[OSM-talk] TIGER 101

[Ben Gimpert]

Hi andy,

I personally don't think that would be particularly useful, since there
are 35,809,110 distinct FIPS streets.  Maybe an OSM URL pointing at the
center of each FIPS (there are only 3,231 FIPS counties)?

		Cheers,
		Ben


On Thu, 30 Nov 06 @03:00pm, Andy Robinson wrote:
> Ben,
> 
> Any possibility to get a lat an lon reference of some sort to each FIPS
> line?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Andy Robinson
> Andy_J_Robinson at blueyonder.co.uk 
> 
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: talk-bounces at openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-
> >bounces at openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Ben Gimpert
> >Sent: 30 November 2006 2:53 PM
> >To: talk at openstreetmap.org
> >Subject: [OSM-talk] TIGER 101
> >
> >Hi OSM,
> >
> >The TIGER -> OSM import is (again) kicked off and going.
> >
> >Since there is now disaster recovery logic atop a MySQL tracking
> >database, a proper status report is possible.  Unless there are any
> >objections, I intend to commit the status report to the OSM SVN
> >repository every night at 3am:
> >
> >		http://svn.openstreetmap.org/utils/tiger_import/status
> >
> >Dig the tiny-but-increasing numbers for CAlifornia, around our first
> >prioritized counties (for Mikel).
> >
> >		Cheers,
> >		Ben
> >
> >
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