Simplifying Shapefiles

[Nolte, Tim]

Tom,

There is a Windows app(http://tnatlas.geog.utk.edu/downloadfree.htm)
that can create shapefile from the Tiger data. You can also use
ogr2ogr(http://www.gdal.org/ogr/ogr2ogr.html) to convert Tiger data to
shapefile or many other formats. Hope this helps you out.


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Timothy J Nolte - tnolte at ilpcs.com
Associate Network Planning Engineer

iPCS Wireless, Inc.
4717 Broadmoor Ave, Suite G
Kentwood, MI 49512

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: UMN MapServer Users List 
> [mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU] On Behalf Of Tom Farnham
> Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 5:12 PM
> To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
> Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Simplifying Shapefiles
> 
> I recall seeing a method or utility before to take something like  
> Tiger Census data and convert it to a more simplified shape 
> file. I'm  
> looking for performance here because right now my mapserver is too  
> slow for my tastes. Basically I just it to create one linestring for  
> each street wherever possible.
> 
> Does anyone know where I can find out how to do this or a program to  
> do this?
> 
> 
> tom farnham
> 
>