I'm a bit paranoid, but I didn't see anything about the new stuff being free and I DID see something about charging for data. I guess we'll have to see. In the mean time I think I'll archive the last revision they publish.
On another topic..... I _could_ get a file with population by FIPS code and merge it into a GNIS set using XASTIR's current file format, ............... If anyone wants it. 73 de Troy, KC0MIC -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Russo Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 8:19 PM To: xastir@xastir.org Subject: [Xastir] TIGER/Line files --- End of an Era I just surfed over to the Census web site and see this: http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/future/future_tl.html It says that after the 2006 Second Edition files are released (which happened a few weeks ago), they will no longer be producing TIGER/Line files, they'll be replaced by a number of different file formats including shapefiles. Looks like a big win for xastir users! -- Tom Russo KM5VY SAR502 DM64ux http://www.swcp.com/~russo/ Tijeras, NM QRPL#1592 K2#398 SOC#236 AHTB#1 http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?DDTNM "And, isn't sanity really just a one-trick pony anyway? I mean all you get is one trick, rational thinking, but when you're good and crazy, oooh, oooh, oooh, the sky is the limit!" --- The Tick _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir