Re: postal code-->electoral district: a free + legal way

Posted by Jennifer Bell on
URL: http://civicaccess.416.s1.nabble.com/postal-code-electoral-district-a-free-legal-way-tp1518p1521.html


Isn't that a problem with all postal code to electoral district resolvers?

Jennifer


--- On Thu, 1/29/09, Daniel Haran <[hidden email]> wrote:

> From: Daniel Haran <[hidden email]>
> Subject: Re: [CivicAccess-discuss] postal code-->electoral district: a free +  legal way
> To: [hidden email], "civicaccess discuss" <[hidden email]>
> Received: Thursday, January 29, 2009, 8:27 AM
> The problem there is that it returns the centroid (central
> point) for
> the postal code. This works for the majority of postal
> codes areas
> that do not overlap electoral districts.
>
> d.
>
> On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 11:20 PM, Jennifer Bell
> <[hidden email]> wrote:
> >
> > It came out on the changecamp discussion group that
> there may be a free, legal solution for the postal
> code->electoral district issue using two services:
> >
> > 1. pcode->geocode at geocoder.ca
> > 2. Cory's geocode->EDID lookup API
> >
> > I tried it for my postal code and it worked.  Could be
> good!
> >
> > Original discussion here:
> >
> >
> http://groups.google.com/group/changecamp/browse_thread/thread/5e3e9d3a80cd3465
> >
> > Jennifer
> > http://visiblegovernment.ca
> >
> >
> >
> >    
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