Re: [Talk-us] Importing addresses from TIGER

2013-12-12 Thread Carl Anderson
Frederik, I believe that Mike N.'s quote was about importing TIGER data. Saikrishna's quote was about the data Ian Dees spreadsheet for the City of Atlanta (Fulton County). A different dataset entirely. Saikrishna, If you want to import the Fulton County/City of Atlanta address points I am

Re: [Talk-us] Importing addresses from TIGER

2013-12-12 Thread Carl Anderson
: Thank you Carl. The earliest I'll have time to do any importing is on Sunday. Regardless, I'll have to contact imports first to get an all-clear. Saikrishna Arcot On Thu 12 Dec 2013 06:18:22 PM EST, Carl Anderson wrote: Frederik, I believe that Mike N.'s quote was about importing

Re: [Talk-us] Fwd: Postal Code Extract

2013-08-30 Thread Carl Anderson
If you are looking for the correct ZIP code by address you should acquire the USPS ZIP4 product https://ribbs.usps.gov/addressing/documents/tech_guides/pubs/AIS.PDF The Census ZCTA5 data is pretty good to help determine the predominant ZIP code in areas. It misses singleton addresses but you can

Re: [Talk-us] what do we mean by geocoding?

2013-06-25 Thread Carl Anderson
Steve, On a more technical level ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTA5) are statistical areas that are built using a predominant ZIP Code method. The predominant ZIP Code for addresses within a Face (Faces combine into Blocks) is assigned to the Face. Then a complex algorithm in-fills ZCTA5

Re: [Talk-us] Feature proposal: proposed expanded address tagging scheme for US

2012-11-20 Thread Carl Anderson
All, This proposal is a good thing, provided that it does not deprecate current tagging uses. From my experiences in emergency services (911), emergency management (FEMA and State/County EMA), and location finding I find that it is often very important to know what the colloquial core phrase of

Re: [Talk-us] Announcement: Address Improvement project

2011-10-05 Thread Carl Anderson
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Re: [Talk-us] Announcement: Address Improvement project

2011-10-05 Thread Carl Anderson
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Re: [Talk-us] Announcement: Address Improvement project

2011-10-05 Thread Carl Anderson
Census faces are areas. On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 10:19 PM, Nathan Edgars II nerou...@gmail.com wrote: On 10/5/2011 10:08 PM, Carl Anderson wrote: Although there is only 1 edge on the TIGER 2010 edges dataset having zipl = '32830' or zipr = '32830'  (TLID = 94368893) there are 539 faces

Re: [Talk-us] [Tagging] RFC: place=neighbourhood

2011-09-08 Thread Carl Anderson
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Re: [Talk-us] Oknoname reservoirs

2011-08-13 Thread Carl Anderson
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Re: [Talk-us] Boundaries of cities used in postal addresses?

2010-11-12 Thread Carl Anderson
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Re: [Talk-us] Boundaries of cities used in postal addresses?

2010-11-12 Thread Carl Anderson
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Re: [Talk-us] Peaks

2010-10-23 Thread Carl Anderson
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Re: [Talk-us] Towns as Areas or Points

2010-08-31 Thread Carl Anderson
as these areas can be distinguished by an extra tag or 2 I don't see a problem. The TIGER:classfp tag does distinguish in a way. http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/fips55codedef.html Carl Anderson cander...@spatialfocus.com carl.ander...@vadose.org On Aug 31, 2010 10:48 AM, Serge Wroclawski emac

Re: [Talk-us] Meetups around the US

2010-08-25 Thread Carl Anderson
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Re: [Talk-us] United States Roadway Classification Guidelines

2010-07-29 Thread Carl Anderson
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Urban Collector Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: 19 Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Urban Local C. Carl Anderson On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 11:04 AM, Jim McAndrew j...@loc8.us wrote: As someone who has driven on these routes

Re: [Talk-us] United States Roadway Classification Guidelines

2010-07-29 Thread Carl Anderson
Thanks Brad. It may be useful to add data links to the NHPN and HPMS as they provide data in places where no active state data source link is referenced. Such as Colorado, Maryland, Texas and others. C. Carl Anderson cander...@spatialfocus.com carl.ander...@vadose.org (sent from my phone