Re: [WISPA] Google Earth Census Tract
Finally catching up on my list messages, and saw that there was another thread about this as well. The shapefiles provided by the Census Bureau CAN be imported into Google Earth on a county-by-county basis. Not sure exactly HOW, because I'm not the one who personally imported them, but it can be done with the use of some other software. Anyway, this is how I was able to get an accurate list of the blocks to be covered in our grant. The info comes with all the different levels of census coding, down to block and sub-block, and if you're good with a text editor (as you should be!), you can extract an actual list of the blocks/tracts/whatever you serve from the XML/KML file. Unfortunately, the only way to get the file narrowed down to the ones you're covering, that I've found so far, is to manually delete every block that isn't covered... which takes a long time, but probably not as long as it would to otherwise figure out the blocks. InLine vickie edwards, MPA | Grant Specialist InLine Solutions Through Technology 600 Lakeshore Pkwy Birmingham AL, 35209 205-278-8106 [p] 205-941-1934[f] vedwa...@inline.com www.InLine.com All Quotes from InLine are only valid for 30 days. This message and any attached files may contain confidential information and are intended solely for the message recipient. If you are not the message recipient you are notified that disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message, which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy version. From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Steve Barnes Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 10:04 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] Google Earth Census Tract Is there a Google Earth Overlay with Census Tracts out there. Form 477 setup. Steve Barnes Manager PCS-WIN RC-WiFi Wireless Internet Service Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved. - Helen Keller WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
[WISPA] Google Earth Census Tract
Is there a Google Earth Overlay with Census Tracts out there. Form 477 setup. Steve Barnes Manager PCS-WIN RC-WiFi Wireless Internet Service Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved. - Helen Keller WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Google Earth Census Tract
Well, you can make them yourself by downloading the tiger data you need for your county/state and then using tgr2kml from http://freegeographytools.com/2007/convert-tiger-polygons-to-kml-files. Tiger files can be downloaded from census bureau at http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/tiger2006se/tgr2006se.html. Of course you will need to know yoru sate and county fips codes available at http://www.census.gov/geo/www/fips/fips65/index.html. Have fun! Cameron Is there a Google Earth Overlay with Census Tracts out there. Form 477 setup. Steve Barnes Manager PCS-WIN RC-WiFi Wireless Internet Service Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved. - Helen Keller WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Google Earth Census Tract
I just tried it tiwh the Tiger2006 2nd edition and the program errors out when creating the kml for the Tract 2000 feature. I went back and got the original 2000 data (tracts are the same) and it worked fine. That data is availble at http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/tigerua/ua_tgr2k.html. Cameron Well, you can make them yourself by downloading the tiger data you need for your county/state and then using tgr2kml from http://freegeographytools.com/2007/convert-tiger-polygons-to-kml-files. Tiger files can be downloaded from census bureau at http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/tiger2006se/tgr2006se.html. Of course you will need to know yoru sate and county fips codes available at http://www.census.gov/geo/www/fips/fips65/index.html. Have fun! Cameron Is there a Google Earth Overlay with Census Tracts out there. Form 477 setup. Steve Barnes Manager PCS-WIN RC-WiFi Wireless Internet Service Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved. - Helen Keller WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
