[OSM-dev] Update of TIGER ruby import code
Dave Hansen
dave at sr71.net
Tue Jul 3 23:47:05 BST 2007
On Mon, 2007-06-25 at 13:09 -0700, James Marca wrote:
>
> The U.S. Census Bureau has created a new CFCC type that may appear on
> street features only. Some streets that normally would be classified
> as "A" class features may be coded with a "P" instead of the "A" to
> indicate that the feature is a "provisional" feature....
>
> Perhaps I missed the debate on this, but I recommend that provisional
> features should be included, since the TIGER import philosophy seems
> to be "trust but verify"---the provisional features will get checked
> along with other features.
>
> In California, I see lots of provisional features (mostly type
> P41---local, unseparated).
I really haven't touched the tiger code itself very much. Perhaps
Brandon has an idea, here.
-- Dave
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