Internet Resources for Earth Sciences May 1992
by Bill Thoen
This is a list of resources available through Internet that may be useful
to those who have an interest in the earth sciences. It is not intended to
be "the" FAQ (there are too many subjects that could be covered), but it is
an attempt to answer only the "Frequently Asked Questions" on "Where can I
find on Internet ..."
| Special thanks to Drotos Laszlo for large con-
| tributions on "European Resources for Earth Sciences" (ASTRA, NISS)
As this file gets larger, new techniques will be needed to navigate
it. If you are using rn to read this, you can use control-G (^G) to
jump through the major subject headings. (I've put the keyword
'Subject:' in front of each section). The other way is to use text
search tools (like g in rn) to find a string. For example, if you
wanted to quickly find the info on 'World Cities Data', you could
search for -7.4- to jump right to the start of this info. If anyone
knows of a hypertext-like way to do this better, please let me know!
| Changes since the last release are marked with a '| ' in columns 1-2.
| This should help you update your old file (or just quickly see what's
| new).
Table of Contents
-0- Standard Disclaimer
-1- Usenet News Groups
-2- Bitnet Discussion Lists
-3- Using Archie to Find Files
-4- How to Use Anonymous FTP
-5- Earth Science Anonymous FTP Sites
-6- Telnet Addresses
-7- Commercial Sources or Govt. Sources Requiring Fees
-7.1- Groundwater Modeling Software
-7.2- Coordinate Projection Contacts
-7.3- Software for TIGER data
-7.4- World Cities Data
-7.5- Digital Chart of the World
-7.6- National Geophisical Data Center
-7.7- Commercial Data Vendors
-7.8- National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center
-7.9- Satellite Image Sources
-8- Coordinate Conversion, Map Projection
-9- Miscellaneous Information -- Not Organized Yet
-10- Data Formats Information
-11- Email addresses to contact GIS software developers
-99- Where to Send Corrections and Additions
Subject: -0- Standard Disclaimer
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To avert any possible legal feeding frenzies, this is the
disclaimer (Henceforth to be known as the "Disclaimer", to whit,
heretofore, blah blah, mumbo jumbo, caveat emptor, ipso facto,
Ack! Thp! etc. --that's all the legal language I know! B-)
"I make no garauntees that this information is accurate or avail-
able to everybody, and all the other usual disclaimers apply
(i.e. if anything you find and use here turns your system into a
smoking crater, it's your problem! Opinions and comments quoted
from other authors do not necessarily have anything to do with me
or Colorado SuperNet. I do not always check facts reported by
others, but I always welcome corrections and critiques."
Ack! Thp!
_ /| /
\'o.O'
Refer any litigation to my legal counsel -> =(___)=
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- Bill Thoen bthoen@csn.org
cogs1@flint.mines.colorado.edu
bill.thoen@boardwatch.com
Subject: -1- Usenet News Groups
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news.answers The "mother of all FAQ lists" list
Subscribe to this and get access to every
other list's FAQ's such as Space, Image
Processing, Graphics, etc.
bit.listserv.uigis-l GIS User Interface issues
comp.infosystems.gis Geographic Information Systems (superceeded
bit.listserv.gis-l in Feb 1992)
comp.graphics Graphics, image processing
sci.geo.fluids Oceanography
sci.geo.geology Geology
sci.geo.meteorology Meteorology
Subject: -2- Bitnet Discussion Lists
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ACDGIS-LWIIMC12.BITNET GIS discussions for German-speaking countries
Topics include GIS, CACartography, Remote Sensing and Image
Processing as related to GIS, Geo-Statistics. This list aims at
improving local/regional communication and is viewed as
complementary to GIS-L.
list owner: Zoltan Daroczy
Dept. of Geography
University of Economics and Business Adminstration
Vienna: WIGEOARN@AWIWUW11.BITNET
AQUIFER@IBACSATA.BITNET Pollution and groundwater recharge
| ASTRA-UG@ICNUCEVM.BITNET
| ASTRA is a joint database project of the IBM Europe and the Italian
| Council of Research, located in Pisa (italy). It is accessible from an
| EARN (or BITNET (?)) node, you have to install the ASTRA client software.
| The services are free, the questions and the answers are interactive
| messages or can be sent via the EARN mail function. There are about 35
| databases, some of them in the field of earth sciences.
|
| Astra User Interface Help Function
| Available databases
|
| META : The ASTRA service meta-database contains general informations
| about the databases covered by the service. Each document
| Describe a database, its structure, the people responsible
| for the data and for the local service. Sometimes some notes
| are appended as major support to the users (in Eglish).
|
| BIBV : Bibliography on historic activity of Italian volcanoes, by
| Istituto di Geocronologia e Geochimica Isotopica - CNR, Pisa,
| Italy & by Gruppo Nazionale per la Vulcanologia - CNR, Pisa,
| Italy (in Italian).
|
| BIG : The BIG data base includes bibliographic references on
| geotechnical papers of Italian Authors published on
| periodical issues, congress proceedings, technical
| reports, thesis. (in Italian and English).
