Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!rutgers!seismo!rochester!lee From: lee@rochester.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.graphics Subject: Re: Geographic data bases Message-ID: <23093@rochester.ARPA> Date: Thu, 11-Dec-86 01:48:07 EST Article-I.D.: rocheste.23093 Posted: Thu Dec 11 01:48:07 1986 Date-Received: Sun, 14-Dec-86 09:53:31 EST References: <3112@milano.UUCP> Organization: U of Rochester, CS Dept., Rochester, NY Lines: 16 Summary: GBF/DIME In article <3112@milano.UUCP>, peterson@milano.UUCP writes: > Can anyone suggest previous work that may have been done on a > data representation format for geographical data? The (US) Bureau of Census has a text encoding of city maps called "GBF/DIME". Basically, it consists of records of line information which can be also be used as bounds for areas. For more information, contact Data User Services Division Bureau of the Census Dept. of Commerce Washington, D.C. 20233 The Geological Survey is also starting to encode map data in computer form. Contact the USGS in Reston, VA 22092. lee