Re:USPS now offers official ZIP Code boundary polygons
by manarth on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @03:58AM
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> "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.
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.