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- From: dockhorn@probitas.cs.utas.edu.au (Patrick Dockhorn)
- Subject: Re: World Map and Internet Map
- Message-ID: <dockhorn.728173972@probitas>
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- Organization: University of Tasmania, Australia.
- References: <1993Jan26.222526.4554@dcs.warwick.ac.uk>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 22:32:52 GMT
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- In <1993Jan26.222526.4554@dcs.warwick.ac.uk> wing@news.dcs.warwick.ac.uk (Wing Cheong R Chan) writes:
-
- > Is there any site where I can ftp some world maps or country maps?
- >Also, is there any site have a general map of the Internet Network or Other
- >network?
-
- This is an excerpt of the README file of a small tool called 'wmap2ps'
- I posted to alt.sources a while ago. You can get the package from
- several ftp sites around the world(e.g. wilma.cs.brown.edu in
- /pub/postscript) , but if you're interested, let me know and I'll send
- you the latest release.
-
- -patsch
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
- WHAT IS wmap2ps ?
- =================
-
- wmap2ps converts map files (MP1 format) from John B. Allisons
- 'The World Digitized' package to EPSF 2.0 conforming
- PostScript files. The latitude is usually projected using the
- mercator projection and the resulting figure may be scaled and
- positioned to the needs of the user.
- The MP1 format is described in the header of wmap2ps.c
-
-
- THE WORLD DIGITIZED:
- ====================
-
- The 'Digital World' data can be found on several
- servers around the world; you might want to query
- archie for 'worldmap' or get the data for example from
-
- nz20.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de
- in
- /pub/msdos/worldmap
-
- If you decide to go there, you'll need the arc utility to extract the maps.
-
- wmap2ps is in the Public Domain. You may use, copy and distribute it freely,
- as long as this README file is kept intact.
- On the contrary, the MP1 files you need to let it do something useful are not.
- I suggest that you send a donation of $20 to the author of
- 'The World Digitized', John B. Allison. His address is
-
- The World Digitized
- Dept. PC SIG
- 166 Shady Lane
- Apollo, PA 15613
-
-
- STILL READING ?
- ===============
-
- The reason for writing this program was the need of a map of Tassie -
- well, I can promise that it is AT LEAST able to solve this problem.
-
- Any suggestions, bug reports etc. should be directed to dockhorn@fzi.de.
-