rose@tci.bell-atl.com (Bob Rose) (02/21/90)
I posted this question on comp.graphics as well as comp.windows.x and received very little response. I'm not one to give up, so I'll try one more time! We're doing a project and have a dire need for maps. The ideal would be a database of maps of the world that go down to countries states/counties (all the way down to streets is uneccesary). Maps with semantic information (ie longs/lats) would be ideal, but since we have nothing yet, simple bitmaps would get us started. Formats are flexible; we're developing in X, but anything can be converted. If it's a database that we drive line drawings from or actual bits, that's OK. If there's a product or company out there that someone can point me to, we'll pay if they (you) have what we're looking for. If there's some simple public domain bitmaps that can get us started that would be great, too. Basically, if you have ANY information on computer displayable maps, please let me know! If you have any pointers please send mail (rose@tci.bell-atl.com) or call (508)443-7311 x378. Thanks very much! Bob Rose Technology Concepts, Inc. (A Bell Atlantic Co.) ps I'll post a summary if I get some good replies!
sue@aplpy.jhuapl.edu (Sue Borchardt) (02/23/90)
In article <705@tci.bell-atl.com> rose@tci.bell-atl.com (Bob Rose) writes: > >If there's a product or company out there that someone >can point me to, we'll pay if they (you) have what we're looking for. > >Basically, if you have ANY information on computer displayable >maps, please let me know! > >Bob Rose >Technology Concepts, Inc. (A Bell Atlantic Co.) > >ps I'll post a summary if I get some good replies! A couple of places you might try to get map data Defense Mapping Agency they have world data banks I and II but might refer you to NTIS ( National Technical Information Service?) DeLORME map company I saw their demo at uniforum 89. It ran under X11R3. I couldn't find their glossy with an address. I have the WDB stuff displayed under X11R4 using projection and display libraries I wrote (in part) but I'm not sure if they'd let me give them away.o Sorry about responding to the group but your address bounced. Contact me at 301-792-6814 if I can be any more help. or try sue@aplpy.jhuapl.edu
seth@ZURICH.AI.MIT.EDU (Seth Goldstein) (02/26/90)
In article <705@tci.bell-atl.com> rose@tci.bell-atl.com (Bob Rose) writes: > >If there's a product or company out there that someone >can point me to, we'll pay if they (you) have what we're looking for. > >Basically, if you have ANY information on computer displayable >maps, please let me know! > >Bob Rose >Technology Concepts, Inc. (A Bell Atlantic Co.) > >ps I'll post a summary if I get some good replies! Direct mail bounced, so here for all to see, I just saw an ad for DeLorme Mapping: Some 50,000 USGS togographic maps are in the process of being digitally stored in a high-resolution, full-color format by DeLorme Mapping. The maps are being scanned at approximately 200 dpi and converted to WGS84 coordinates [I'm not sure what that means. I've heard a guess that it's World Geodetic Standard]. The USGS 7.5-minute and 15-minute series will be available to businesses and the government on CD ROM or floppy disks in a highly compressed raster format. DeLorme Mapping, Freeport, ME. (207)-865-4171 Seth Goldstein ConSolve, Inc.