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- From: mccauley@ecn.purdue.edu (Darrell McCauley)
- Subject: Re: where to find USGS elevation data
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.162100.19170@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>
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- Organization: Ag Engineering Dept, Purdue University
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 16:21:00 GMT
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- In article <9301211450.AA07717@gwdokokl.UUCP>, Alan Rea <gwdokokl!ahrea@MAILHOST.ECN.UOKNOR.EDU> writes:
-
- |> The data is public domain, so if you can find someone willing to give
- |> it to you, you're in business. If not, you can always call USGS at
- |> 1-800-USA-MAPS and request an index map and documentation of the DEM
- |> formats. If you only buy one DEM, it costs something like $40, but if
- |> you buy a bunch, the cost for each additional one goes down to $7.
- |>
- |> The last I knew, they only come on 9-track tape :-(
-
- why hasn't data such as this (esp USGS maps, which seem fairly popular)
- been loaded on an ftp site somewhere (more than what is at the site previously
- mentioned)? Is it just a question of "who" would support the machine and pay
- for disk space? With all of the GB of naughty GIF pictures available,
- you would think that someone, somewhere could set aside at least
- a few hundred MB for data like this...
-
- I'm sure that some groups may be lobbying Slick Willy Clinton and the
- US Congress to do things like this, but why hasn't an academic institution
- *already* done something? Surely there's some agency that would be
- willing to fund US$5-6K for a small Sun and a GB drive...
-
- Thoughts?
- --
- James Darrell McCauley Dept of Ag Engineering, Purdue Univ
- internet: mccauley@ecn.purdue.edu West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-1146, USA
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