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Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 17:23:38 -0400
From: "Duane F. Marble" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: USA NATIONAL ATLAS ONLINE <fwd>
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And, I might ask, how many of them would be willing to make
the original investment that TIGER represents? I strongly suspect
that without the original TIGER files they would not be in business.

Johnnie Sutherland wrote:

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> Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 11:46:17 -0600
> From: Ben Harding <[log in to unmask]>
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> > Too, I wonder how many mapping programs are repackaging of a subset
> > of TIGER.
>
> A users perspective:  TIGER is a good example of the value of
> commercial products.  We gladly pay for commercial products
> because some are much better than TIGER, both in their spatial
> representations and their address attributes (which facilitate
> geocoding).  These advantages are worth the extra cost to us.
>
> We, like everyone else, are free to reject the commercial products
> and obtain the free TIGER files.
>
> Ben Harding
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