Bookmark this page: Add Re  Difference 15m between Census 2008 TIGER Line  Shapefiles and Google Earth to Yahoo MyWeb Add Re  Difference 15m between Census 2008 TIGER Line  Shapefiles and Google Earth to Google Bookmarks Add Re  Difference 15m between Census 2008 TIGER Line  Shapefiles and Google Earth to Windows Live Add Re  Difference 15m between Census 2008 TIGER Line  Shapefiles and Google Earth to Del.icio.us Digg Re  Difference 15m between Census 2008 TIGER Line  Shapefiles and Google Earth! Add Re  Difference 15m between Census 2008 TIGER Line  Shapefiles and Google Earth to Netscape
  •  
  • Subject
  • Author
  • Date
If you were  Registered and logged in, you could reply and use other advanced thread options
Posted by Paul Cooper on March 1, 2009, 5:36 pm
On Sat, 28 Feb 2009 15:15:20 -0800 (PST),

>Dear Elshayal Smart GIS Users Group
>Thank you for 2008 TIGER shape files Link http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/
>I have visited that link and download shape file of
>Alabama - Etowah County - Gadsden City - (Gadsden Community college -
>my school)
>Map Unit = Degrees 16 North
>Lon or X = -85.988831970
>Lat or Y = 33.993027389
>Scale = 1 : 2,500
>I have got a Difference 15m between Census 2008 TIGER/LineŽ Shapefiles
>and Google Earth in some area
>http://groups.google.com/group/elshayal-smart-gis/web/Gal26.JPG?hl=en
>I have got a Difference 35m between Census 2008 TIGER/LineŽ Shapefiles
>and Google Earth in some area
>http://groups.google.com/group/elshayal-smart-gis/web/Gal25.JPG?hl=en
>Thank you and best regards
>Mohamed Elshayal
>002 012 211 3080
>elshayal@smartwebonline.com
>The First Arabian GIS Software
>http://www.smartwebonline.com/
>http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ElshayalSmartGIS/


A) TIGER is not all that accurate!
B) are you comparing data on the same projection and datum?