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US Highway data set?
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David Medeiros
, Feb 09 2010 05:58 PM
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Posted 09 February 2010 - 05:58 PM
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I need a US highway shape-file for a current project. Does anybody have a good source for US interstate or highway data? Preferably free
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Posted 09 February 2010 - 06:04 PM
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Got lots of download time?
http://www2.census.g.../national-files
If you need alot of time to download add it into your price. And you will need to do a quarry to separate the road data.
http://www2.census.g.../national-files
If you need alot of time to download add it into your price. And you will need to do a quarry to separate the road data.
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Posted 09 February 2010 - 07:10 PM
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You can try the downloads from CloudMade made from OpenStreetMap data:
http://downloads.clo...a/united_states
It's got way more than just highway data though.
http://downloads.clo...a/united_states
It's got way more than just highway data though.
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Posted 09 February 2010 - 07:25 PM
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Posted 09 February 2010 - 07:54 PM
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I'm fond of the Natioanal Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD), issued annually.
www.bts.gov/publications/national_transportation_atlas_database/2009/
www.bts.gov/publications/national_transportation_atlas_database/2009/
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Posted 09 February 2010 - 08:39 PM
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Thanks all, I found what I was looking for on the National Atlas site. I had to actually read the metadata to determine the projection and coordinate system then MANUALLY set it in MAPub... it's like the dark ages!
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Posted 09 February 2010 - 09:01 PM
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I've been working with the National Highway Planning Network data. It seems to line up with all my other stuff really well.
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/nhpn/
I'd love to hear about some of the pros and cons of the aforementioned data sets from someone more experienced than me.
PW
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/nhpn/
I'd love to hear about some of the pros and cons of the aforementioned data sets from someone more experienced than me.
PW
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Posted 09 February 2010 - 09:35 PM
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I've been working with the National Highway Planning Network data. It seems to line up with all my other stuff really well.
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/nhpn/
I'd love to hear about some of the pros and cons of the aforementioned data sets from someone more experienced than me.
PW
For me it all depends on scale. I don't like the census data or from what I read about this data b/c it is produced by digitizing 1:100000 scale maps. Too coarse for me, but the scales that I work in are mostly local and occasionally regional. I like to use 1:24000 (25000) data and dumb/simplify it down in Illy. That way I have simplified data with beautiful curves that is still georeferenced well.
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Posted 09 February 2010 - 10:56 PM
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here's a NOAA major highway shapefile:
NOAA HIGHWAY SHAPEFILE
and ESRI's major road set:
ESRI HIGHWAY DATA SET
NOAA HIGHWAY SHAPEFILE
and ESRI's major road set:
ESRI HIGHWAY DATA SET
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Posted 10 February 2010 - 08:40 AM
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I don't like the census data or from what I read about this data b/c it is produced by digitizing 1:100000 scale maps. Too coarse for me, but the scales that I work in are mostly local and occasionally regional.
It varies. Current (2009) TIGER data in urban areas is built at 1:10,000 and has some lovely curves to it. Surprise!
OTOH, there's still some of the 1:100,000 data out in rural areas.
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