Re: [Talk-us] TIGER Data in Wrong Place

2009-05-07 Thread Apollinaris Schoell
a good reference are the USGS maps. their accuracy is way better compared to tiger. they are pretty old and usually miss data from the last 10-30 years. one download location is here http://libremap.org/ You can use any tool which supports geotiff and gpx or shape import to match some of the

Re: [Talk-us] TIGER Data in Wrong Place

2009-05-06 Thread Dave Hansen
On Wed, 2009-05-06 at 19:08 +0100, Andrew Ayre wrote: Hi! When I load OSM data into my GPS unit using mkgmap for a place in the UK then it is accurate. When I load OSM data for Tucson, Arizona then it is off by perhaps 100ft. I would like to make the maps for Tucson usable, so my questions

Re: [Talk-us] TIGER Data in Wrong Place

2009-05-06 Thread Paul Johnson
Andrew Ayre wrote: Hi! When I load OSM data into my GPS unit using mkgmap for a place in the UK then it is accurate. When I load OSM data for Tucson, Arizona then it is off by perhaps 100ft. I would like to make the maps for Tucson usable, so my questions are: - how do I tell where