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From: rusty@WEYL.BERKELEY.EDU (Rusty Wright)
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Subject: anybody have any map data?
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Date: Sat, 9-Aug-86 17:32:38 EDT
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The U. S. Geological Survey is a noncommercial source.  I think the 2
primary offices are located in Reston Virginia and Boulder Colorado;
give one of them a call.

I called them up once and asked for information on what they had.
They sent me brochures, leaflets, and a variety of documents that
described their offerings, the format of the data, etc.  They have a
variety of different types of maps that are available on magnetic
tape.  They have tapes that have elevation lines so that you could
make your own topos, and there are tapes that have things like
railroad tracks, roads, lakes, etc.

Their plan is to have the entire United States digitally cartographed;
a good use for CD roms.

I never did buy any of these tapes; I was interested in it personally
and couldn't justify spending my employer's money.  At the time that I
checked (about 1 year ago) the tapes were around $100 apiece.