[OSM-talk] [Talk-us] Tiger 2007 Data

[Karl Newman]

On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 11:14 AM, Dave Hansen <dave at sr71.net> wrote:

> On Sun, 2008-10-19 at 11:10 -0700, Karl Newman wrote:
> > On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 10:54 AM, Dave Hansen <dave at sr71.net> wrote:
> >         Has anyone looked at importing the TIGER 2007 data yet?  I was
> >         going to
> >         start coding up the conversion utilities to get started.  It
> >         appears
> >         that this shapefile format may have existing OSM converters
> >         out there.
> >         Anyone want to admit to having one? ;)
> >
> >         -- Dave
> >
> > What were you looking to import? I thought your TIGER import was a
> > one-shot deal.
>
> I *wish* it was a 1-shot deal.  That darn Steve C. seems to think that
> maps should be both accurate *and* up to date.  The nerve!
>
> Anyway, it seems that the new data is substantially better than the old
> in some places.  What I'd like to do is twofold:
>
> 1. regenerate .osm files for all the new TIGER data
> 2. Compare new .osm files to old TIGER data plus stuff edited in OSM
>
> Then, decide how if/when it is appropriate to write over the old TIGER
> stuff with new.  Or, to merge it somehow.
>
> -- Dave
>

Ah. Quite a trick... I seem to recall that somebody had wanted to do that
earlier, but I think they got discouraged by the difficulty.

Karl
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