I assumed it is copyrighted however, so not a valid source for OSM ;-( On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 11:23 PM, Narelle Irvine <[email protected]>wrote:
> The Dept of Lands database was said to be 94% correct in 2007 and > improving. > Most of their errors relate to the house numbers on a street, and I > would assume that their suburb boundaries are correct. > This data should take precendence over ABS data. > > Regards, > Narelle. > > 2009/3/8 Franc Carter <[email protected]>: > > > > I wonder if this is because the data is/was off when it was created(2006) > or > > because the boundaries > > have changed? > > > > On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 8:47 AM, Ben Kelley <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Hi. > >> > >> For NSW the Lands Department's "Geospatial Portal" > >> http://gsp.maps.nsw.gov.au/ can show suburb boundaries in the cadastral > >> layer. > >> > >> 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. > >>> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Franc > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Talk-au mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > > > > > -- Franc
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