Originally Posted by
Steve the Planner
"Does Iraq have anything like the US Postal Zip Code System? "
Yes, it does.
The most astounding thing for many folks is that it has the same types of property tax registration system as the US, too. State, County, Tax Map and Parcel. All keyed to the adopted administrative boundary maps.
Seeing those in early 2008 reminded me that, if they hadn't had one like ours, there would have to be one pretty similar. But there was.
And it all keys into the Land Records and cadestral maps, and census maps. How many goats and internet cafes per census block?
A beautiful system for data mining on a property/person specific basis.
On of the things the Embassy DOT Attaches was working on last year was the formal naming system for roads/place names needed for international road mapping and directional signage systems/standards.
In and around the census, you will see the formalization of many of these things with some pretty worthwhile tweaks.
After international naming standards are adopted/applied, a lot of the changeable/multiple names for places will go the way they did in the US when the railroads came through.
Steve
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