[Mapserver-users] Using TIGER files

[Fawcett, David]

If I remember the Minnesota site correctly, they are only mapping data to the county level.  What specific data set do you need?  

If you are only looking for county polys, I am guessing that you can get them in shapefile format or may already have them in your building in shapefile format.  How about the data set that comes with ArcView?  I am sure that there are free ones out there on the Internet or other state offices may already have some good clean data sets.  

David.

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> From: 	Attri, Abhishek[SMTP:aattri at cba.ua.edu]
> Sent: 	Wednesday, July 16, 2003 10:38 PM
> To: 	woodbri at swoodbridge.com
> Cc: 	mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
> Subject: 	RE: [Mapserver-users] Using TIGER files
> 
> 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.
> http://www.mnplan.state.mn.us/php/census2000/c2000.html
> 
> 
> 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
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: woodbri at swoodbridge.com [mailto:woodbri at swoodbridge.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 9:05 PM
> To: mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu; Attri, Abhishek
> 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:
> 
> > 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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