Re: [Talk-us] South Carolina North Carolina border shifting to the South
On 3/24/2012 1:37 AM, Toby Murray wrote: On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 8:35 PM, James Mastrickmastfa...@hotmail.com wrote: I just saw this mentioned on MSNBC and thought I would let everybody know about this since we would have to adjust the border in the future when it becomes official. It seems that North Carolina will gain 150 feet of current South Carolina. This will mostly cause problems in the Charlotte area. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46832892/ns/us_news-life/ This is a fascinating lesson about authoritative data if you ask me :) There are many places where borders don't match the original definition. Usually they end up changing the definition. ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
[Talk-us] South Carolina North Carolina border shifting to the South
I just saw this mentioned on MSNBC and thought I would let everybody know about this since we would have to adjust the border in the future when it becomes official. It seems that North Carolina will gain 150 feet of current South Carolina. This will mostly cause problems in the Charlotte area. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46832892/ns/us_news-life/ -- James ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] South Carolina North Carolina border shifting to the South
On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 8:35 PM, James Mast rickmastfa...@hotmail.com wrote: I just saw this mentioned on MSNBC and thought I would let everybody know about this since we would have to adjust the border in the future when it becomes official. It seems that North Carolina will gain 150 feet of current South Carolina. This will mostly cause problems in the Charlotte area. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46832892/ns/us_news-life/ This is a fascinating lesson about authoritative data if you ask me :) For OSM, I'm not sure it will make a whole lot of difference. Pretty sure the source our state borders were imported from was off by more than 150 feet in most places anyway... Maybe it's better in urban areas I guess. Toby ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
