[Talk-us] Your opinion about SOTM US

[Alex Barth]

Y, this would be the most accurate way to put this. Most often actually
neither data is excellent. We have an opportunity here in the US: create
the most spatially accurate and complete dataset available.

On Sunday, March 15, 2015, Clifford Snow <clifford at snowandsnow.us> wrote:

>
> On Sat, Mar 14, 2015 at 7:56 PM, Alex Barth <alex at mapbox.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','alex at mapbox.com');>> wrote:
>
>> Here's a map showing where TIGER is better than OSM:
>>
>> https://api.tiles.mapbox.com/v4/lxbarth.647bc246/page.html?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoibHhiYXJ0aCIsImEiOiJFVXdYcUlvIn0.bbaHTEWlnAwGgyVwJngMdQ#5/39.724/-99.360
>>
>
> I think the correct phrase is "Here's a map showing where TIGER is
> different than OSM." Just because new TIGER data is available, doesn't make
> it better. In my limited experience with just small parts of two states,
> new TIGER data in rural areas is often bad.
>
> Clifford
>
>
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>


-- 
Alex Barth
Vice President
OpenStreetMap United States Inc.
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