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Working towards a US State Open Data Census
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Select Dataset: Geospatial #9

Closed waldoj closed 9 years ago

waldoj commented 9 years ago

Select the one dataset that serves as the touchstone of state-level geospatial data.

waldoj commented 9 years ago

I think address points is the representative dataset here. Although these are almost aways the product of localities, most states aggregate them, and there's huge momentum to make that universal. I wish parcel maps could be the representative dataset, but we have to walk before we can run. I think human geography is more useful than natural geography (e.g., topography, soil types, rivers & streams, etc.). Road data is probably more useful, but that's a solved problem—every state would get an 100% rating. Best to go with address points.

emily878 commented 9 years ago

:+1: