[mapserver-users] OGR Support for TIGER 2000 Data?

[Jeff McKenna]

> I'm trying to use the current (nightly) build of MS 3.5 with OGR
> support.  I'm working with the GDAL-1.1.5 distribution and I can't get
> it to read TIGER 2000 data I just downloaded from the Census Bureau's
> site.  This is on a Windows 2000 system, and OGR otherwise seems OK (as
> far as I can tell) - I'm using the current GDAL11.DLL.
>
> Running ogrinfo on a file ("ogrinfo tgr25001.rt1") in the current
> directory reports "Unable to open datasource 'tgr25001.rt1' with the
> following drivers..." (and TIGER is listed).
>

Hi Ed,

I downloaded 'tgr25001.rt1' as well and tried to run ogrinfo and I get the
same error message as you.  This did work with previous versions of Tiger
data (at the time we compiled the HOWTO); however, now when I try to look
at 1998 Tiger data with ogrinfo it no longer seems to work (?).  Daniel and
I are looking at it and we'll let you know if we figure this out.

Jeff



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Jeff McKenna
GIS Specialist
DM Solutions Group Inc.
Ottawa, Ontario
http://www.dmsolutions.ca/