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p.MsoNormal,p.MsoNoSpacing{margin:0}</style></head><body><div>I don't know much about this 2022 dataset in particular, but when you speak of "improving geometries of existing [polygons]" that slightly worries me. I know one of the issues that has been found with previous TIGER imports is low-quality data. So… I personally would be wary about any use of it that didn't combine with on-the-ground knowledge.<br></div><div><br></div><div>To put it another way: how will you know that you are improving geometries instead of introducing errors to them?<br></div><div><br></div><div>Kristin<br></div><div><br></div><div>On Tue, Jan 17, 2023, at 7:21 AM, Aleksandar Matejevic (Hi-Tech Talents LLC) via Talk-us wrote:<br></div><blockquote type="cite" id="qt" style="overflow-wrap:break-word;"><div class="qt-WordSection1"><p class="qt-MsoNormal"></p><div>Hello, <br></div><div> I have a question regarding TIGER 2022 PLACE dataset (<a href="https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER2022/PLACE/">https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER2022/PLACE/</a>).<br></div><div> <br></div><div> Is it OK with the community to add these polygons to the OSM? <br></div><div> <br></div><div> I saw there were some imports of the previous datasets in the past years, but lot of polygons are still missing, and license looks to be compatible with the OSM one.<br></div><p></p><p class="qt-MsoNormal"></p><div>I am not talking about mass import of the data, but using polygons and adding them one by one if they are not already added and improving geometries of the existing ones.<br></div><div> <br></div><div> What is the opinion on this effort?<br></div><div> <br></div><div> Best regards, <br></div><div> Aleksandar Matejevic<br></div><p></p></div><div>_______________________________________________<br></div><div>Talk-us mailing list<br></div><div><a href="mailto:Talk-us@openstreetmap.org">Talk-us@openstreetmap.org</a><br></div><div><a href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us</a><br></div><div><br></div></blockquote><div><br></div></body></html>