> This is interesting. Looking at < http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Contributors#Australian_government_public_information_datasets>, it seems ABS data should already be fine to use, and is indeed already in use for suburbs. However from the import plan page < http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Catalogue/ABS_Data>, the import doesn't seem to have gotten too far, and also questions the accuracy of the data. > > Given that many suburbs in NSW are currently indicated by nodes, would an import of the ABS boundaries, however inaccurate, be better than nothing?
Possibly, but to go further than the concerns in the abs data page - these aren't suburbs, just approximations for statistics at a fixed point in time. That means there are areas where the population count is low and distorts the reporting area. As you would expect that's more remote areas, but it does make the data different from the gazetted suburb lists. If you had a process mapped out to migrate/redraw these when local data or updated abs data is avail, it'd be a lot more valuable than a one time import. Given its been raised before, might be worth checking the imports and talk Au archives for more nuanced opinions too.
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