[OSM-dev] TIGER

[Tom Permutt]

Dave Hansen:
>On Wed, 2007-08-29 at 21:42 +0100, Robert (Jamie) Munro wrote:
>> IMHO Tiger import takes priority over anything else going on on dev that
>> I know about. It's certainly more important than Tiles at Home, for
>> example. If T at H gets no updates for a couple of weeks, people won't miss
>> it as much as the entire population of the USA miss having any maps at
all.

>I certainly don't think it is _that_ important.  We'd have more maps in
>the US if more people were _mapping_! :)

Chicken and egg.  I, for one, am waiting with bated breath.  I don't see
much point in
mapping a few dozen of the millions of ways that are going to be imported
eventually
from TIGER.  I've been doing footways, and a few roads for practice and
context for
the footpaths, and resting up to make such enhancements as I can to the
TIGER
base when it comes in.

Anyway, Dave, kindly get Howard County, MD in the queue, and after that
Baltimore
City (not the same thing as Baltimore County).

I would guess that, except for the extremely few areas that have been
densely mapped,
most US mappers would like to see our meager efforts so far replaced, so
that we can
get on with fixes.

Tom Permutt
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