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What's the point of all the TIGER tags?
ߊ߬ ߟߊߦߟߍ߬ߣߍ߲߬ ߦߋ߫ compdude ߓߟߏ߫ 22 July 2011 ߦߋ߫ English ߟߋ߬ ߘߐ߫I was wondering why there's so many TIGER-related tags on roads uploaded via the TIGER import in the US of A. A lot of them seem to have little purpose, and the only ones that seem to have any chance of survival in life (i.e. won't get deleted by me) are the tiger:county=* tag and the tiger:reviewed=* tag. There's also the tiger:separated=* that I'm wondering about it's purpose.
Could someone more knowledgeable than I answer these questions?
- What's the point of the TIGER tags?
- What's the tiger:separated=* tag for?
Thank you.
Discussion
ߡߙߌߣߊ߲ ߞߊ߬ ߝߘߊ߫ 42429 ߟߊ߫ 22 July 2011 at 22:29 ߘߐ߫
- tiger:separated indicates whether it is a divided road.
- If all roads in North America were reviewed manually, TIGER tags would be unnecessary.
- If no roads in North America was reviewed manually, TIGER tags would be necessary in order to import a newer version.
- Given that a small part of North American roads was reviewed manually, it is technically impossible to update TIGER automatically.
ߡߙߌߣߊ߲ ߞߊ߬ ߝߘߊ߫ Peter Dobratz ߟߊ߫ 23 July 2011 at 00:42 ߘߐ߫
Generally, if I have to significantly change the connectedness or the name of a road, then I just delete all the TIGER tags. If I just need to expand the abbreviations in the name, then I just delete the tiger:reviewed tag and leave the other tags.
ߡߙߌߣߊ߲ ߞߊ߬ ߝߘߊ߫ Tom Layo ߟߊ߫ 23 July 2011 at 14:28 ߘߐ߫
Finally, some discussion of this. I have been aligning and editing TIGER data for some months now. The sole value of this data base is the names of roads. Everything else is useless. If I draw a bridge based on Bing, I delete everything below 'tiger reviewed', because it is not based on tiger. When I redraw and city, it is largely based on Bing, not tiger. I haven't been deleting tiger tags, but am always tempted....
The chance that there will be another tiger upload is slim. Our data is now better than anything the gov can make, given their financial condition. It is more likely that they will use our data. They would be stupid not to. Portland, OR uses OSM now, because the mapping company they had been using wanted $100k per year. Other cities will follow, if the data is worth a damn. In many areas it isn't.
But it is not so hard to correct. Pick a city, trust the aerial (if there is a problem I haven't found it yet, and the tiger map is much worse in every case}, and realign the roads. Move the POI to somewhere near where they should be, and this map will be something!
ߡߙߌߣߊ߲ ߞߊ߬ ߝߘߊ߫ mwbg ߟߊ߫ 24 July 2011 at 17:57 ߘߐ߫
What on Earth is TIGER ? I've seen loads of these and thought these comments would answer that, but all the respondents all seem to know what it means !
MWBG
ߡߙߌߣߊ߲ ߞߊ߬ ߝߘߊ߫ compdude ߟߊ߫ 25 July 2011 at 02:37 ߘߐ߫
For all those who are wondering what TIGER is:
TIGER is an import of all the roads in the USA. It's public domain and is used by the government for collecting census data. However, it is REALLY inaccurate and requires some tedious work to align the roads to satellite imagery (this is called TIGER fixup). For more info and a complete description, see osm.wiki/TIGER and osm.wiki/TIGER_fixup