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

[Simon Cropper (Botanicus Australia Pty Ltd)]

Joseph,

It was very slow for me to.

The dataset is very good but is broader than what I was after. It will 
be great for some of my regional studies but not for the tutorials proposed.

Are you aware of any aerial photography at 1:10,000 (0.15m/pixel)? 
Something where you can show how to create a polygon by hand based on 
the underlying imagery.

Cheers Simon

Simon Cropper
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On 13/01/2010 11:25 AM, Joseph Reeves wrote:
> 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
>>>> PO Box 160, Sunshine, Victoria 3020.
>>>> P: 9311 5822. M: 041 830 3437.
>>>> mailto:scropper at botanicusaustralia.com.au
>>>> web:www.botanicusaustralia.com.au
>>>>
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