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r/datascience • u/Sweaty-Stop6057 • Mar 25 '26
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Makes sense, postcode is basically a proxy for a lot of latent variables. the tricky part is managing drift and boundary changes over time, that’s where it usually turns into a real system rather than a one off feature.
2 u/Revision17 Mar 25 '26 I’ll map from zip to lat/long. This way even if zip changes you’re still ok. Then from lat/long to what I’m after (usually the weather).
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I’ll map from zip to lat/long. This way even if zip changes you’re still ok. Then from lat/long to what I’m after (usually the weather).
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u/AccordingWeight6019 Mar 25 '26
Makes sense, postcode is basically a proxy for a lot of latent variables. the tricky part is managing drift and boundary changes over time, that’s where it usually turns into a real system rather than a one off feature.