dnelson@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (Dru Nelson) (02/07/90)
Archive-name: us-map-data/28-Jan-90
Original-posting-by: dnelson@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (Dru Nelson)
Original-subject: Summary: Where to find U.S. map data
Archive-site: hanauma.stanford.edu [36.51.0.16]
Reposted-by: emv@math.lsa.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti)
Summary:
I have searched far and wide and have come up with a couple
sources for U.S. Map data.
HANAUMA.STANFORD.EDU (36.51.0.16) has the world map as
does the UCSD.EDU Anonymous FTP site. This database is the
CIA World Bank II and it contains the data and some source
files explaining the format. The World Bank II is Public
Domain. Oh yes, I believe it also has the coordinates to some major
cities. The data has the land boundaries, rivers, political
boundaries, and one other thing I can't remember ;-)
The U.S. Map and state lines can also be purchased from Austin
Code Works for a small fee. This is also public domain data.
At UCSD.edu there is also a mercator projection.
One last interesting database is on uunet.uu.net. There is a
large Census file. I didn't get it, but it might help somebody
out. I read an article in Byte showing that the census has maps
of all the roads on CD and this might be one of their files. It
might be handy to play with if you don't have the most recent CD
of the data yet.
Thanks to all for the help,
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