ronald@ecl014.UUCP (Ronald van Eijck) (06/11/91)
Some time ago there where some posts about a world database. If I got the right clue this is a lot of data that can be expanded (using a utility) to draw a map of the world, or part of it. Now what I want to know is how good is it? and does it create only the out- lines of the countries or does it contain more info. I'm especially interrested in an Island group near Madeira (part of portugal west of Africa and north of the Canarie Islands) they are called: Ilhas desertas, Ilhas Grande and Bugio. If anybody knows how good the actual maps are and also knows if these islands are on it let me know please Thanx, -- +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ronald van Eijck {eunet!}hp4nl!cbmnlux!ecl014!ronald | | | | We do the impossible at once for a miracle we need a little more time | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
hassell@news.colorado.edu (Christopher Hassell) (06/12/91)
ronald@ecl014.UUCP (Ronald van Eijck) writes:
[] Some time ago there where some posts about a world database. If I got the
[] right clue this is a lot of data that can be expanded (using a utility) to
[] draw a map of the world, or part of it.
[] Now what I want to know is how good is it? and does it create only the out-
[] lines of the countries or does it contain more info.
[] I'm especially interrested in an Island group near Madeira (part of portugal
[] west of Africa and north of the Canarie Islands) they are called: Ilhas
[] desertas, Ilhas Grande and Bugio. If anybody knows how good the actual maps
[] are and also knows if these islands are on it let me know please
[] Thanx,
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I downloded it... and it is pretty cute.
Essentailly it has varying levels of detail for the ENTIRE world shoved into
several files. It only has the outlines that I can see.. but I myself could
not use the topmost file (the most detailed) because it is bigger than a meg!
(on a one meg machine with only 880K drives.. this can be a problemo).
WHen I ran it for those levels.. it only produced the outlines of countries and
such.. and on higher levels of detail it would include islands and such too. I
do not know exactly how far it can go. Supposedly it is from the CIA so its
detail should be rather nice... but it certainly isn't made as a roadmap!
that's my little knowledge
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ronald@ecl014.UUCP (Ronald van Eijck) writes: >Some time ago there where some posts about a world database. If I got the >right clue this is a lot of data that can be expanded (using a utility) to >draw a map of the world, or part of it. >Now what I want to know is how good is it? and does it create only the out- >lines of the countries or does it contain more info. The wdb program itself, and its datafiles, are not what you need.(The most detailed one is quite detailed, but could be more detailed. I wish there was a 2 MB file too). But, as the other man said, there is something about CIA. Apparantly, CIA was some of the first people(?) in the world to put the world (or at least a model/map of it) on computers/store it digitally. These data are extremely accurate and detailed. Those data have been distributed by CIA into the public domain, for whatever use you might think of. And we are not talking of one or two megabyte of data, but more... From these data, subsets were made for the world data base program, to use on micros, reducing the size to 1 mb for the most detailed file. These files should be identical be it IBM P* or Amiga or Atari or Mac(?). But.... Even though I don't want to fill my harddisk with hundreds of megabyte of all the world(there is not room for a 100 anyway), I would like more detailed maps of parts of the world... And as those data were in the publice domain, where are they? Were they announced public domain and then deleted? Shame, shame. I have asked before and ask again: Do not anyone interest themselves in their part of the world and join me in the search for its description? I hope that anymous ftp will one day bless me with these data, but I have not heard anybody mention anything... PS: The wdb thing includes source. That means a possibility to read the format of the file, and find it out oneself(If you want to treat those islands yourself) -- From the notorious Jakob Gaardsted, Computer Science Department Bed og arbejd ! University of Aarhus, Jylland (!) (Pray and work!) AMIGA! pilgrim@daimi.aau.dk | I'd rather play Moria.
wbrand@krishna.shearson.com (Willy Brandsdorfer) (06/14/91)
In article <ronald.3858@ecl014.UUCP> ronald@ecl014.UUCP (Ronald van Eijck) writes: > Some time ago there where some posts about a world database. If I got the > right clue this is a lot of data that can be expanded (using a utility) to > draw a map of the world, or part of it. > Now what I want to know is how good is it? and does it create only the out- > lines of the countries or does it contain more info. > I'm especially interrested in an Island group near Madeira (part of portugal > west of Africa and north of the Canarie Islands) they are called: Ilhas > desertas, Ilhas Grande and Bugio. If anybody knows how good the actual maps > are and also knows if these islands are on it let me know please > Thanx, I just got a copy from ab20.larc.nasa.gov (128.155.23.64) /amiga/graphics/wdb The program starts with a outline map of the world showing each country outlined in green. Also shown are the world'ss major rivers in blue. You can point to any longitude and lattitude position and Zoom in to a max 120x. I tried to zoom in on Bermuda and got a small but decent outline of the island. ebina@urbana.mcd.mot.COM recently posted an X11R4 version of the display program. I haven't tried it yet. Have Fun, ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ William Brandsdorfer | UUCP: !uunet!shearson.com!wbrand Lehman Brothers | ARPA: wbrand@shearson.com 388 Greenwich St. | Voice: (212) 464-3835 New York, N.Y. 10013 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------