Hi. I definitely want to keep them. I don't think admin boundaries are just a layer.
They are needed to enclose ways to tell you the name of the place. I think they are as important as street names. E.g. I search for George St. Which George St? Admin boundaries answer that question. - Ben Ben Kelley On Dec 3, 2011 10:47 AM, "Steve Bennett" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 6:38 AM, Ben Kelley <[email protected]> wrote: > > What will get removed? The relations? The ways? The points? I guess this > is > > a question bigger than just the ABS data, but given how integrated this > > import is with other data, the impact would be significant. > > > > How on earth would we plan for such removal? > > > > Franc also imported postcode boundaries at the same time as the suburb > > boundaries. > > To play Devil's Advocate here, does anyone actually want the suburb > boundaries retained (or reimported)? To me, they've always been a big > pain in the arse - they get in the way when you're trying to map, they > show up in various renderings and add noise, they show up on my GPS > and can be mistaken for roads. And they really don't add a lot of > value - a suburb centrepoint would be just as usual for navigation as > the boundaries, for most uses. > > Steve >
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