On Wed, Jan 26, 2000 at 03:15:17PM -0500, Hast, Chuck wrote:
> I for one would certainly be interested, we have where I work a
> windows based software package that cost about $8k with the
> whole 1 second database for the USA, PR and HI. I do not know
> if you can use the tiger data base which is provided by the US
> gov. or what you would use for the topo data, but I would really
> be interested in such work
You're talking about downloadable topographic information? If so:
http://edc.usgs.gov/doc/edchome/ndcdb/ndcdb.html
The USGS has available a file type called DEM (Digital Elevation Model)
that can be used to generate topo maps. Dad uses 'em all the time - but
he uses Windoze. I do remember seeing some Linux stuff that could use
DEM's - kept meaning to grab one and give it a whirl.
There's a few other file types available on that site as well - but I
don't know what they are. I can try and pick Dad's brain about 'em
next chance I get, if this seems to be the type of thing you're looking
for.
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