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From: msz@bridge2.ESD.3Com.COM (Mark Zaller)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Needed: Digital Mapping Data
Message-ID: <3004@bridge2.ESD.3Com.COM>
Date: 14 Jan 91 21:00:00 GMT
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In article <10150@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> wex@miro.Berkeley.EDU () writes:
>Does anyone out there know a good source for digital cartography data?

I have tracked down some sources of data for Remote Sensing and aerial
multispectral imaging that I do. Here are the different CD ROMS that I
have found:

  US GeoData, DLG and other formats of terrrain and hydrographic data
  CD ROM based. 100-150 megs of data in 3 different formats. I was
  able to walk down to our local USGS office and purchase it for $28.
  I was not asked if it would be used for research. Call 800-USA-MAPS
  if you don't have a local USGS office.

  DMA (defense mapping agency) has CD ROMS and tapes of maps around the
  world that are publicly available, but the DMA can be difficult to work
  with. I bought 2 CD ROMs (~$9 ea), but it turned out that the program
  used to view the maps with is classified, so I haven't been able to view
  data yet. Call them at 800-826-0342

  CRMI Mapping Data Base, Spring 1989, by NAAD. This is a CD ROM full
  of some kind of mapping data that I haven't been able to view yet.
  Nat'l Assoc. of Advertising Distributors, 1515 NW Saline, Topeka,
  Kansas, 66618.

  TIGER/Line Precensus Files, 1990. This a CD ROM I picked up at the
  GIS/LIS show last November. This has sample 1990 data that covers
  parts of Calif, but I don't have a Tiger file reader yet, Does
  anyone have a pulic domain Tiger file reader? 301-763-4100

  1988 Dress Rehersal Census of St. Louis, East Central Missouri, and
  Eastern Washington. 301-763-4100

  SIGCAT GIPS '89. CD ROM with different kinds of aerial and satellite
  imagery, along with some image processors and public domain
  software. Call 703-620-4200 or 408-438-3100 to order the 1991 2 disk
  set.

All of the above disk I have are either ISO 9660 or High Sierra
formats that I access from a Macintosh or PC.

Does anyone know of other CD ROMS with mapping data?

Mark Zaller