|
| QUAT : Quaternary Geology and Paleontology Description of
| research activities, in Italy, related to quaternary
| shorlines geology and paleontology (in English).
|
| GEOL : Bibliography on Earth Science. (1980-1989).
| Today accessible only by Italian people (in French).
|
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| ASTRA FILELIST for LISTSERV@ICNUCEVM.
|
| ASTRA, is a free European service through EARN for the
| distribution of information. Databases organized are about
| many different subjects. They can be classified as
| chemistry, geology, informatics, pedagogic, historical etc
| etc,
|
| At the present time, the main goal of ASTRA is to insert
| many new databases, to offer more information to the ASTRA
| user community.
|
| To access ASTRA SERVICE the user has to be connected to one
| of the research networks. The requests to search the
| available databases may be written through the ASTRA User
| Interface, available for VM and VAX user and, in the future,
| for the X.400 VM user, or using the ASTRA batch query
| language.
|
| Some help and some service are offered to the ASTRA user by
| the ASTRA Working Group (ASTRA-WG) and in particular a list
| has been defined for the user problems and suggestions. The
| ASTRA service includes also the distribution of a bimensil
| bullettin about the ASTRA news. This bullettin is sent to
| every ASTRA user.
|
| Users can access the service by sending the following
| commands to ASTRADB at ICNUCEVM:
|
| To get information about the service:
| VM/CMS Users: TELL ASTRADB AT ICNUCEVM GET ASTRA INFO
| VAX/VMS Users: SEND ASTRADB@ICNUCEVM GET ASTRA INFO
|
| To get help about using the server:
| VM/CMS Users: TELL ASTRADB AT ICNUCEVM HELP
| VAX/VMS Users: SEND ASTRADB@ICNUCEVM HELP
|
| To get the user interface:
| VM/CMS Users: TELL ASTRADB AT ICNUCEVM GET ASTRA EXEC
| VAX/VMS Users: SEND ASTRADB@ICNUCEVM ASTRAVAX
|
| To share ideas and experiences, a news group is established
| on LISTSERV@ICNUCEVM. To subscribe to the group send the message
| SUB ASTRA-UG your full name
| to LISTSERV@ICNUCEVM.
|
| To unsubscribe from the list, send the following command to
| LISTSERV@ICNUCEVM:
|
| SIGNOFF ASTRA-UG
|
CLIMLIST@OHSTVMA.BITNET Climatology Information and News
A news and information service (not so much for discussions) for
climatology.
COASTGIS@IRLEARN.BITNET Coatsal GIS discussion list
(note: not everybody can get this one it seems, but it has been
confirmed as of March 14, 1992)
ENERGY-L@TAUNIVM.BITNET Energy
| GEOCAL@UK.AC.LEICESTER Geography, Geology, Town and Regional
| Planning, Meteorology
|
| The CTI Centre for Geography has established a discussion list on
| Computer Assisted Learning on the VMSSERV listserver at the University
| of Leicester. This moderated list will discuss all aspects of
| CAL/CBT/CAI/CML within the Centre's 'community' of Geography, Geology,
| Town and Regional Planning and Meteorology.
|
| Although discussion will be kept within these subject regions, the list
| will be open to all to subscribe. If you would like to subscribe, send
| an e-mail, with the following command in the BODY of the message. The
| subject line will be ignored.
|
| SUBSCRIBE GEOCAL Firstname Surname
|
| You should send this message to VMSSERV@UK.AC.LEICESTER. In return, you
| will be sent a help file detailing the commands that may be used with
| this server. If you have any difficulties, please e-mail:
|
| GEOCAL-REQUEST@UK.AC.LEICESTER
|
| All items for submission should be sent to:
|
| GEOCAL@UK.AC.LEICESTER
|
| It is hoped the an archive will be maintained of useful materials that
| may be posted back to you. Details will be sent to list members when
| they are available. It is further hoped that subscribers will be able
| to share a few details with other list members of their interests and
| uses of CAL, along the lines adopted by John Arnfield, Moderator of
| CLIMLIST.
