[Xastir] Online Tiger maps server?

[Curt, WE7U]

On Sat, 14 Mar 2009, Craig Anderson wrote:

> 	I found the new 2008 version of the Tiger maps at the Census web site 
> and tried to get them to work with Xastir but most of the dbfinfo strings 
> have changed (and even some files have disappeared).  That means I have to go 
> through all the hassle of reworking the dbfawk files again.
>
> My question is, how does the online Tiger map server generate such 
> good-looking maps?  I realize they are raster maps.  What I wan to know is 
> how they pick the features to display and how they layer them?  Is there a 
> web site for the server that explains anything?  Who provides that map 
> server?  What version of Tiger maps are they based on?

A quick search on Google found:

http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/tgrshp2008/tgrshp2008.html

http://tiger.census.gov/cgi-bin/mapbrowse-tbl/

http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/tigermap.html

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