Tom, There is a Windows app(http://tnatlas.geog.utk.edu/downloadfree.htm) that can create shapefile from the Tiger data. You can also use ogr2ogr(http://www.gdal.org/ogr/ogr2ogr.html) to convert Tiger data to shapefile or many other formats. Hope this helps you out.
---- Timothy J Nolte - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Associate Network Planning Engineer iPCS Wireless, Inc. 4717 Broadmoor Ave, Suite G Kentwood, MI 49512 Office: 616-656-5163 PCS: 616-706-2438 Fax: 616-554-6484 Web: www.ipcswirelessinc.com > -----Original Message----- > From: UMN MapServer Users List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Farnham > Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 5:12 PM > To: MAPSERVER-USERS@LISTS.UMN.EDU > Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Simplifying Shapefiles > > I recall seeing a method or utility before to take something like > Tiger Census data and convert it to a more simplified shape > file. I'm > looking for performance here because right now my mapserver is too > slow for my tastes. Basically I just it to create one linestring for > each street wherever possible. > > Does anyone know where I can find out how to do this or a program to > do this? > > > tom farnham > >
