On 11/10/13 1:37 AM, Elliott Plack wrote:
In Baltimore County, MD, we have 0 incorporated towns with nearly 1M
people. There are however plenty of informal towns that have become
CDPs. I believe the Census uses ZCTAs to construct the CDPs, so
they're based on ZIP Codes, which in turn are based
Paul Norman penor...@mac.com writes:
From: Richard Welty [mailto:rwe...@averillpark.net]
Subject: Re: [Talk-us] Admin borders in the US: CDPs
the latter, i think. there are parts of the US where the CDP boundaries
do contribute to the map.
I think there's two different cases that need
On Sat, Nov 9, 2013 at 7:03 PM, Greg Troxel g...@ir.bbn.com wrote:
(I realize that in Alaska
there are some areas where CDPs seem to matter.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethesda%2C_Maryland
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In Baltimore County, MD, we have 0 incorporated towns with nearly 1M
people. There are however plenty of informal towns that have become CDPs. I
believe the Census uses ZCTAs to construct the CDPs, so they're based on
ZIP Codes, which in turn are based on postal routes.
I think humans tend to
CDPs are used by Census and other Federal agencies, OMB in particular. They
are used as a tool to administer programs, for example Federal block
grants. I'm not sure they have much use beyond that.
State/tribal/county/municipal boundaries OTOH are much more useful and
likely to reflect a consensus
From: Richard Welty [mailto:rwe...@averillpark.net]
Subject: Re: [Talk-us] Admin borders in the US: CDPs
the latter, i think. there are parts of the US where the CDP boundaries
do contribute to the map.
I think there's two different cases that need to be distinguished between.
One is where
Richard Welty rwe...@averillpark.net writes:
first of all, CDPs. there's been an ongoing discussion about whether
they belong in OSM at all, or whether they deserve their admin_level
8 classification. i have mixed feelings about the first, and am pretty
sure we need a new way of classifying
On 11/6/13 4:52 PM, Greg Troxel wrote:
Are you aware of any regulatory impact of crossing a CDP boundary
(ignoring impacts of crossing other boundaries that coincide)? I am
not, and I have no idea where the CDP boundaries are around me.
CDP boundaries are worse, really, than that. i
first of all, CDPs. there's been an ongoing discussion about whether
they belong in OSM at all, or whether they deserve their admin_level
8 classification. i have mixed feelings about the first, and am pretty
sure we need a new way of classifying them if we keep them. here's
some more fuel for the
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