[OSGeo Africa] Suburbs

[Patrick Ric-Hansen]

Hi Anthony,

Correct, I am looking for the colloquial Suburbs rather than EA's or SG townships. The colloquial suburbs are generally those that are in common use. 

I contacted  the Post Office to see if they had a spatial dataset for their postal codes, but they have not responded.

It was wishful thinking as it is unlikely that there is a comprehensive up-to-date data set.

Kind regards,

Patrick   

-----Original Message-----
From: Africa <africa-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> On Behalf Of Antony Cooper
Sent: Thursday, 19 March 2020 11:06 PM
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Subject: Re: [OSGeo Africa] Suburbs

Dear Patrick

Primarily, the problem is that there is not one common definition of a suburb.  So, you need to define what you mean by a suburb, and then look for that.  A further complication is that widely-used suburb names are sometime colloquial rather than 'official'.

Regards
Antony


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> Hi Patrick
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> The Stats SA sub-places is probably the closest you'll get.
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> On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 11:14 AM Patrick Ric-Hansen 
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>> Good morning All,
>>
>>
>>
>> Is there a reliable spatial dataset of suburbs for South Africa?
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>
>>
>> Patrick Ric-Hansen
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