Hi Steve, A similar discussion occurred as recently as Sep 2012 but my review of that suggests no absolute resolution occurred. I'd suggest having a read (you might have already) as its an indicator of the due diligence applied to externally sourced data(sets). http://openstreetmap-australia.2291470.n4.nabble.com/talk-au-suburb-boundaries-td4641332.html
Setting aside the points made in that linked discussion and to address your question directly. The data is available over at data.qld.gov.au right now (Search for "Locality boundaries - Queensland") All data from the qld site is shared under a Creative Commons (CC-BY-3.0 AU) licence but as I understand it this is at odds (or is at risk of being at odds) with the Open Database Licence Compliant (ODbL) You might have spotted my earlier introduction to Talk-au where I note that I have requested explicit permission to use the data from this source. See: http://openstreetmap-australia.2291470.n4.nabble.com/talk-au-data-qld-gov-au-explicit-permission-request-td4642067.html Not much in the way of outcomes for you but hopefully a little more context for further consideration. Cheers, Jason On 26 November 2013 23:01, Steve Dalton <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All > > Finally found the AU OSM list! > > I'm currently doing a bit of work with OSM for a client and I've > stumbled on a problem I had some time ago. Gold Coast suburbs are > completely wrong! > > I'm pretty new to OSM - so forgive my ignorance here, but from what I > can see the administrative boundary for suburb is just set from a > point and it just calculates your suburb from the nearest > administrative point. So I live in Parkwood (no point has been set for > this), my street comes up as Nerang and the street next to me comes up > as Helensvale! > > If I was to get hold of proper suburb boundaries from the council - is > there any way to even enter it? I can't quite see how. Has anyone in > other cities done this? I did see some reference to Adelaide in the > list archives but as I've not done a lot of geospatial work some of > the terms and formats were new to me. > > There is quite a bit of support for Open Data at the moment in Gold > Coast City council, so would appreciate any advice from other > contributors on the best format for data, best way to get this data > into OSM (if possible) and how best to work with the council. > > I would really like to encourage OSM usage more in my local area - but > with a fundamental problem like this - it's a bit embarrassing. My > general response to things like this is to use RMS's words "We can fix > that!" but I'm a little stumped here on how to go about it, so any > help appreciated. > > Many thanks > Steve > > -- > Refactor. Engage | Succeed | Repeat > tel: +61 (0)7 5668 3424 > mob: +61 (0)414 464564 > web: refactor.com.au > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > -- Cheers, Jason M: 0438740049
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