Hamlets, CDP, Zip Codes
This is the second part post regarding City Naming, please make sure you have had a chance to read the post on Duplicate City Names. We have encountered many issues with people utilizing mailing addresses or other city names than what currently exists in WME. There are many considerations here and this issue has been long debated topic. And there is many complexities to this issue.
Big issues:
Finding accurate and definitive boundaries if we were to add any alt cities
Possibility of duplicate cities being created/used
Not all places might need the same solution
Some areas that this has been a problem is Queens, and Long Island. Im sure there are quite a few others.
The Suffolk GIS has great boundaries for the hamlets, which maybe a good testing site.
Ideally start in a concentrated area and expand. We should discuss pro/cons first before starting any test and I ask if anyone has case examples that they have implemented that may help with the discussions.
Big issues:
Finding accurate and definitive boundaries if we were to add any alt cities
Possibility of duplicate cities being created/used
Not all places might need the same solution
Some areas that this has been a problem is Queens, and Long Island. Im sure there are quite a few others.
The Suffolk GIS has great boundaries for the hamlets, which maybe a good testing site.
Ideally start in a concentrated area and expand. We should discuss pro/cons first before starting any test and I ask if anyone has case examples that they have implemented that may help with the discussions.
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