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 <r...@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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
