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#Street Atlas USA

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#14906From: Dick EastmanNov 21, 1991 10:05 AM
As a genealogist, I'm interested in where the cemeteries are. <smile> I was just a tiny bit disappointed to find there are no cemeteries shown. I know the database is derived from the government's Tiger File, but how do corrections get made? I noticed that the CD-ROM's display of a state park and a shopping center in my town (Billerica, Mass.) are off by about 1/2 mile from their actual locations. – Dick There is 1 Reply.
#14922From: DeLorme Mapping SystemsNov 21, 1991 2:37 PM
dick; We do have cemetery locations in our central database and may add them in a later version. As for corrections, we have a whole department that researches and updates the data. If you compare us to Tiger you will find many important Ochanges. I'll look into the placename problem you pointed out. thanks. There is 1 Reply.
#14950From: adam blumNov 22, 1991 1:38 PM
Indicating address number ranges alongside sections of a street would be nice (e.g. 1000 could be place alongside Main Street near where it cross 1st Avenue, 2000 could be placed near Main where it crossed 2nd Ave.). Of course this is very often not necessary if there are numbered cross streets with rational address numbering. But numbered cross streets seem to be relatively rare. In cases where a street name is searched for in an area and no addresses are shown the search can result in a very large area being highlighted with little idea of where the actual address is. Otherwise, GREAT product. Probably the best general use CD-ROM I have ever seen (and thats saying something since I work for one of the largest CD-ROM publishers). Nice job! – Adam There is 1 Reply.
#14954From: DeLorme Mapping SystemsNov 22, 1991 3:01 PM
adam; That for the kind words. We are constanly trying to improve the product. ken lemieux There is 1 Reply.
#14955From: adam blumNov 22, 1991 3:12 PM
Could you possibly let me know through email when any upgrades including any of the suggested enhancements come out? I would also be a very willing (and I think able) beta. – Adam