Re: [GRASS-user] Obtaining map files
andy wrote: >> I'm wanting to obtain image files with which to start proceeding >> beyond the spearfish files that are the default. ... >> Specifically, I'm looking for images for the UK. You can try r.in.onearth (from wiki addons) or r.in.wms to get 30m LANDSAT-7 imagery. Or try to find some other Quickbird or MODIS or ...? satellite data from NASA. I have seen some scripts to download from Google Maps as well. Hamish You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost. http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text5.com ___ grass-user mailing list grass-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user
Re: [GRASS-user] Obtaining map files
UK maps remain problematic. While there seems to some possibility of changing the regime that requires the Ordnance Survey to recoup its costs from Users (mostly other bits of government) this hasn't happened yet. However, the Office for National Statistics doesn't have the same requirements and has some vector boundaries freely available. However, this is free as in cost not free as in software, and the licence precludes stepping too hard on Ordnance Survey's toes. Therefore boundaries are only available for ONS-originated geographies - Census Output areas and Super Output areas. There are lookup tables to local authority and various other boudary sets, but Ordnance Survey owns the definitive boudary sets for higher level geographies. The relevant ONS web page is here http://www.statistics.gov.uk/geography/boundaries.asp Paul Bivand On Friday 21 Mar 2008, andy wrote: > Markus Neteler wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 11:34 PM, andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hello all > >> > >> I'm wanting to obtain image files with which to start proceeding beyond > >> the spearfish files that are the default. > > > > there is a new dataset available: OSGeo Edu dataset, North Carolina > > http://www.grassbook.org/data_menu3rd.php > > > >> Specifically, I'm looking for images for the UK. > > > > It's not easy to find free European data. What do you specifically look > > for? Some pointers: > > > > http://openaerialmap.org/ > > http://www.openstreetmap.org/ > > http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Geodata_Repository > > > > Best > > Markus > > Thanks Markus > > I'll follow those links to see what I can come up with. I am looking > particularly for images for SE London, but these do seem quite hard to > locate. I was under the impression the British Ordinance Survey office > had released their data to the public domain since we pay for it in our > taxes, but I could be wrong. > > If anything else occurs to you or others on this list, please don't be > shy about letting me know. > > Many thanks > > Andy ___ grass-user mailing list grass-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user
Re: [GRASS-user] Obtaining map files
Markus Neteler wrote: On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 11:34 PM, andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello all I'm wanting to obtain image files with which to start proceeding beyond the spearfish files that are the default. there is a new dataset available: OSGeo Edu dataset, North Carolina http://www.grassbook.org/data_menu3rd.php Specifically, I'm looking for images for the UK. It's not easy to find free European data. What do you specifically look for? Some pointers: http://openaerialmap.org/ http://www.openstreetmap.org/ http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Geodata_Repository Best Markus Thanks Markus I'll follow those links to see what I can come up with. I am looking particularly for images for SE London, but these do seem quite hard to locate. I was under the impression the British Ordinance Survey office had released their data to the public domain since we pay for it in our taxes, but I could be wrong. If anything else occurs to you or others on this list, please don't be shy about letting me know. Many thanks Andy -- "If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about the answers." - Thomas Pynchon, "Gravity's Rainbow" ___ grass-user mailing list grass-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user
Re: [GRASS-user] Obtaining map files
On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 11:34 PM, andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all > > I'm wanting to obtain image files with which to start proceeding beyond > the spearfish files that are the default. there is a new dataset available: OSGeo Edu dataset, North Carolina http://www.grassbook.org/data_menu3rd.php > Specifically, I'm looking for images for the UK. It's not easy to find free European data. What do you specifically look for? Some pointers: http://openaerialmap.org/ http://www.openstreetmap.org/ http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Geodata_Repository Best Markus ___ grass-user mailing list grass-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user
[GRASS-user] Obtaining map files
Hello all I'm wanting to obtain image files with which to start proceeding beyond the spearfish files that are the default. Specifically, I'm looking for images for the UK. Any ideas about where I can get these. Sorry about the poor terminology. I am very much on a steep learning curve. Cheers Andy -- "If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about the answers." - Thomas Pynchon, "Gravity's Rainbow" ___ grass-user mailing list grass-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user
