Resending to the list. On Nov 12, 2010, at 12:37 AM, Nathan Edgars II wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 3:14 AM, Daniel Sabo <[email protected]> wrote: >>> If it's not in GNIS, for example, that means it's not on USGS or other >>> government maps, which narrows down the field considerably. Then I can >>> see if the name is used by the local newspaper, for instance. An >>> example is "Zephyrhills South" - it's just the census name for the >>> unincorporated area south of Zephyrhills. >> How would you denote the unincorporated region around Zephyrhills? > > As a region not inside the Zephyrhills polygon... > Most likely it has a postal address of Zephyrhills, and is subdivided > into individual developments with their own names. The Census Bureau > made up "Zephyrhills South" so they could compile statistics for the > area. To me the unincorporated region around a town that people consider part of the towns community is useful data, and I'd prefer it didn't get deleted without being replaced by something more accurate than the CDP. _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

