[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)]

Gertrude,

On closer inspection I note the natural earth data is actually for the 
whole globe, sorry. Will be useful for some of my distribution maps but 
not for the proposed tutorials.

Cheers Simon

Simon Cropper
Botanicus Australia Pty Ltd
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On 13/01/2010 12:41 PM, Gertrude Pieper wrote:
> 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>
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> 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
>>>>>>              
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