QGIS 1.8 on Windows can open ESRI Personal Database format files (.mdb, right?).
On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 10:03 AM, Steven Johnson <[email protected]>wrote: > I'm wholeheartedly behind this effort as address data have long been an > interest. > > So I just had a quick look at obtaining data for Arlington, VA. The data > (current as of May 2012) are available on CD for cost of reproduction > ($125) and includes address points, plus parcels, zoning, flood control > zones, etc. The data are furnished in ArcGIS *personal* database format > ONLY. (I have access to ArcGIS, so could theoretically convert them.) The > data are copyrighted and Arlington County owns all rights to the data and > allows use "...as an acknowledged source to produce maps or analysis but > you may not redistribute, resell, or copy the data (except for back-up > purposes)." > > Probably other jurisdictions out there that place similar conditions on > their data. > > -- SEJ > -- twitter: @geomantic > -- skype: sejohnson8 > > "Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen." > -- Einstein > > > > On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 12:28 PM, Ian Dees <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 10:51 AM, Jeffrey Ollie <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> The Iowa DNR has an ongoing project to provide statewide geocoding >>> data. As of this summer they had about 50% of the state covered: >>> >>> >>> http://iagiservicebureau.blogspot.com/2012/06/first-batch-of-geocoding-project-points.html >>> >>> It would be fairly trivial to convert these shape files and import them. >> >> >> That is awesome. I'm adding data to the spreadsheet based on this listing >> here: >> ftp://ftp.igsb.uiowa.edu/gis_library/counties/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-us mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us > > -- Jeff Meyer Global World History Atlas www.gwhat.org [email protected] 206-676-2347
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