It sounds like that the USGS DLG might be better suited than Tiger, though it is outdated. The DLG is a more similar product type to the LINZ topo and Canvec stuff.
DLG is being replaced by the nationalmap.gov stuff - see products and services on left side, as well as ustopo (which uses data from the products and services area). DLG found here http://edc2.usgs.gov/geodata/index.php On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 8:32 AM, Sam Vekemans <[email protected]>wrote: > Ok, > I ask as i am making my own set of rules/standards for the CommonMap > API (which works the same as OpenStreetMap) accept the licence of the > data is ccBY, instead of ccBYsa/Odbl. > > > So the source datasets begin with Natural Earth, GeoBase (Canada), > CanVec (Canada), TIGER (USA), LINZ (New Zealand) etc. and building a > set of standards, which are 'inspired' by mapnik/cyclemap. > > > Are their any 'favorate' well known datasets which have a good set of > features that you (qgis Community) would like to see incorporated into > the CommonMap Features rendering schema? > > > thanks, > Sam > > On 4/8/11, Andreas Neumann <[email protected]> wrote: > > It would make sense for very well-known datasets with a fixed > > structure. Potential candidates are national survey datasets that are > > widely used or OpenStreetMap data. > > > > In my case, the rendering rules are very specific to my own data > > structure. It wouldn't make sense to share them. > > > > Andreas > > > > On Fri, 8 Apr 2011 05:37:52 -0700, Sam Vekemans wrote: > >> Hi, > >> Is their a list somewhere which shows all of the rendering rules > >> which > >> people are using (the beginings of a standards system)? > >> > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Sam > >> > >> On 4/8/11, Martin Dobias <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 11:36 AM, Andreas Neumann > >>> <[email protected]> > >>> wrote: > >>>> Hi, > >>>> > >>>> I am trying to better understand the rule based renderer. > >>>> > >>>> Which version is correct? > >>>> > >>>> a) QGIS is rendering all features of the first rule, then the > >>>> second rule, > >>>> etc, Features of the first rule are rendered first, features of the > >>>> second > >>>> rule on top of features from the first rule > >>>> b) QGIS is rendering each feature on by one and decides which rule > >>>> applies. > >>>> > >>>> I hope it is not version b), I hoped it behaves like version a) but > >>>> it > >>>> behaves a bit odd with my data. For my data it seems like the order > >>>> of the > >>>> rule has no influence on the rendering order ;-( > >>> > >>> Hi Andreas > >>> > >>> the rule based renderer uses the b) option: it goes through the > >>> features one by one and applies all matching rules (in the order in > >>> which they appear). Mayeul Kaufmann has done some work in order to > >>> support option a) by implementing support for symbol levels so that > >>> the rendering order can be overridden. > >>> > >>> My ultimate goal is to only support the option a) in a way how SLD > >>> specifies it: rules are grouped and these groups are rendered one > >>> after each other. > >>> > >>> Regards > >>> Martin > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Qgis-user mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > >>> > > > > -- > > -- > > Andreas Neumann > > Böschacherstrasse 10A > > 8624 Grüt (Gossau ZH) > > Switzerland > > > > > -- > --- > Across Canada Trails - Beyond 2017 - The National Trails Network > Victoria, BC Canada > > Twitter: @Acrosscanada > Blog: http://acrosscanadatrails.posterous.com/ > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sam.vekemans > Skype: 'Sam Vekemans' > > Member, CommonMap Inc. http://commonmap.org/ > IRC: irc://irc.oftc.net #CommonMap > Also find us on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >
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