[Talk-us] US Addressing

Jeff Meyer jeff at gwhat.org
Thu Nov 29 18:22:55 GMT 2012


QGIS 1.8 on Windows can open ESRI Personal Database format files (.mdb,
right?).


On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 10:03 AM, Steven Johnson <sejohnson8 at gmail.com>wrote:

> I'm wholeheartedly behind this effort as address data have long been an
> interest.
>
> So I just had a quick look at obtaining data for Arlington, VA. The data
> (current as of May 2012) are available on CD for cost of reproduction
> ($125) and includes address points, plus parcels, zoning, flood control
> zones, etc. The data are furnished in ArcGIS *personal* database format
> ONLY. (I have access to ArcGIS, so could theoretically convert them.) The
> data are copyrighted and Arlington County owns all rights to the data and
> allows use "...as an acknowledged source to produce maps or analysis but
> you may not redistribute, resell, or copy the data (except for back-up
> purposes)."
>
> Probably other jurisdictions out there that place similar conditions on
> their data.
>
> -- SEJ
> -- twitter: @geomantic
> -- skype: sejohnson8
>
> "Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen."
> -- Einstein
>
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 12:28 PM, Ian Dees <ian.dees at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 10:51 AM, Jeffrey Ollie <jeff at ocjtech.us> wrote:
>>
>>> The Iowa DNR has an ongoing project to provide statewide geocoding
>>> data.  As of this summer they had about 50% of the state covered:
>>>
>>>
>>> http://iagiservicebureau.blogspot.com/2012/06/first-batch-of-geocoding-project-points.html
>>>
>>> It would be fairly trivial to convert these shape files and import them.
>>
>>
>> That is awesome. I'm adding data to the spreadsheet based on this listing
>> here:
>> ftp://ftp.igsb.uiowa.edu/gis_library/counties/
>>
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