Re: map polygon data for popular us cities
you might be interested in this: http://simplegeo.ksikes.net https://github.com/alexksikes/simplegeo On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 7:29 AM, Sander de Bruijne san...@debruijne.eu wrote: http://www.geonames.org/ http://download.geonames.org/export/dump/?C=S;O=D On 02/02/2011 11:30 AM, viraj wrote: dear list, where can i find a list of map polygons for united states cities? any open database? or tool to obtain correct coordinates? i googled but couldn't find anything useful.. may be the terms i use are not the correct keywords :( any help or advice would be really appreciated. ~viraj -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=alex.ksi...@gmail.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=arch...@jab.org
Re: map polygon data for popular us cities
http://www.geonames.org/ http://download.geonames.org/export/dump/?C=S;O=D On 02/02/2011 11:30 AM, viraj wrote: dear list, where can i find a list of map polygons for united states cities? any open database? or tool to obtain correct coordinates? i googled but couldn't find anything useful.. may be the terms i use are not the correct keywords :( any help or advice would be really appreciated. ~viraj -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=arch...@jab.org
Re: map polygon data for popular us cities
Besides the above, I recall Flickr (you know the photo-sharing site) being able to extract (kind of rough) polygons from exif-data of photos (containing lat/longs) . Since often these photo's are tagged by city they could extract city boundaries. See this old posts I dug up quickly, I'm not sure if development is still active, etc. http://code.flickr.com/blog/2008/10/30/the-shape-of-alpha/ http://biodivertido.blogspot.com/2008/11/flickr-creating-polygons-out-of-points.html hth, Geert-Jan 2011/2/3 viraj kali...@gmail.com thank you all for the links and notes. ~viraj On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 7:08 AM, Gavin Towey gto...@ffn.com wrote: Openstreetmap.org is as close as you'll get. I'd be surprised if they have shapes for cities beyond just lat/lon point data, but they should have shapes data for zips, counties, states and countries if I recall correctly. -Original Message- From: vegiv...@gmail.com [mailto:vegiv...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Johan De Meersman Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 7:59 AM To: viraj Cc: mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: Re: map polygon data for popular us cities On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 11:30 AM, viraj kali...@gmail.com wrote: dear list, where can i find a list of map polygons for united states cities? any open database? or tool to obtain correct coordinates? A bit offtopic here, but I suspect that most such databases will be proprietary and thus payable through the nose. Have a look at the OpenStreetMap project, I suspect their database might be accessible under some open license. -- Bier met grenadyn Is als mosterd by den wyn Sy die't drinkt, is eene kwezel Hy die't drinkt, is ras een ezel IMPORTANT: This email message is intended only for the use of the individual to whom, or entity to which, it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are NOT the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please reply to the sender immediately and permanently delete this email. Thank you. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=gbr...@gmail.com
RE: map polygon data for popular us cities
I remember a few years back I was doing some terrain modeling, and I think there was a repository of files on a US government web site. It's been so long that I don't remember what the file format was, but I was importing them into a 3D graphics program. There might be flattened versions. Regards, Jerry Schwartz Global Information Incorporated 195 Farmington Ave. Farmington, CT 06032 860.674.8796 / FAX: 860.674.8341 E-mail: je...@gii.co.jp Web site: www.the-infoshop.com -Original Message- From: Geert-Jan Brits [mailto:gbr...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 3:44 AM To: viraj Cc: Gavin Towey; Johan De Meersman; mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: Re: map polygon data for popular us cities Besides the above, I recall Flickr (you know the photo-sharing site) being able to extract (kind of rough) polygons from exif-data of photos (containing lat/longs) . Since often these photo's are tagged by city they could extract city boundaries. See this old posts I dug up quickly, I'm not sure if development is still active, etc. http://code.flickr.com/blog/2008/10/30/the-shape-of-alpha/ http://biodivertido.blogspot.com/2008/11/flickr-creating-polygons-out-of- points.html hth, Geert-Jan 2011/2/3 viraj kali...@gmail.com thank you all for the links and notes. ~viraj On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 7:08 AM, Gavin Towey gto...@ffn.com wrote: Openstreetmap.org is as close as you'll get. I'd be surprised if they have shapes for cities beyond just lat/lon point data, but they should have shapes data for zips, counties, states and countries if I recall correctly. -Original Message- From: vegiv...@gmail.com [mailto:vegiv...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Johan De Meersman Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 7:59 AM To: viraj Cc: mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: Re: map polygon data for popular us cities On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 11:30 AM, viraj kali...@gmail.com wrote: dear list, where can i find a list of map polygons for united states cities? any open database? or tool to obtain correct coordinates? A bit offtopic here, but I suspect that most such databases will be proprietary and thus payable through the nose. Have a look at the OpenStreetMap project, I suspect their database might be accessible under some open license. -- Bier met grenadyn Is als mosterd by den wyn Sy die't drinkt, is eene kwezel Hy die't drinkt, is ras een ezel IMPORTANT: This email message is intended only for the use of the individual to whom, or entity to which, it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are NOT the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please reply to the sender immediately and permanently delete this email. Thank you. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=gbr...@gmail.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=arch...@jab.org
