Re:USPS now offers official ZIP Code boundary polygons
by burlesona on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @10:21AM
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Any chance you're one of the Village Ventures[1] guys? I love their work!
Re:USPS now offers official ZIP Code boundary polygons
by mauvehaus on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @08:45AM
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I'm not; I met Jonah recently though. Seems like a nice guy, and goodness knows we need more housing in the area!
Re:USPS now offers official ZIP Code boundary polygons
by cwmoore on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @10:43AM
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Sounds as if maybe your post office branch can’t afford the maps either
Re:USPS now offers official ZIP Code boundary polygons
by driverdan on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @11:14AM
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My parents had this problem when I was growing up. We lived in town A but due to being on the border of town B and in the middle of nowhere we got our mail from town B. Anything addressed to town A wouldn't be delivered. They ended up getting a PO box in town A and post office would put all the undeliverable stuff in it.
With a growing population town A decided to start delivering their mail something like 20-25 years ago. I can see it being a bigger problem now with autofill addresses and such.
As a result of that, and address verification services, our de facto address is our mailing address. Except for the handful of times a year, usually pertaining to state taxes directly or indirectly, when we have to ask which address is actually needed/intended. Even in those cases, it's the source of confusion since the two differ by the addition of "West" to the town name and two digits in the ZIP code.