Well at least in theory, TIGER 2009 is positionally much more accurate. Theory. I reserve judgement either way.
Peter Batty writes: > Russ, I think you misunderstood my comment. I am in the "TIGER import is a > good thing" camp. But in the areas I have worked in it has needed a fair bit > of minor positional cleanup. My point is that in those cases where you need > to graphically adjust a street, I don't want to have to edit three or more > ways because there are additional address ways on either side of the street. > > On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 8:06 PM, Russ Nelson <nel...@crynwr.com> wrote: > > > Anthony writes: > > > On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 7:24 PM, Peter Batty <peter.ba...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > I'm coming a bit late to this debate, but I just wanted to raise > > > > a fairly basic question, which is whether the Karlsruhe schema is > > > > the best one to use in the situation we find ourselves in with > > > > TIGER, where quite a bit of data cleanup is anticipated. > > > > Peter, I have to challenge you on this. *Some* TIGER data needs quite > > a bit of cleanup. *Some* TIGER data is already in good shape, and the > > only fixes needed are 1) joining at county borders and 2) unjoining at > > bridges. Just for grins, I looked at Ogdensburg, NY. Been there a > > few dozen times and hadn't done any editing (uploading as I send > > this). > > > > Frankly, I see very little that needs correcting, and all the usual > > stuff that needs to be added ... which would need to be added without > > the TIGER data. Like footpaths, buildings, POIs. > > > > So yeah, a lot of work above and beyond TIGER. It's not like there's > > a shortage of improvements. It's ridiculous to claim that the TIGER > > import has caused anybody to not edit. If it has, then we've failed > > to explain exactly how wonderful OSM can look when it's "fully" > > populated. > > > > > I signed up for the "USA 'conversion team'" with the express intention > > > of challenging the use of the Karlsruhe schema. > > > > Anthony, what is your design? How is it better than Karlsruhe? Is it > > in the wiki yet, so the rest of us can see it? > > > > -- > > --my blog is at http://blog.russnelson.com > > Crynwr supports open source software > > 521 Pleasant Valley Rd. | +1 315-323-1241 > > Potsdam, NY 13676-3213 | Sheepdog > > > > > > -- > Peter Batty - President, Spatial Networking > W: +1 303 339 0957 M: +1 720 346 3954 > Blog: http://geothought.blogspot.com > Russ, I think you misunderstood my comment. I am in the "TIGER import > is a good thing" camp. But in the areas I have worked in it has needed > a fair bit of minor positional cleanup. My point is that in those cases > where you need to graphically adjust a street, I don't want to have to > edit three or more ways because there are additional address ways on either > side of the street.<br> > <br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 8:06 PM, Russ Nelson > <span dir="ltr"><<a > href="mailto:nel...@crynwr.com">nel...@crynwr.com</a>></span> > wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 > .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> > <div class="im">Anthony writes:<br> > > On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 7:24 PM, Peter Batty <<a > href="mailto:peter.ba...@gmail.com">peter.ba...@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br> > > > I'm coming a bit late to this debate, but I just wanted to > raise<br> > > > a fairly basic question, which is whether the Karlsruhe schema > is<br> > > > the best one to use in the situation we find ourselves in with<br> > > > TIGER, where quite a bit of data cleanup is anticipated.<br> > <br> > </div>Peter, I have to challenge you on this. *Some* TIGER data needs > quite<br> > a bit of cleanup. *Some* TIGER data is already in good shape, and the<br> > only fixes needed are 1) joining at county borders and 2) unjoining at<br> > bridges. Just for grins, I looked at Ogdensburg, NY. Been there a<br> > few dozen times and hadn't done any editing (uploading as I send<br> > this).<br> > <br> > Frankly, I see very little that needs correcting, and all the usual<br> > stuff that needs to be added ... which would need to be added without<br> > the TIGER data. Like footpaths, buildings, POIs.<br> > <br> > So yeah, a lot of work above and beyond TIGER. It's not like > there's<br> > a shortage of improvements. It's ridiculous to claim that the TIGER<br> > import has caused anybody to not edit. If it has, then we've failed<br> > to explain exactly how wonderful OSM can look when it's > "fully"<br> > populated.<br> > <div class="im"><br> > > I signed up for the "USA 'conversion team'" with the > express intention<br> > > of challenging the use of the Karlsruhe schema.<br> > <br> > </div>Anthony, what is your design? How is it better than Karlsruhe? Is > it<br> > in the wiki yet, so the rest of us can see it?<br> > <div><div></div><div class="h5"><br> > --<br> > --my blog is at <a href="http://blog.russnelson.com" > target="_blank">http://blog.russnelson.com</a><br> > Crynwr supports open source software<br> > 521 Pleasant Valley Rd. | +1 315-323-1241<br> > Potsdam, NY 13676-3213 | Sheepdog<br> > </div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Peter Batty - > President, Spatial Networking<br>W: +1 303 339 0957 M: +1 720 346 > 3954<br>Blog: <a > href="http://geothought.blogspot.com">http://geothought.blogspot.com</a><br> > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us