Ask the people who live in the houses. ~Cameron 2009/3/8 <[email protected]>
> Hi Ben, > > This raises an interesting copyright question. If, from multiple sources > (Dept of Lands, UBD, ask the council/auspost etc) you can show that the ABS > boundary is wrong how do we legally correct it? Without a sign on the ground > that states the change of suburb we don't really have another "free" source > of this data. > > I wonder what the legality is of reading lots of sources then just plonking > source=knowledge in there. > > Brent > (Biogenesis_) > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ben Kelley <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, March 8, 2009 8:48 am > Subject: Re: [talk-au] suburb boundaries import > To: OSM Australian Talk List <[email protected]>, Franc Carter < > [email protected]> > > > Hi. > > > > For NSW the Lands Department's "Geospatial Portal" > > http://gsp.maps.nsw.gov.au/ can show suburb boundaries in the > > cadastrallayer. > > > > Of the area in question, where the ABS shows the boundary going > > neatly down > > the middle of my street, the NSW Lands Department shows the > > boundary between > > 1 street and 1/2 a street further south. That is, on the next > > street south, > > some houses are in my suburb, and some are in the next suburb. > > > > - Ben Kelley. > > > > 2009/3/6 Ben Kelley <[email protected]> > > > > > Hi. > > > > > > Any thoughts on how to work out the real boundary when the ABS data > > > disagrees with commonly known boundaries? > > > > > > I don't know why I didn't notice this when I previewed the > > data, but the > > > ABS data shows the boundary for my suburb going right down the > > middle of my > > > street (when I believe it to be one street over). This puts my > > house in the > > > next suburb over. > > > > > > I suspect the ABS data is wrong, but any thoughts on how to > > find out for > > > sure? > > > > > > Franc - do you have a contact at the ABS who might be > > interested in > > > corrections? > > > > > > - Ben Kelley. > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > >
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