|
|
| -----------------------------------------------------------------------
| Getting started with VMSSERV
| -----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| This file documents some of the features of the VMSSERV list-server at
| Leicester University. We recommend that you keep it in a safe place, so
| that you may refer to it at a later date. If you want a new copy, send
| the following command to:
|
| VMSSERV@UK.AC.LEICESTER
|
| SEND GEOCAL:HELP.TXT
|
| ***********************************************************************
| * IMPORTANT NOTE FOR OVERSEAS SUBSCRIBERS *
| ***********************************************************************
|
| Throughout this document, reference will be made to usernames at site:
|
| UK.AC.LEICESTER
|
| This is a site on the Joint Academic NETwork (JANET) which uses reverse
| Internet domain ordering. Your local mailer will not recognise this
| site. Therefore, you should replace the site name with:
|
| LEICESTER.AC.UK
|
| Users on UUCP and other UNIX networks which use ! characters in their
| mail addresses will not be able to use VMSSERV. VAX/VMS mail considers
| a ! to be a comment character, and everything after will be ignored, so
| your e-mail address will be truncated. Therefore, please direct your
| commands either via the Internet or BITNET to the following sites (the
| username will stay the same:
|
| LEICESTER.AC.UK@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
| or
| LEICESTER.AC.UK@UKACRL (Preferred)
|
|
| Therefore, VMSSERV@UK.AC.LEICESTER would become:
|
| VMSSERV%LEICESTER.AC.UK@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
| or
| VMSSERV%LEICESTER.AC.UK@UKACRL
|
|
| You will want to find out what files are stored on VMSSERV for CAL in
| Geography. You can do this by sending the command
|
| INDEX GEOCAL
|
| to VMSSERV using the mail address above. The GEOCAL index list all of the
| packages available along with a brief description of the way in which
| they are stored. A fuller description follows for the benefit of novice
| users (and those who never really understood it properly).
|
| How files are stored and retrieved.
| -----------------------------------
| Most files stored by the server are in archives which have bee encoded
| in the UU format. There are a number of alternative archive formats,
| but we have chosen to use PKZIP. It is not possible to mail archives
| from one computer to another because they are "binary" files. First
| they must be converted to "ASCII" files and UU encoding achieves this.
| The slight disadvantage of UU encoding a binary file into an ASCII file
| is that the latter is larger than the former.
|
| ------------
| The Software
| ------------
| The following list describes the AAG Files that are available on the
| Archive. These can be obtained by sending the following message to:
|
| VMSSERV@UK.AC.LEICESTER
|
| SEND GEOCAL:Gnnn.PACKAGE
|
| where nnn is the number of the package you want. For instamce, if you
| wanted the World Databank Data (G26), you would send the following
| command:
|
| SEND GEOCAL:G26.PACKAGE
|
|
| Association of American Geographers
| Geography Public Domain Software List
|
| Disk Description
|
| G1 US County database giving names, latitude, longitude and so on.
| G2 Digital terrain analysis in PASCAL.
| G3 Koeppen Climate classification.
| G4 Landsat image processing (US Military Academy).
| G5 Urban data management software, a polygon based `GIS'.
| G6 Cartographic utilities, including Thiessen polygons, latitude-
| longitude to decimal co-ordinates and so on.
| G7 Barhan dune model simulation.
| G8 Mortpaklite: UN mortality measurement package.
| G9 World: Basic world atlas.
| G10 Statistical consultant to choose the appropriate test.
| G11 Habitat: UN habitat evaluation procedures for biogeography.
| G12 Iterative proportional fit to a multidimensional contingency table.
| G13 Utility to subset a data file.
| G14 Age/Sex Pyramid.
| G15 Teaching spatial autocorrelation.
| G17 USCB sampler containing files from the County and City Block Data
| Book which can be extracted into other DBMS packages.
| G18 As above, for 1983.
| G19 pcMAPRO, mapping utilities.
| G20 Street names of the USA and Chicago (a simple AUTOROUTE)
| G21 GeoClock, a geographical clock showing the sun's movement over
| the globe.
| G22 Networks: routing and searching on a network.
| G23 Expert system for soil taxonomy, classifying a soil into one of
| ten global categories.
| G24 MicroComputer automated mapping package showing a number of map
| projections.
| G25 Astronomical programs to view stars.
| G26 World Data Bank data and utilities in PASCAL.
| G27 Interchange Development Model, a land use model for the development
| of interstate highway interchanges.
| G28 MAP: package for the input, output and transfer of raster data.
| G29 Critical path project management.
| G30 Expert System for Site Analysis and Selection (ESSAS).
| G31 Africa boundary files.
| G32 Black Magic, a HyperText editor.
| G35 Spatial statistics for a point pattern.
| G36 Mapran, to show problems of area symbolisation in choroplethic
| mapping.
| G37 Software for use in surveying.
| G38 Image 3D, a 3D outline drawing program.
|
|
| DATABASE
| --------
|
| The CTICG Database of Geographical Software is no longer
| available on NISS due to excessive system overheads.
|
| Academic departments requiring information regarding
| software should contact
|
| John Castleford
| CTI Centre for Geography
| Department of Geography
| University of Leicester
| Leicester
| LE1 7RH
|
| Email: CTI@UK.AC.LEICESTER
| Tel: 0533 523827
|
|
| Geological Database
| ===================
|
| This summer, CTICG will be compiling a database of Geological
| Software which should be available by the end of October. At the
| same time, a Newsletter, devoted to Geological matters will
| also be produced.
GEOGRAPH@FINHUTC.BITNET Geography
GEOGRAPHy is an experimental BULLETIN BOARD and DISCUSSION FORUM
for academic geography - faculty, students and other persons
having interests in the field of modern geographic research.
