[Talk-ca] Statcan nrn - wow it's inaccurate

Tyler Gunn tyler at egunn.com
Sun May 9 23:54:57 BST 2010



> How about working with GeoBase data where addressing exists?  The
> StatsCan geometry is known to be very weak.  Perhaps work where the
> data is known to be higher quality, avoid the frustration, develop the
> tools and let the data catch up elsewhere?


As far as I knew, there was no addressing data in the Geobase data for
Manitoba.  That's the only reason I'm relying on the StatCan data for this.
The address ranges seem reliable, just the geometry is a bit off.  Not
hard to correct really.

Tyler




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