On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 11:14 AM, Dave Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, 2008-10-19 at 11:10 -0700, Karl Newman wrote: > > On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 10:54 AM, Dave Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Has anyone looked at importing the TIGER 2007 data yet? I was > > going to > > start coding up the conversion utilities to get started. It > > appears > > that this shapefile format may have existing OSM converters > > out there. > > Anyone want to admit to having one? ;) > > > > -- Dave > > > > What were you looking to import? I thought your TIGER import was a > > one-shot deal. > > I *wish* it was a 1-shot deal. That darn Steve C. seems to think that > maps should be both accurate *and* up to date. The nerve! > > Anyway, it seems that the new data is substantially better than the old > in some places. What I'd like to do is twofold: > > 1. regenerate .osm files for all the new TIGER data > 2. Compare new .osm files to old TIGER data plus stuff edited in OSM > > Then, decide how if/when it is appropriate to write over the old TIGER > stuff with new. Or, to merge it somehow. > > -- Dave > Ah. Quite a trick... I seem to recall that somebody had wanted to do that earlier, but I think they got discouraged by the difficulty. Karl
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