--- Begin Forwarded Message --- Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 17:23:38 -0400 From: "Duane F. Marble" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: USA NATIONAL ATLAS ONLINE <fwd> Sender: "Duane F. Marble" <[log in to unmask]> 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: > --- Begin Forwarded Message --- > Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 11:46:17 -0600 > From: Ben Harding <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: USA NATIONAL ATLAS ONLINE <fwd> > Sender: Ben Harding <[log in to unmask]> > > > 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 > > -- > -------------------------------------------------- > -- Ben Harding [log in to unmask] -- > -- Hydrosphere Resource Consultants -- > -- Hydrosphere Data Products -- > -- 1002 Walnut, Suite 200 -- > -- Boulder CO 80302 -- > -- http://hydrosphere.com/ -- > -- 303-443-7839 voice 303-442-0616 fax -- > -- -- > -- Publishing Natural Resources Data on CD ROM -- > -- Consultants in Natural Resources Planning -- > -------------------------------------------------- > --- End Forwarded Message --- -- Dr. Duane F. Marble Professor Emeritus of Geography Telephone: 614-292-4419 Center for Mapping Fax: 614-292-8062 The Ohio State University 1216 Kinnear Email: [log in to unmask] Columbus, Ohio 43212 --- End Forwarded Message ---