[GRASS-user] A few simple questions

[Hamish]

Hamish:
> the OpenStreetMap data includes all the U.S. TIGER street
> info, you can import it directly with v.in.ogr's OpenStreetMap XML
> support, or download shapefiles of the OSM data from
>  
> http://vizure.com/desktop/viewer.html?l?skin=http://vizure.net/vizure/services/osm/osm.json


if that site brings you no joy, try the openstreetmap site directly:
  http://www.openstreetmap.org

click on the Export tab and select OSM XML as the format, then load into
GRASS with v.in.ogr.



Hamish