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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 21:56:00 GMT
- Sender: Geographic Information Systems Discussion List <GIS-L@UBVM.BITNET>
- From: Clare Love <0005794946@MCIMAIL.COM>
- Subject: Getting USGS data on-line
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- This is my first interaction with the internet, and I didn't think I would
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- have anything to contribute, but I think I have something useful.
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- I see that the question is being asked "Why isn't USGS elevation data available
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- somewhere on the net?".
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- The Taxpayer Assets Project directed by James Love has been pushing a proposal
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- that would open up the huge volumes of government data that has been collected
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- and cataloged with tax money to on-line access to the general public.
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- Historicaly, this information has been available only thru private vendors at
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- inflated prices. The Information Dissemination Equity Act (IDEA) would
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- establish an online "Window" to government information thru the Government
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- Printing Office. This proposal has gained a number of supporters in congress
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- and may become reality.
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- James Love may be reached LOVE@vm.temple.edu
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