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<DIV><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>My experience with TomToms, Garmins, Goggle Maps, MapQuest and the like is that they all leave something to be desired. Their address locating capabilities vary all over the place, and not just one from another, but within their own databases. I think the reason is the old “Garbage in Garbage out.” E.g., depending on the skill of the person collecting and compiling the data you end up with big differences.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I ran into this problem years ago when I was compiling the locations where environmental samples had been taken during the Three Mile Island nuclear accident. Some reported their positions accurately and some had no clue where they were taking their sample at. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>This was mostly because the Feds, who were not from Pennsylvania, did not know the local geography and barely found their way back to the island (were it not for the steam from the cooling towers!). I coauthored a paper on it and we said that, in the future, the environmental monitoring teams needed to be equipped with the brand new hand-held GPS units that were just coming on the market in the late 1980’s or early 1990’s.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>It took me about 3 years to figure out that 20,000 environmental samples had been taken at approximately 1,800 unique locations (although almost none of the locations were described alike by any two teams) and some samples, well, we never did figure out where they were taken.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I do a lot of address mapping for my work here at DEP and find a great deal of variation from product to product. Right now, I am finding that the DOR property parcel database has about the best statewide address data in Florida. The county 9-1-1 services also have excellent local data. Google Maps and MapQuest will put you in the right block . . . usually.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Brush Script MT";color:#1F497D'>-- John</span></b><span style='font-size:24.0pt;color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div></DIV>
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<DIV STYLE="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> shrug-l-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us [mailto:shrug-l-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Keith Sandell<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 03, 2013 4:31 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'shrug-l@lists.dep.state.fl.us'<br><b>Subject:</b> shrug-l: TomTom Address Points<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Anyone out there familiar with the accuracy and/or State of Florida coverage that TomTom Address Points have/include?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Not looking to buy anything like this, but I do have a need to understand its real world capabilities and/or its underlying source data; beyond the hype on the TomTom website.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Keith Sandell, MBA, GISP<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-variant:small-caps;color:gray'>GIS Manager, Corporate Analytics<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-variant:small-caps;color:gray'>Citizens Property Insurance Corporation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-variant:small-caps;color:gray'>2320 Killearn Center Blvd, Bldg D, Tallahassee, Florida 32309<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:5.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:gray'>-------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:gray'>ofc. 850.521.8341 | cell 850.727.2897</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p align=center class=MsoNormal style='text-align:center'><i><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>"If we are to achieve results never before accomplished we must expect to employ methods never before attempted." - Francis Bacon</span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>