shrug-l: Canadian Postal geographies

Thu, 1 Apr 2004 17:35:25 -0500

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We are looking for anyone with information regarding Canadian Postal =
geographies. We are specifically looking for a polygon layer depicting =
'letter carrier' walk routes. These may be known as Delivery Modes in =
Canadian postal jargon.

As far as we can ascertain, only line coverages for this data exist. We =
can 'mock' a polygon layer, by simply creating a buffer around the line =
segments, but this raises several new issues for us, and we either end =
up with several 'holes' in the coverage, or the spatial extent is =
unreasonably large.

According to our sources, even Canada Post doesn't have Letter Carrier =
Walk Routes in polygon format. We have heard that someone once created a =
polygon coverage of this type for Canada Post, but he is no longer =
employed there and we have been unable to locate him.

Craig Myers
GIS Specialist
Cox Target Media, Inc.
8575 Largo Lakes Drive
Largo, FL 33773
(727)399-3000 Ext 3226

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