[OSM-talk] Post code areas

[Andrew Ayre]

John Smith wrote:
> 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"

Even country boundaries can be problematic, for example the land border 
between Ireland and the UK. I don't believe it is fully marked on the 
ground.

Andy

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