,
these boundaries exist only on "paper"




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