On 4/22/17 4:18 AM, Paul Johnson wrote: > > Given the inconsistency of TIGER data, I would not be surprised if no > automated effort will be ever attempted to deal with that dataset ever > again. That said, there are tilesets out there that show TIGER data > that thas a newer name or geometry than what OSM has, though this > itself has it's pitfalls as I've noticed a tendency for such datasets > to false-positive on a name because OklaDOT renamed something and > whatever Census-taker mapped it in TIGER kept the old name. when assessing TIGER, it's good to keep in mind that it's a moving target. the copy that was imported into OSM was the 2007 version, which was midway through the improvement project, and the reason why some parts of TIGER are much less bad than other parts of TIGER in OSM.
there are various layers available which render newer TIGER so it can be used as a backdrop image for editing, i sometimes use these when cleaning up older, obviously bad TIGER. and TIGER really is improving. a major part of that is that the Census Bureau is trying to work with local GIS departments more and reduce their direct involvement in maintainence, which seems to me to be the right way to go. richard -- [email protected] Averill Park Networking - GIS & IT Consulting OpenStreetMap - PostgreSQL - Linux Java - Web Applications - Search
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