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From: bobowicz@hal.CSS.GOV (Tom Bobowicz)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Need Hi-Res Digital Map Data
Keywords: maps
Message-ID: <415@hal.CSS.GOV>
Date: 12 Mar 90 14:47:56 GMT
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Organization: ENSCO Inc., Melbourne FL
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	I'm looking for a good high resolution map database of the
world.  I will be generating projections on a 19 inch display that
could cover an area less than 100 km across.  The majority of the 
displays will use previously generated and saved raster images, so
the time it takes to generate the original map display is not an 
issue.

Following is a list of data sources that I am aware of and am 
investigating.  Are there other data sources that I should check 
into?  Please E-Mail me any info you have.  If there is a significant
amount of additional information I will summarize and repost.

1.)	The Austin Code Works
	11100 Leafwood Lane 
	Austin, TX 78750-3409

	100,000 lat/lon points of geographical and political boundaries 
	for about $30.
	
2.)	Defense Mapping Agency
	Bld. 56
	U.S. Naval Observatory
	Washington, D.C. 20305

	All kinds of stuff, some of it classified.  Long lead time to get
	data, 2 - 3 months.

3.)	National Cartographic Information Center
	U.S. Geological Survey
	507 National Center
	Reston, VA 22092

	Mostly U.S. / North America stuff.
	
4.)	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
	Rockville, Md.

	Land and Sea maps.

5.)	National Technicl Information Service
	U.S. Dept. of Commerce
	5285 Port Royal Road
	Springfield, Va 22161

	WDB II (World Database/Data Bank) II containing about 6 million 
	points describing costlines, political boundaries, rivers, lakes,
	etc.  Available on magnetic tape for $660.


Thanks in advance.
Tom Bobowicz                           bobowicz@hal.CSS.GOV


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