GIS-L@UBVM.BITNET Geographic Information Systems
GIS-L@UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU
UIGIS-L@UBVM.BITNET GIS User Interface issues
INGRAFX.PSUVM.BITNET Information graphics
Deals with any/all types of information graphics (images/ maps/
graphs/ animation etc.). the group has been quiet lately but
picks up every once in a while).
IDRISI-L@TOWNSONYX.BITNET IDIRISI Discussion list
IDRISI-L is supported by the Department of Geography and
Environmental Planning at Towson State University (Baltimore).
To subscribe, send a one line message (SUBSCRIBE IDRISI-L) to
MAILSERV@TOWSONVX.BITNET or MAILSERV@TOE.TOWSON.EDU
Contact: Jay Morgan E7G4MOR@TOWSONVX
Dept. of Geography and Environmental Planning
Towson State Univ.
Baltimore, MD 21204-7097
410-830-2864
IMAGRS-L@CSEARN.BITNET Image Processing of Remotely Sensed data
MAPS-L@UGA.BITNET Maps and Air Photos (mostly concerns map
catalogger's and map librarian's issues)
MAPS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu
| RRL@UK.AC.LEICESTER GIS
| The GIS Mailing List is maintained by the ESRC Midlands Regional
| Research Laboratory at the University of Leicester. The function
| of the list is to act as an information dissemination medium
| whereby queries, ideas etc of interest to GIS personnel can
| be aired amongst like minded colleagues.
|
| If you would like to be added to this list, please send an e-mail
| to RRL@UK.AC.LEICESTER. You will then be kept up to date with
| current "goings on" in GIS. Each month, a revised list is also sent
| out. Major changes that occur between monthly updates are also
| advised.
TIGER@UKANVM.BITNET TIGER development
This list is very quiet, and it requires moderator approval to
subscribe.
| This is dead list. It has ceased to exist. It is a non-list.
| We'll delete this address in future releases of this file.
| VOLCANO@ASUACAD.BITNET (this address is a guess from the
| following note)
|
| It carries some discussions about volcano-related issues,
| as well as the monthly Global Volcanism Network reports. The latter
| are published by a group of geologists at the Smithsonian; we
| receive the reports a few weeks before they come out in print.
| I also maintain a list of volcanologists called VLIST FILE.
| VLIST contains names, e-mail addresses, research interests,
| job titles, and fax numbers for a hundred or so volcanologists
| and assorted fans.
|
| If you would like to join volcano listserv, send me a brief note.
| AIJHF@ASUACAD.BITNET (Jon Fink)
WX-TALK@UIUCVM.BITNET Weather
Discussion on weather (there are other related lists on severe
weather etc)
Subject: -3- Using Archie to Find Files
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What it is
==========
Archie is a tool developed at McGill University to find files anywhere
on Internet. You need only specify a file name (or part of it), and
archie will return all the ftp site address, the directories and full
file names that contain that string. This is how many of the sites
mentioned here were orignially located.
How it works
============
The following is taken from Zen and the Art of the Internet mentioned
above in the How to FTP section:
"Currently, archie tracks the contents of over 800 anonymous FTP
archive sites containing over a million files stored across the
Internet. Collectively, these files represent well over 50
gigabytes of information, with new entries being added daily.
The archie server automatically updates the listing information
from each site about once a month. This avoids constantly
updating the databases, which could waste network resources, yet
ensures that the information on each site's holdings is
reasonably up to date.
To access archie interactively, telnet to one of the existing
servers. They include:
archie.ans.net (New York, USA)
archie.rutgers.edu (New Jersey, USA)
archie.sura.net (Maryland, USA)
archie.unl.edu (Nebraska, USA)
archie.mcgill.ca (the first Archie server, in Canada)
archie.funet.fi (Finland)
archie.au (Australia)
archie.doc.ic.ac.uk (Great Britain)
At the login: prompt of one of the servers, enter `archie' to
log in. A greeting will be displayed, detailing information
about ongoing work in the archie project; the user will be left
at a `archie>' prompt, at which he may enter commands. Using
`help' will yield instructions on using the `prog' command to
make queries, `set' to control various aspects of the server's
operation, et al. Type `quit' at the prompt to leave archie."
Examples
========
As an example, if you type 'prog landsat', you'll see somthing like
the following:
archie>prog landsat
Host ames.arc.nasa.gov
Location: /pub/SPACE/MISC
FILE -rw-rw-r-- 332 Feb 7 1991 landsat-5.02.07.91
FILE -rw-rw-r-- 306 Mar 20 1990 landsat5.03.20.90
Host lth.se
Location: /pub/netnews/alt.sources/volume91/jul
FILE -r--r--r-- 894 Jul 30 1991 LANDSAT.images.of.NE.Z
Host procyon.cis.ksu.edu
Location: /pub/pictures/jpg/misc
FILE -rw-rw-r-- 89913 Mar 13 22:27 landsat.jpg
Host ucsd.edu
Location: /images/color-sunraster
FILE -rw-r--r-- 117849 Sep 18 1989 landsat.scr.Z
Host vab02.larc.nasa.gov
Location: /gifs/misc
DIRECTORY drwxr-xr-x 512 Feb 12 13:03 landsat
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You may already have archie installed on your own system. Here at
Colorado SuperNet, we have it all ready to run, and so we don't
have to log into a remote site (which may be pretty busy). If
you don't have the software and want it, telnet to the McGill site
or other nearby server, and read the help messages to find out how to
get it.
