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Posted by Me on May 26, 2008, 12:28 pm
Please log in for more thread options Happy Trails wrote:
> On Sun, 25 May 2008 15:37:25 -0700 (PDT), Lynn
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>>> On Sat, 24 May 2008 05:42:46 -0700 (PDT), Lynn
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>>>> To any one who has some insight I would appreciate your thoughts on
>>>> the above. My boss wants me to find some shapefiles but not sure what
>>>> would be the best approach.
>>> tHE BEST APPROACH WOULD BE TO ASK HIM, THEN POST HERE, JUST WHAT THE
>>> HECK HE WANTS SHAPE FILES OF (oops, sorry for caps lock).
>>>
>>> Some of the best - and worst - data is free!
>> Looking for zip shape data. don't need the latest zips. my boss is
>> looking for a recommendation....not for me to ask him.
>
> Let's see if I understand this. Your boss wants data, but hasn't told
> you for what. You are too dumb or scared to ask him. So you ask here
> what it is your boss might want?
>
> I'll give you a recommendation to pass to your boss.
>
> Tell him to hire someone who isn't so clueless!
Happy Trails has a point here... if you don't know what will be done
with the data, you can't tell which accuracy / attributes you will need!
just to illustrate... if you want to do a road map, you will not use the
same dataset for a map covering North America than for your home town.
For your case, if you want to plot, let's say, amount of sale per zip
code, then you don't really care if the point is perfectly located or a
few hundred meters off... but if you want to link it to a road network
and find driving direction, you will want much more accurate data!
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