Hi, I posted the sources, nothing from UPS, but from the us census : Five digit splitting of NJ: http://www.census.gov/geo/cob/bdy/zt/z500shp/zt34_d00_shp.zip
Three digit splitting of NJ: http://www.census.gov/geo/cob/bdy/zt/z300shp/z334_d00_shp.zip This is just processed using the shp2osm.pl http://www.census.gov/geo/ZCTA/zctafaq.html mike On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 3:29 PM, Kate Chapman <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Mike, > > Where did you find the ZIP Code boundaries? They are licensed data from the > USPS and would not have a compatible license for OSM. Or are you refering > to ZCTAs (ZIP Code Tabulation Areas)? ZCTAs are not the same thing as ZIP > codes http://www.census.gov/geo/ZCTA/zcta.html. They are usually the same > but not always, this is because the USPS doesn't even give their ZIP Code > database to the U.S. Census. > > According to this Wikipedia article > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZIP_Code_Tabulation_Area some of them represent > data that doesn't exist in the USPS database anymore. > > Not trying to rain on your parade, just want people to be aware that it is > not the same thing. > > Kate Chapman > user:wonderchook > > > > On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 7:57 AM, [email protected] > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I have found a nice source of ZipCode boundries, >> http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/h4ck3rm1k3/diary/8994 >> >> do you want to import them? >> mike >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Imports mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/imports > > _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