The default settings for archie are pretty broad and may not suit
you, but you can change them. I usually use the following switches
to get a nicer looking output:
-s : case insensitive substring search
-l : list one match per line
-t : sort inverted by date
-m # : specifies maximum number of hits to return (default 95)
Like so (serching for 'USGS'):
archie -sltm 10 USGS
19920219163800Z 512 ucdavis.ucdavis.edu /pub/usgs/
19911230203200Z 512 spectrum.xerox.com /pub/map/incoming/USGS_DATA/
19901201000000Z 111 csus.edu /pub/ftpsites/isdres.isd.usgs.gov
19901109000000Z 390 quiche.cs.mcgill.ca /archie/logs/isdres.isd.usgs.gov.log
Which gives me a case-insensitve serch (s) in a one-line per item
list (l), sorted by most recent (t), which stops after 10 (m 10)
"hits". In this case the search was performed directly on our host,
not via a telnet connection, but the process is similar either way.
Subject: -4- How to Use Anonymous FTP sites
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Not everybody has access to ftp, but if you do, these sites have some
'good stuff'. Please be aware that ftp can put some serious strain on
the host system, so try to limit your downloads to off-peak hours
(host local time!). All of these sites are open to the public. Login
as 'Anonymous', and the password is either your own Internet address or
'guest'.
To download files to your system, type 'get ' where you
substitute for the file you want. Also before you download
any binary files you should issue the command:
binary
before you issue the get command.
Here's a sample ftp session to csn.org to get an excellent guide about
getting around the Internet. It's title is "Zen and the Art of the
Internet" by Brendan P. Kehoe, and I *highly* recommend it! It
explains a lot in a very easy-to-understand way.
You respond at the 'ftp>' prompt. Lines that begin with numbers
are sent by the host computer at the ftp site... Also 'teal%' is my
local system prompt at Colorado SuperNet(you don't type this) . Your
prompt will undoubtably be different.
----- start example -----
teal% ftp csn.org
Connected to csn.org.
220 csn.org FTP server (Version 4.14ifi Thu Sep 19 10:03:27 MDT 1991) ready.
Name (csn.org:bthoen): anonymous
331 Guest login ok, send ident as password.
Password: <- I entered my Internet address here,
but you can also use 'guest' in this case.
230-Guest login ok, access restrictions apply.
230-Ski Colorado - THINK SNOW! <- Yes! Wahoo!!!
230 You have connected to Colorado Supernet, Inc.
| ftp> cd pub/net/zen
250 CWD command successful.
ftp> dir
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for .
-rw-r--r-- 1 root bin 190573 Feb 12 16:20 zen-1.0.PS.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 root bin 121929 Feb 12 16:20 zen-1.0.dvi.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 root bin 454739 Feb 12 16:21 zen-1.0.tar.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 root bin 187079 Mar 2 21:01 zen-1.0.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root bin 3879 Feb 12 16:21 zen.README
226 Transfer complete.
349 bytes received in 0.99 seconds (0.35 Kbytes/s)
ftp> binary <- change to binary for non-ASCII files
200 Type set to I.
ftp> get zen-1.0.txt <- download the plain text version of Zen-1.0
Since this is a text file, we didn't
need to issue the 'binary' command
first, but it won't hurt, either
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for zen-1.0.txt (187079 bytes).
226 Transfer complete.
local: zen-1.0.txt remote: zen-1.0.txt
187079 bytes received in 0.92 seconds (2e+02 Kbytes/s)
ftp> bye
221 Goodbye.
teal%
---- end example -----
Subject: -5- Earth Science Anonymous FTP Sites
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aurelie.soest.hawaii.edu [128.171.151.121)
directory: pub/avhrr/images
Sea-Surface-Temperature data (near-real-time)
The data are AVHRR images within the radius of reception of the
university's HRPT station, approximately 5 S to 45 N and 125 W
to 165 E. The processed images are available usually within 30
min. of noaa-11 and noaa-12 passages.
The data is in "CDF" format. CDF is a UCAR product, available
at anonymous ftp site: unidata.ucar.edu ( 128.117.140.3 ) They
have a guide there, NetCDF User's guide, that documents it.
The image files are compressed binary, and labeled after the
names of the satellites (n11 or n12), and the times of the
satellite passages (yyddd.hhmm).
