[Talk-us] Characterizing Systematic Errors in Hawaii and US Pacific Island Data

2009-10-02 Thread Scott Atwood
Based on suggestions in an earlier thread, I have begun the task of analyzing the errors in the existing data for the islands of Hawaii and other US Pacific Islands. I have begun with a few of the smaller, simpler islands, and I'd like to start sharing my findings. Kohoʻolawe: This is an

Re: [Talk-us] Characterizing Systematic Errors in Hawaii and US Pacific Island Data

2009-10-02 Thread Scott Atwood
Lehua: This is a tiny, uninhabited islet off the coast of Niʻihau. The shoreline data could use some cleanup, but it is roughly correct. The boundary data seems to come from the same low resolution source, but the 1km east displacement error seems to have been manually corrected. Molokini:

Re: [Talk-us] Characterizing Systematic Errors in Hawaii and US Pacific Island Data

2009-10-02 Thread Richard Weait
On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 3:39 PM, Scott Atwood scott.roy.atw...@gmail.com wrote: Once again, if the political boundaries are supposed to correspond exactly to the shoreline data, the whatever is done for Kohoʻolawe and Lanaʻi should also be done for these three islands to correct the political

Re: [Talk-us] Characterizing Systematic Errors in Hawaii and US Pacific Island Data

2009-10-02 Thread Scott Atwood
On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 1:24 PM, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote: On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 3:39 PM, Scott Atwood scott.roy.atw...@gmail.com wrote: Once again, if the political boundaries are supposed to correspond exactly to the shoreline data, the whatever is done for Kohoʻolawe and

Re: [Talk-us] Characterizing Systematic Errors in Hawaii and US Pacific Island Data

2009-10-02 Thread Scott Atwood
I'm completely unfamiliar with the process of importing TIGER data. Is it possible to import only a subset of the TIGER data, such as that corresponding to the county/state/US boundaries at 3 miles? Can we verify that the 2008 TIGER data has the correct geodetic datum for Hawaiʻi? And if both