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Re:USPS now offers official ZIP Code boundary polygons by 6SixTy on Monday November 09, 2026 @05:35PM (#50433264)
>USPS® ZIP Code Boundaries - Publication

>Four quarterly updates with limited publication.

Sharing it with everyone is probably going to get you banned from getting quarterly updates, as there's strings attached. Though I do wonder just how they keep track. Are they fingerprinting the data somehow? Does that make the dataset less useful?

Re:USPS now offers official ZIP Code boundary polygons by __MatrixMan__ on Monday November 09, 2026 @06:33PM (#50433902)
One person per quarter I suppose.
Re:USPS now offers official ZIP Code boundary polygons by neuronexmachina on Monday November 09, 2026 @09:10PM (#50435216)
Oof:

>Each Party acknowledges and agrees that a breach or threatened breach by LICENSEE of any of its obligations under this Agreement would cause the LICENSOR irreparable harm for which monetary damages would not be an adequate remedy and agrees that, in the event of such breach or threatened breach, the LICENSOR will be entitled to equitable relief, including a restraining order, an injunction, specific performance, and any other relief that may be available from any court, without any requirement to post a bond or other security, or to prove actual damages or that monetary damages are not an adequate remedy. Such remedies are not exclusive and are in addition to all other remedies that may be available at law, in equity, or otherwise

Re:USPS now offers official ZIP Code boundary polygons by manarth on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @03:58AM (#50437745)

  > "Does that make the dataset less useful?"
Maps have a lengthy history of including "Trap streets" to identify copies.

Changing the value of the least-significant decimal place for a couple of points in a polygon is unlikely to significantly change the shape or reduce the accuracy so significantly that it reduces the value of the data.