For further information, please send e-mail to
hrpt@hokulea.soest.hawaii.edu
Info from: Joe Dellinger, joe@montebello.soest.hawaii.edu
alum.wr.usgs.gov [128.128.19.24]
map/* - digitized database (lat/long) of geologic faults
(primarily for different parts of the U.S.)
summary/* - digitized database of California earthquake locations
ames.arc.nasa.gov [128.102.18.3]
directory: pub/SPACE/CDROM
Images from Magellean and Viking missions and more. (over 16,000
pictures in digital form)
csn.org [128.138.213.21]
directory: COGS
Contains COGS diskettes and other software collected from
COGSnet BBS including geologic, gis, mapping, earth science
software for the PC and Macintosh. Includes several mapping data
sets of use to all, or pointers to where they can be found. GSMAP
and MOSS can be found here. Software was previously available
only on COGSnet. This is where this list originates, and the
currently updated version can be found here in the COGS/
directory under the name 'internet.resources.earth.sci'.
Contact: Bill Thoen
Internet: bthoen@csn.org
charon.er.usgs.gov [130.118.120.30]
pub/proj-3.1.tar.Z - cartographic projection package (Unix C)
pub/mapgen-4.2.tar.Z - MAPGEN digital cartographic software system (Unix)
pub/graphics-4.6.tar.Z - PLOTGEN plotting package for use with MAPGEN
pub/xzoom-2.01.tar.Z - interactive vector graphics display program for
use with MAPGEN and PLOTGEN (Unix/X11)
pub/GCTP-II.tar.Z - most recent version of the GCTP map projection
software (FORTRAN)
ftp.cs.toronto.edu [128.100.1.105]
doc/geography/US.lat-long - lat/long coordinates of major US cities
doc/geography/CIA_World_Map - directory of CIA world map database
earth.eps.pitt.edu [130.49.3.1]
world paleomagnetic database
computer programs related to paleomagnetism
gif files of digital terrane models of different places
These are color-shaded relief maps made with ER Mapper,
and they really look rather excellent!
ftp.uu.net
graphics/USmap.Z - digitized outline of the U.S.
pub/Census/slc.part1.Z - 1980 U.S. Census county boundaries
gatekeeper.dec.com
pub/graphics/data/cia-wdb/* - CIA World Data Bank
gator.netcom.com
Driectory: pub/snow
Map of snow cover for the US, derived from 12km reduction of GOES
data. Also 1km resolution snow cover maps of California and
Nevada, Snow Water Equivalent and other images
The National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center is now
distributing satellite snow data derived from AVHRR and GOES for
major portions of the U.S., southern Canada and Alaska. North
America is split into 26 windows, each approx 1000x1000 pixels, at
a resolution of 1.1 km/pixel.
There are a number of types of GIF images in this directory: the
Satellite Snow Cover Maps, weekly national and regional summaries
and a special blow-up of the Upper Colorado basin. The naming
convention for the daily product is:
WWSYYJJJ.TTT, where
WW is the window number
S is the satellite (snow maps: g for GOES or a,b,c for
NOAA-A, -B, -C, w for Snow Water Equivalent, n for SWE
normalized, x for the latest snow cover map with added
text)
YY is the year (92)
JJJ is the Julian date, the date from January 1.
TTT is the type, GIF or SHF, where GIF is a binary graphic image
and SHF stands for the SHEF message, the Standard
Hydrologic Exchange Format. It is the alphanumeric results
of the satellite snow cover mapping by basin and by
elevation zone.
A number of derived products are also distributed. Snow-Water
Equivalent, and Deviations of SWE from a normal value are
calculated, incorporating the SNOTEL values from the Soil
Conservation Service, for California and Nevada, and the Western
United States.
A summary of the week's snow cover is usYYJJJ.gif, with comments
from the hydrologist in usYYJJJ.msg. A table showing which scenes
have been mapped so far this year is in the file YYJJJ.tbl. At
the end of the snow season, all the snow images, satellite images
and ancillary data will be compiled into a CD-ROM. Snow data for
1991 and 1990 are available for $200. See the file CDROM.TXT in
this directory for more information.
To get a copy of the User's Guide, order from:
National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center,
Office of Hydrology, National Weather Service,
6301 - 34th Avenue South: Room 112,
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55450-2985.
Telephone: (612) 725-3258;
FAX: (612) 725-3338;
Internet: snow@netcom.com
Note: the site at gator.netcom.com is not an archive! Images
stay for two or three days and then they are scratched.
hanauma.stanford.edu [36.51.0.16]
directory: pub/World_Map
World Data Bank (data file of coastlines, countries, rivers, etc.)
12 megabytes, compressed! This file is broken up into 5 pieces,
so you have to get them all separately and 'cat' them together.
Note: if you are not a C programmer you may not be able to use
this as it is a highly packed file, and the sample source code is
in C.
Note: Be aware that this site is going to be discontinued soon.
However, Joe Dellinger says that the data on here will be
migrated elsewhere. More news later...
Alternative software to read CIA World Data Bank:
ux1.cso.uiuc.edu directory: amiga/fish/f5/ff580
Name: WorldDataBank Disk: 580
Using a database of coordinates compiled by the CIA and
made available under the Freedom of Information Act, this
program plots world maps in cylindrical or spherical
projections, with various degrees of magnification.
