The Bonus Content data was developed for users who want to see their regional information on nationwide or international background or to enhance their local data with information that is only available (or relevant) nationwide.
The reference maps included in the Bonus Content work best at a zoom level of 1000 to 6000 miles and are not really intended for close-up work. If you zoom in on the reference maps, and lay your county- or state-tiled data over them, you will notice that the borders of your local maps are much more accurate. The advantage of the national layers are the type of information that is available to you and the amount of information available.
Below are best-practice recommendations for working with Bonus Content data:
- For working with local and regional data, rely on your county- and state-tiled data.
- For area assessments (applicable only to several states) we suggest using the seamless maps provided in the _seamless directory augmented with local data.
- For regional, national, or international boundary perspectives, use the \MAPS Bonus Content files.
For best results, we recommend opening the StreetPro workspaces (*.WOR), geosets *.GST), map definition files (*.MDF), or workspace files (*.MWS), depending upon your application, and use your county- or state-tiled data to refine these maps.
These recommendations are outlined in the below figure.