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Alex Von Kitchen

@railmaps @xssfox what do we mean by locality here? it might be something i haven't worked with (i've mostly done geographical stuff for demographics, so a lot of ABS data)

4 Oct 2023 at 6:27 | Wall-to-wall | Open on aus.social
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Railmaps

@Dangerous_beans @xssfox Locality is a formally defined construct that represents a geographically bounded area. Localities are maintained by the varies State lands Authorities and they define the address of all land parcels contained within. Australia Post define geographic postcodes in terms of the Localities they serve, and they adopt the boundaries precisely.

4 Oct 2023 at 6:31 | Open on mastodon.online
Alex Von Kitchen

@railmaps @xssfox ah, it's state level. i can't find a list to check, the free publication on auspost isn't much use here
It appears that localities only roughly match ABS categories, so it could be that localities aggregate to postcodes but the two can't be linked to other systems
abs.gov.au/statistics/standard

4 Oct 2023 at 6:51 | Open on aus.social
Railmaps

@Dangerous_beans @xssfox It’s possible. Localities come from a lands management and surveying background, not from a stats background. Geoscience Australia do act as a national umbrella group for all the State lands data, and the States do coordinate and standardise pretty well with each other on this. This might be useful ga.gov.au/scientific-topics/na

4 Oct 2023 at 7:00 | Open on mastodon.online
Alex Von Kitchen

@railmaps @xssfox hmm, i'm going to go back to cooking :P
you might be right, i just can't find the info to check

4 Oct 2023 at 7:03 | Open on aus.social
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