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I no longer have ArcGIS installed, but I recall an option to import KMLs into your map. This may be a simpler (though more time-involved, making all those KMLs) solution for those who are overwhelmed by GIS software. - ''']'''&nbsp;<sup>]</sup> <sub>]</sub> 07:42, 17 October 2013 (UTC) I no longer have ArcGIS installed, but I recall an option to import KMLs into your map. This may be a simpler (though more time-involved, making all those KMLs) solution for those who are overwhelmed by GIS software. - ''']'''&nbsp;<sup>]</sup> <sub>]</sub> 07:42, 17 October 2013 (UTC)
:This is already being done for a few maps :P --''']]]''' 07:43, 17 October 2013 (UTC) :This is already being done for a few maps :P --''']]]''' 07:43, 17 October 2013 (UTC)
::You can do this on QGIS as well. It's a good way to "patch" GIS data too, when it's missing features (like new roads that haven't hit GIS yet). You will still need GIS data for background features, however. —]] <span style="font-size:75%">]]</span> 10:52, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

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VA I-81 error

Didn't see this in the archives. I-81 between the northern I-64 junction and West Virginia is missing on the I-81 Virginia map. Mapsax (talk) 13:26, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

This should be added to the corrections section of the Maps request page then. Imzadi 1979 → 19:20, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
Fixed. 25or6to4 (talk) 03:42, 3 November 2012 (UTC)
Thanks.
Now I see the big yellow triangle with the exclamation point. I didn't look past the archive search field since that's all that I thought that I needed. Perhaps the relevant section could be moved to the top, à la the messages at the top of article talk pages stating that the pages are for discussion of the article, not the topic...although I seem to have been the only one to have been tripped up by this. Mapsax (talk) 14:44, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

Reversing KML to GIS maps

As KMLs continue to proliferate (yay!), I'm wondering if there will soon come a time when we have all or most of the highways hooked to one. Given that some states have no GIS centreline data, and others have what seems like a half-a.... well, government, set of shapefiles.

I no longer have ArcGIS installed, but I recall an option to import KMLs into your map. This may be a simpler (though more time-involved, making all those KMLs) solution for those who are overwhelmed by GIS software. - Floydian  ¢ 07:42, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

This is already being done for a few maps :P --Rschen7754 07:43, 17 October 2013 (UTC)
You can do this on QGIS as well. It's a good way to "patch" GIS data too, when it's missing features (like new roads that haven't hit GIS yet). You will still need GIS data for background features, however. —Scott5114↗ 10:52, 17 October 2013 (UTC)
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