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

[Gertrude Pieper]

Simon,

You might be able to find aerial photography and high resolution satelite 
imagery for your area on  http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov.
Another great source of free vector and raster map data (at 1:10m, 1:50m, 
and 1:110m scales) is http://www.naturalearthdata.com/ .
Good luck!

Gertrude

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Simon Cropper (Botanicus Australia Pty Ltd)" 
<scropper at botanicusaustralia.com.au>
To: "Users and Developers mailing list" 
<gvsig_internacional at listserv.gva.es>
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 8:24 AM
Subject: Re: [Gvsig_english] HELP PLEASE - Does anyone know where I can get 
high resolution GIS data for use in tutorials?


> 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
> Botanicus Australia Pty Ltd
> PO Box 160, Sunshine, Victoria 3020.
> P: 9311 5822. M: 041 830 3437.
> mailto: scropper at botanicusaustralia.com.au
> <mailto:scropper at botanicusaustralia.com.au>
> web: www.botanicusaustralia.com.au <http://www.botanicusaustralia.com.au>
>
>
> 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