The 24K topos may have better locational accuracy, but GNIS likely has better temporal accuracy. Some of the topos have not been updated in ~50 years.
David. On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 10:54 AM, Greg Troxel <[email protected]> wrote: > > Richard Weait <[email protected]> writes: > >> On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 8:44 AM, Ian <[email protected]> wrote: >>> FYI: Most of the information present on USGS Topo Maps should already be >>> present on the map due to an import of the GNIS dataset a couple years ago. >> >> And fixing that import so that the GNIS points are better aligned by >> your local knowledge is very welcome! > > Agreed - most of the GNIS points need more position accuracy. > > But, USGS Topos != GNIS. On the USGS topos I have, the POIs such as > churches, cemeteries, schools, libraries, etc. are positioned very > accurately. GNIS is clearly a different dataset. > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > > _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
