[Mapserver-users] Using TIGER files

Thu Jul 17 05:46:01 PDT 2003

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There's a couple of tutorials on the web re how to do this 
for 1990 census tiger files and data. 
 
    FREC 682 -- Spatial Analysis TIGER data import 
and 
    Importing TIGER/Line Maps and STF1 Census Data to GRASS 
 
You should be able to google and find them.  Once you have 
the data in GRASS it's easy to export in a format that 
mapserver can handle. 
 
I assume that the essence is the same for 2000 TIGER and 
STF1/STF3 data. 
 
BTW, while GRASS is intimidating it is the swiss army 
knife of GIS tools. 
 
Heitzso 
 
 
 
 
 
Attri, Abhishek wrote: 
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 cite="midFAACF55C1C2F044EB75D4D8FA41E98A7488D73 at saratoga">
 <pre wrap="">Thanks a lot Steve!
 I think I need to mention the problem a little more. I am working for
the state data center for Alabama and I need to Map Demographic
information provided by US census using MapServer. It's almost similar
to what Minnesota has done for mapping the same.
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.mnplan.state.mn.us/php/census2000/c2000.html">http://www.mnplan.state.mn.us/php/census2000/c2000.html</a>

I need the ability to create maps very fast and efficiently. The
MapServer installation is successful, but the only data I see on the
Census website are the TIGER/Line files. Can anybody from Minnesota
State data center or anyone who has done something like this before help
me?
With thanks
Abhishek

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Subject: Re: [Mapserver-users] Using TIGER files

1) get a TIGER2SHP translator (products available for about $100)
2) Use ogr2ogr available as part of gdal library
3) Use gdal? in mapserver to display them directly (but very slow)

Did I get this right? Other options?

-Steve W.

On 16 Jul 2003 at 20:35, Attri, Abhishek wrote:

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    <pre wrap="">Hi 
     Can anyone help me sort out how to use TIGER/Line File sets
provided by US Census with MapServer?
With thanks
Abhishek

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