This is version 2.2, an update to version 2.0 on disk
262, and now includes the largest available data file,
for detailed mapping of even small sections of the globe.
Includes source.
Author: The CIA, Bob Dufford, Mike Groshart
(from: Ken Chin-Purcell ken@msc.edu 612-626-8090)
Another program for decoding the database, mfil, can be found on
pi1.arc.umn.edu (137.66.130.11).
ics.uci.edu
directory: honig
earth.l.gif, earth.r.gifstereopair
earth.gifraw data
synthetic stereo satellite images of earth10 May 92
isdres.er.usgs.gov [130.11.48.2]
directory: [.USGS.GCTP]
Source code the USGS General Cartographic Transformation Package
(GCTP).
directory: [.USGS.SDTS]
Text to Spatial Data Transfer Standard (SDTS)
This site is pretty slow when logging in, be patient.
Also note that this is a VAX system, so when changing
directories, be sure to include the brackets (as above).
To 'cd' back to a parent directory, use cd [-]
(equivalent to cd ..)
kiawe.soest.hawaii.edu [128.171.151.16]
directory: pub/gmt
Contains the Generic Mapping Tools, software for map projections,
spatial interpolation, contouring, 3D persective, raster
processing (C code for workstations)
lamont.ldgo.columbia.edu [129.236.10.30]
directory: pub/gb*
The Lamont Geographic Database Browser (XGB) Server software for
accessing and manipulating data from several database servers
operating over Internet (C code for workstations)
moon.cecer.army.mil [129.229.1.16]
In addition to the GRASS GIS source code, there is an extensive
database for the Spearfish (South Dakota) area to be used with
grass. Although intended for GRASS, some of the data could easily
be used for other purposes. For example, Arc/Info can display
GRASS raster data.
ncar.ucar.edu [128.117.8.111]
An archive of selected NCAR data and an inventory of what data is
available from their Data Support Section. Some datasets and
papers are available. Also includes Colorado weather and ski
(yahoo!) reports.
ncgia.ucsb.edu [128.111.254.105]
directory: pub
NCGIA publications, Initiatives, annual
reports, tech reports, and USGS DEMS. For more
contact: Richard A. Johnson postmaster@ncgia.ucsb.edu
NCGIA Computing Resources Manager
Geography Department
U. C. Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, Ca. 93106
(805) 893-4677 (Phone)
raj@ncgia.ucsb.edu (Internet)
ucbvax!ucivax!raj (UUCP)
raj@VOODOO (via BITNET)
pprg.eece.unm.edu [129.24.24.10]
directory: /pub/khoros/release
Khoros is an integrated software development environment for
information processing and visualization, based on X11R4. Khoros
components include a visual programming language, code generators
for extending the visual language and adding new application
packages to the system, an interactive user interface editor, an
interactive image display package, an extensive library of image
processing, numerical analysis and signal processing routines, and
2D/3D plotting packages.
Khoros contains over 260 programs, in the following categories:
arithmetic, classification, color conversion, data conversion,
file format conversion, feature extraction, frequency filtering,
matrix algebra (LINPACK and EISPACK), spatial filtering,
morphology filtering, geometric manipulation, histogram
manipulation, statistics, signal generation, linear operations,
segmentation, spectral estimation, subregion, and transforms.
Khoros supports the following file formats: TIFF, pbm, BIG, DEM,
DLG, ELAS, FITS, MATLAB, Sun raster, TGA, and xbm.
Contact: Becky Bishop becky@peabody.eece.unm.edu
The Khoros Group
Dept. of EECE
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
Phone: (505) 277-6563
sparky2.esd.mun.ca [134.153.11.101]
This is an ftp site for NewPet, a geochem/igneous petrology data
handling program. MS-DOS compatible, 640 KB, any graphics card,
and a hard drive. Shareware ($25 voluntary).
spectrum.xerox.com [192.70.225.78]
directory: pub/map
USGS DLG (all scales), DEM, DTM, TIGER
Data exchange site for all kinds of public domain map data.
Probably the best site for finding map data in this list.
sseop.jsc.nasa.gov [146.154.11.34]
directory: DUA1:[ANONYMOUS] (you'll be here at login)
Space Shuttle Earth Observation Project photography database of
the Flight Science Support Office (FSSO). Contains references to
over 120,000 photographs of Earth from space during the last 3
decades. Also some digitized images. These are in band-
sequential format with a 512-byte header, and 512 x 512 bytes of
red, green, and blue data layers. The images are stored in .DAT
files and are binary.
Harry G Osoff reports,
"There are two types of photos avaialble:
1024 x 1024 and 512 x 512
Some are 3 channel
Some are 1 channel"
You can reach him at extuniv@ccit.arizona.edu if you need help
with image conversions.
Note: Get the file 'pho.list' to see descriptions of selected
images, and which are color and which are grey-scale. The
1024x1024 are 1 channel and the 512x512 are 3 channel. Adobe
Photoshop reads these just fine. Please send me info of other
software that works, if you know of any.