RE: map polygon data for popular us cities
You might check here: http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/ -Travis -Original Message- From: viraj [mailto:kali...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 3:31 AM To: mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: map polygon data for popular us cities dear list, where can i find a list of map polygons for united states cities? any open database? or tool to obtain correct coordinates? i googled but couldn't find anything useful.. may be the terms i use are not the correct keywords :( any help or advice would be really appreciated. ~viraj -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=travis_...@hotmail.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=arch...@jab.org
map polygon data for popular us cities
dear list, where can i find a list of map polygons for united states cities? any open database? or tool to obtain correct coordinates? i googled but couldn't find anything useful.. may be the terms i use are not the correct keywords :( any help or advice would be really appreciated. ~viraj -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=arch...@jab.org
Re: map polygon data for popular us cities
On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 11:30 AM, viraj kali...@gmail.com wrote: dear list, where can i find a list of map polygons for united states cities? any open database? or tool to obtain correct coordinates? A bit offtopic here, but I suspect that most such databases will be proprietary and thus payable through the nose. Have a look at the OpenStreetMap project, I suspect their database might be accessible under some open license. -- Bier met grenadyn Is als mosterd by den wyn Sy die't drinkt, is eene kwezel Hy die't drinkt, is ras een ezel
RE: map polygon data for popular us cities
Openstreetmap.org is as close as you'll get. I'd be surprised if they have shapes for cities beyond just lat/lon point data, but they should have shapes data for zips, counties, states and countries if I recall correctly. -Original Message- From: vegiv...@gmail.com [mailto:vegiv...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Johan De Meersman Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 7:59 AM To: viraj Cc: mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: Re: map polygon data for popular us cities On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 11:30 AM, viraj kali...@gmail.com wrote: dear list, where can i find a list of map polygons for united states cities? any open database? or tool to obtain correct coordinates? A bit offtopic here, but I suspect that most such databases will be proprietary and thus payable through the nose. Have a look at the OpenStreetMap project, I suspect their database might be accessible under some open license. -- Bier met grenadyn Is als mosterd by den wyn Sy die't drinkt, is eene kwezel Hy die't drinkt, is ras een ezel IMPORTANT: This email message is intended only for the use of the individual to whom, or entity to which, it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are NOT the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please reply to the sender immediately and permanently delete this email. Thank you. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=arch...@jab.org
Re: map polygon data for popular us cities
thank you all for the links and notes. ~viraj On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 7:08 AM, Gavin Towey gto...@ffn.com wrote: Openstreetmap.org is as close as you'll get. I'd be surprised if they have shapes for cities beyond just lat/lon point data, but they should have shapes data for zips, counties, states and countries if I recall correctly. -Original Message- From: vegiv...@gmail.com [mailto:vegiv...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Johan De Meersman Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 7:59 AM To: viraj Cc: mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: Re: map polygon data for popular us cities On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 11:30 AM, viraj kali...@gmail.com wrote: dear list, where can i find a list of map polygons for united states cities? any open database? or tool to obtain correct coordinates? A bit offtopic here, but I suspect that most such databases will be proprietary and thus payable through the nose. Have a look at the OpenStreetMap project, I suspect their database might be accessible under some open license. -- Bier met grenadyn Is als mosterd by den wyn Sy die't drinkt, is eene kwezel Hy die't drinkt, is ras een ezel IMPORTANT: This email message is intended only for the use of the individual to whom, or entity to which, it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are NOT the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please reply to the sender immediately and permanently delete this email. Thank you. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=arch...@jab.org
