[Xastir] Tiger 2007 shapefile issue...a beaut

[Gerry Creager]

Richard Polivka, N6NKO wrote:
> I admit that one point does not make a trend but what I found was 
> eyeopening.
> 
> I wanted just Fond du Lac county in Wisconsin to use as a base map for 
> mapping project that I am working on ( a Boy Scout campground). I pulled 
> in my files into QGIS and then brought in  "fe_2007_55039_edges". I did 
> not get Fond du Lac County but a huge overview of north Illinois, 
> Indiana and SE Michigan. OUCH!!!
> 
> I even went and downloaded a virgin fileset and got the same results 
> (see picture).
> 
> 55039.png
> This is not good. I plan on sending on a comment to the Census Bureau.
> 
> So, let the user beware - YMMV.

Unfortunately, this warning has always been necessary with TIGER files. 
  They're not the best GIS data source.  They're just available and free.
-- 
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