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<font size="-1"><font face="Comic Sans MS">Arnie,<br>
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As of a couple weeks ago the Tiger map information was not
available on the Census web site. The notice indicated they were
doing a major update of some kind. <br>
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In 2009 the Census did a house by house location identification
collecting GPS coordinates for each address. That may go a long
way toward correcting inaccuracies. In other words, Tiger may be
a viable option once they get the information back online. <br>
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<b> Rud Merriam K5RUD<br>
Emergency Coordinator<br>
<i> <a href="http://www.wa5eoc.org/">Montgomery County ARES<font
size="2">®</font></a> </i> <br>
</b> <i> <a href="http://mysticlakesoftware.com/">Mystic Lake
Software</a><br>
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On 6/10/2011 8:03 AM, Arnie Shore wrote:
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cite="mid:BANLkTi==r4KBRswiwnSNCSpp7sy4L13ADA@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">Guys, thanks for the feedback - the Tiger idea is now
in the round file. (My interest in that had been that as a vector
construct, these wd lend themselves to high compression for
storage purposes.)<br>
<br>
A number of my users object to Google's TOU, and others require
operation sans internet connectivity. I'd like to find a mapping
product/set that will allow for a local-only, server-based
operation.<br>
<br>
What I'm looking for is a set of maps on cd's or any other compact
medium, zoom levels 8 to 14, with an API that will support icon
and text placement. Ideally, open source, but that may not be
available at this writing.<br>
<br>
While I really like the idea of OSM/OL - I've done some work with
those with good results - but a download of the tile set for my
county took around 55 hours, with a 1-second wait between files in
order to reduce hammering them. Times like that can be a
deal-breaker for some users. <br>
<br>
I've been in contact with the mapquest people hoping that they had
plans to publish OSM tile sets on removeable/portable media, but,
sadly, no.<br>
<br>
I'm monitoring the OSM site for any developments surfacing there,
but I'll appreciate *any* suggestions that might meet the above
constraints. Thanks again, all.<br>
<br>
AS<br>
<br>
<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 12:36 AM, Brian
Webster <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:bwebster@wirelessmapping.com" target="_blank">bwebster@wirelessmapping.com</a>></span>
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