Re: [OSM-talk] Tiger 2007 Data

2008-10-22 Thread Nick Hocking
Hi, I think that it's critical that work done by users up to now is not erased or corrupted by a bulk upload of data. Therefore the new Tiger data should not relpace users data nor should it be placed on top of, underneath, or intertwined with the current users data. Ideally, if a tile has been

Re: [OSM-talk] Tiger 2007 Data

2008-10-21 Thread Andy Allan
On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 9:44 PM, vegard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 12:27:27PM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote: On Mon, 2008-10-20 at 09:43 +0200, vegard wrote: I see it like this: What could be very useful to have, is a mapping between tiger data (old set) and OSM data. It

Re: [OSM-talk] Tiger 2007 Data

2008-10-20 Thread Lambertus
Any idea about the differences between the Tiger data in the OSM db and this new set? By that I mean: is it just road network updates or is the data also better defined? The current tiger data in the db may look alright on a map, but routing wise it is a real mess. Dave Hansen wrote: Has

Re: [OSM-talk] Tiger 2007 Data

2008-10-20 Thread vegard
On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 10:54:55AM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote: Has anyone looked at importing the TIGER 2007 data yet? I was going to start coding up the conversion utilities to get started. It appears that this shapefile format may have existing OSM converters out there. Anyone want to admit

Re: [OSM-talk] Tiger 2007 Data

2008-10-20 Thread Lukasz Szybalski
On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 2:43 AM, vegard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 10:54:55AM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote: Has anyone looked at importing the TIGER 2007 data yet? I was going to start coding up the conversion utilities to get started. It appears that this shapefile format

Re: [OSM-talk] Tiger 2007 Data

2008-10-20 Thread Dave Hansen
On Mon, 2008-10-20 at 09:21 +0200, Lambertus wrote: Any idea about the differences between the Tiger data in the OSM db and this new set? By that I mean: is it just road network updates or is the data also better defined? The current tiger data in the db may look alright on a map, but

Re: [OSM-talk] Tiger 2007 Data

2008-10-20 Thread Dave Hansen
On Mon, 2008-10-20 at 09:43 +0200, vegard wrote: On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 10:54:55AM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote: Has anyone looked at importing the TIGER 2007 data yet? I was going to start coding up the conversion utilities to get started. It appears that this shapefile format may have

Re: [OSM-talk] Tiger 2007 Data

2008-10-20 Thread vegard
On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 12:27:27PM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote: On Mon, 2008-10-20 at 09:43 +0200, vegard wrote: I see it like this: What could be very useful to have, is a mapping between tiger data (old set) and OSM data. It could be to late for this round, but an external_id:tiger =

[OSM-talk] Tiger 2007 Data

2008-10-19 Thread Dave Hansen
Has anyone looked at importing the TIGER 2007 data yet? I was going to start coding up the conversion utilities to get started. It appears that this shapefile format may have existing OSM converters out there. Anyone want to admit to having one? ;) -- Dave