Ok, I know this is an unnaturally practical topic, but I've been thinking about Census' 2010 project relative to address verification/TIGER data. For those who don't know, Harris Corp, Census' long time contractor for census, is going high tech-Sprint is OEMing gear to Harris to enable remote address verification and (I think) collection of other spatial data. There are a few GAO and other reports (eg, http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d06272.pdf and http://oversight.house.gov/documents/20080409144834.pdf) that are critical of Harris' approach/capabilities.
Something I couldn't resist: check out this HOT HOT HOT phone-type thing that will be used for geocoding in the field: http://www.harris.com/images/fdca.jpg. Apparently planning was begun in 2004 so there was no iPhone on the scene. What a drag as I'm sure the app could have been developed for less than the $600m contract (which is for the entire census, not the brick alone). Who has details about TIGER for 2010? Ian White :: Urban Mapping Inc 690 Fifth Street Suite 200 :: San Francisco CA 94107 T.415.946.8170 x800 :: F.866.385.8266 :: urbanmapping.com/blog
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