Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!bellcore!faline!thumper!ulysses!andante!alice!tve
From: tve@alice.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: machine-readable maps (& images)
Keywords: map cartography USGS DEM
Message-ID: <7938@alice.UUCP>
Date: 1 Jun 88 15:28:15 GMT
References: <5520@utah-cs.UUCP>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill NJ
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Posted: Wed Jun  1 11:28:15 1988

I have a couple of 1 degree by 1 degree USGS maps (200 feet grid) I'll
copy as soon as the internet permits (New Jersey - Utah => :-( ). I called
NCIC to check whether they are PD: answer is yes. The six maps I have
are the grand canyon area (2 maps), kings canyon area (3 maps) and
New Jersey (1 map).

What I'm looking for right now is COLOR for the maps! I contacted EOSAT
for their Landsat image data (low orbit earth observation satellite) but
here we start talking real $$: Landsat data for approximately the same
area as covered by a 1x1 degree $75 USGS map costs $600 !!! (EOSAT is
a company, not US gov...), also their data is strictly NOT PD. Does
anybody know of alternate sources for color data? I know that the French
and Russians sell the same kind of data because this is why one
can buy the Landsat data (if THEY sell it and make money, why shouldn't
WE do it as well..) but I don't know where to contact them. Any pointers?

Thorsten von Eicken
Computing Science Research Center
AT&T Bell Laboratories
Murray Hill, NJ07974
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