Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-crg!nike!ucbcad!ucbvax!XEROX.COM!moore.wbst
From: moore.wbst@XEROX.COM
Newsgroups: mod.computers.laser-printers
Subject: digital maps
Message-ID: <860812-121704-2798@Xerox>
Date: Tue, 12-Aug-86 15:17:00 EDT
Article-I.D.: Xerox.860812-121704-2798
Posted: Tue Aug 12 15:17:00 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 13-Aug-86 09:13:04 EDT
Sender: serge@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU
Organization: The ARPA Internet
Lines: 18
Approved: laser-lovers@washington.arpa

I tried calling two of the numbers that Mike Lesk mentioned as sources
of digital maps.

First I tried The U.S. Census Bureau.  They sell tapes at $140 a reel
and have a delivery time of two to three weeks.  Most metropolitan areas
can fit on one reel. You can ask for 1600bpi or 6250.  They have a
circular they will send out.  The information available includes streets
with block numbers, intersection data and some railroads.

Second I called the US Geological Survey.  The people to talk to there
is the National Cartigraphic Information Center which has a NEW number:
800-USA-MAPS.  They also have a circular to send out.  As mentioned
before their tapes contain elevation information.

Lee Moore

(disclaimer: these comments are my own; Xerox Corp. may or may not
agree)