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

[Gerry Creager]

Richard Polivka, N6NKO wrote:
> Gerry,
> 
> Good morning!
> 
> I realize that wholeheartedly, but to have this big of a screwup....oh, 
> wait, this is the Federal Government....

Aha!  Your coffee kicked in?  What hardware are you using for your 
campground survey?  I can tell you stories about those from several 
years ago, when folks were trying to resolve objects (e.g., a picnic 
table) that was smaller than their uncorrected L1 error budget...

gerry

> Gerry Creager wrote:
>> 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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