[OSM-talk] TIGER 101

raphael Jacquot sxpert at sxpert.org
Fri Dec 1 14:53:43 GMT 2006


Andy Robinson wrote:

> The right thing to do is take stock. We kicked of the TIGER import
> originally to deal with the concern about duplication of data with time and
> so it is important we get it sorted soon. But on the other hand if we load
> in a pile of data which cannot reasonably be further edited then it's a
> waste of effort. Much better to take stock, rewrite the import tools and any
> cleaning up processes and then run again. The amount of duplicate data
> that's going to occur in a few weeks say is going to be trivial compared
> with the volume of data that does need to do its job first time around.
> 
> Cheers

how about running the import in a separate database tooled to complain 
about things like dupe nodes & stuff, and *then* import it all to osm ?





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