[Talk-us] A new tracing layer for TIGER 2013

Eric Fischer enf at pobox.com
Mon Dec 9 16:15:51 UTC 2013


Thanks. I'll try to make that clearer in the next revision.

Eric


On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 11:02 AM, Paul Johnson <baloo at ursamundi.org> wrote:

> Between changed and unchanged.
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 8:52 AM, Eric Fischer <enf at pobox.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the report!
>>
>> Can you be a little more specific about what you want to show more
>> contrast:
>>
>> * Between TIGER roads and iD or JOSM roads?
>> * Between TIGER roads and the aerial imagery?
>> * Between TIGER roads and railroads?
>> * Between different classes of TIGER roads?
>> * Something else?
>>
>> If you have a screenshot of two things that look alike to you and that
>> should be distinguishable, that would be a big help.
>>
>> I don't think the 2012 TIGER layer uses any color at all, unless the
>> color was too subtle for me to see too.
>>
>> Eric
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 1:52 AM, Paul Johnson <baloo at ursamundi.org> wrote:
>>
>>> On Sunday, December 8, 2013, Eric Fischer wrote:
>>>
>>>> There are only a few colors involved: streets are yellow and railroads
>>>> are blue, and both are a little brighter if they have changed since the
>>>> 2006 data. Service roads are drawn a little thinner than the rest,
>>>> following the example of the 2012 TIGER layer.
>>>>
>>>
>>>  More contrast, please!  I can't tell the difference between the colors.
>>>  The change in colors are too subtle to tell apart.  And that's coming from
>>> me, I have a JOSM stylesheet that colors maxspeed=* to color the same as
>>> JOSM colors GPX for car speeds, and I can tell the difference between 30,
>>> 35, 40, and 45 MPH at a glance.
>>>
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