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

[Richard Polivka, N6NKO]

Gerry,

Yes, the coffee has kicked in and I had egg-on-face for breakfast. The 
map in QGIS looks just like the same as the aforementioned area when at 
full extent view. Zoomed in, it works.

Error budget - Well, I am within 5 ft on backtracked trails. Can't 
complain for working under a tree canopy.

I had the GPS unit on top of a 7 ft PVC pipe talking to my smartphone 
over bluetooth. I just ran out of time to cover the whole place but the 
proof of concept pans out.

Now its off to other work tasks.

73 from 807,

Richard, N6NKO


Gerry Creager wrote:
> 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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