[Gvsig_english] HELP PLEASE - Does anyone know where I can get high resolution GIS data for use in tutorials?

[Joseph Reeves]

Hi Simon,

I'm trying to download some sample data from here at the moment:

http://srtm.csi.cgiar.org/SELECTION/inputCoord.asp

It's _very_ slow for me, but it's easy to use; select your area and
file format then click search, your available downloads will be
displayed.

Cheers, Joseph




2010/1/13 Simon Cropper (Botanicus Australia Pty Ltd)
<scropper at botanicusaustralia.com.au>:
> Joseph,
>
> I managed to find the cloadmade shapefiles -- these look really good.
>
> I was not successful however in finding the SRTM data download for
> Australia. Found the reference to the dataset but no link.
>
> Cheers Simon
>
>
> On 13/01/2010 10:48 AM, Joseph Reeves wrote:
>> Hi Simon,
>>
>> I can't help with everything, but I'll make a couple of suggestions.
>>
>> For road data, CloudMade produce shapefile exports from OpenStreetMap:
>> http://downloads.cloudmade.com/oceania/australia
>>
>> OSM is pretty exciting in Oz at the moment as there's a lot of users
>> tracing data from some superb NearMap imagery.
>>
>> For topographic data there's Nasa's SRTM:http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/srtm/
>>
>> As an example, the very nice Summer in Kabul mapping was based on
>> those two sources:
>> http://developmentseed.org/blog/2009/nov/02/summer-kabul
>>
>> Cheers, Joseph
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 2010/1/12 Simon Cropper (Botanicus Australia Pty Ltd)
>> <scropper at botanicusaustralia.com.au>:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> *** Sorry for cross-posting for those people on both lists ***
>>>
>>> Does anyone have or know of some high resolution vector and raster data that
>>> can be used in tutorials?
>>>
>>> The datasets need to be unfetted by intellectual property constraints.
>>>
>>> Essentially I want to build a set of tutorials around this data and have the
>>> users able to download and manipulate the data without breaking any laws.
>>>
>>> Preferably I would like data for Australia, even better southeast Australia.
>>>
>>> Data
>>>
>>> georeferenced aerial photography (ECW or JPG, 0.15m/pixel)
>>> shapefiles showing cadastral data, soils, contours, roads
>>> DWG files showing details of a development or plan
>>>
>>> Spatial Reference System
>>>
>>> GDA94 MGA55
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Cheers Simon
>>>
>>> Simon Cropper
>>> Botanicus Australia Pty Ltd
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