Contact: Dr. David E. Pitts, Manager
Flight Science Support Office
Mail Code: SN15
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
Houston, TX 77058
SPAN: 9247::PITTS
Internet: pitts@sn.jsc.nasa.gov
stardent.arc.nasa.gov [128.102.21.44]
directory: pub/*
Mars DEM data (Valles Marineris region) sampled at a variety of
spatial resolutions
suns01.esd.ornl.gov [128.219.24.36]
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC) Contains data
sets of world-wide climatic data including Atmosepheric CO2
content, tree-core/precip. correllations, historical air temp.,
pressure, precip. (some going back to the 1600's!) for world,
global paleoclimate to 6000 B.P., historical weather station data
back to 1800's, and more.
Contact: CDIAC
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
P. O. Box 2008
Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6335 USA
(615) 574-0390
(615) 574-2232 (FAX)
OMNET: CDIAC
INTERNET: CDP@STC10.CTD.ORNL.GOV
BITNET: CDP@ORNLSTC
unidata.ucar.edu [128.117.140.3]
directory: images
Weather radar summary map GIFS (wxmap.GIF) updated at least
daily, perhaps more often.
ucsd.edu [128.54.16.1]
pub/WorldMap.tar.Z - Another source of the CIA world map database
put/worldmap.NA - digitized world outline
uriacc.uri.edu [131.128.1.1]
directory: fna101.195
Weather images
vmd.cso.uiuc.edu [128.174.5.98]
directory: phil.515 or wx
Weather satellite images of North America, and Surface Analysis
weather maps in GIF format. Updated hourly! GIF viewing
software, text docs on how to download from satellites yourself,
lots of weather info.
vab02.larc.nasa.gov [128.155.23.47]
directory: pub/gifs/misc/landsat
Landsat photos in GIF and JPEG format. Great views of Boston,
Washington DC, Cape Cod, NYC, Western Europe and other places.
Wish there were more...
Subject: -6- Telnet addresses
-----------------------------
delocn.udel.edu [128.175.24.1]
Ocean Network Information Center
University of Delaware College of Marine Studies
login: info
OCEANIC database -- data about ocean currents for climatic change,
subduction zones and deep sea dumping, among other things.
epaibm.rtpnc.epa.gov
EPA National Library on-line database can be accessed for bibliographic
searches.
hermes.merit.edu [35.1.48.150] [35.1.48.149]
[35.1.48.159] [35.1.48.160]
Weather forecasts by region or city (US only)
host type: um-weather
ipac.caltech.edu [131.215.139.35]
NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED)
login: ned
lpi.jsc.nasa.gov [128.138.213.22]
The LPI Center for Information and Research Services provides
resources on geology, geophysics, astrmomy and astrophysics.
Support services are provided for other departments, such as
publications, and computer. Materials on these topics are
available. Menu driven -- use VT100 emulation or equivalent
login: lpi
madlab.sprl.umich.edu 3000 [141.212.196.79]
Weather forecasts for regions/cities (US only) (The 3000 is the
telnet port number, not a baud rate)
martini.eecs.umich.edu 3000 [141.212.99.9] [141.212.100.9]
Geographic Name Server
Zipcode, population, lat/long other stats from 1980 census for US
cities. Enter name of city at the (non-existant) prompt and
press Enter. Include state (as in Ipswich, MA) or you'll get
that city's info in every state it is found.
| Contact: Tom Libert (GNS author)
| University of Michigan
| libert@eecs.umich.edu
|
|Tom reports: GNS covers only USA now, but I just received global
| city data from CIA RWDB2. I'll incorporate that
| fairly soon.
nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov
Space Physics Analysis Network (SPAN) Network Information Center
(NIC), managed by the National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC),
an online facility to provide a central source for information.
login: span_nic
nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov
NSSDC On-Line Data and Information Service. Includes *NASA Master
Directory* -- an online search system providing brief overview
information about NASA and many important non-NASA space and earth
science data, and data information systems. In some cases, the
directory offers automatic network connections to catalogs or
other systems.
login: nodis
stis.nsf.gov [128.150.195.40]
Science & technolgy Information Service STIS is maintained
by the National Science Foundation.
login: public
sun.nsf.ac.uk [128.86.8.7]
login: janet
At the hostname: prompt type uk.ac.niss
There is an academic BBS on the JANET (UK) network called NISS
(National Information on Software and Services), you can find it
in the HYTELNET guide. The sections of geology are painfully empty
or outdated, but there are some GIS info in the sections of Geography
and Land Use Studies.
Selected menus and pages from the NISS BBS:
A :) NISSBB - The NISS Bulletin Board
B :) NISSPAC - The NISS Public Access Collections
E :) Information Services in Europe
H :) Help Information
Y :) Netcomm Information
X,Q :) Logoff the Gateway
Section M Page 1 of 1
::::: N I S S B U L L E T I N B O A R D ::::::: M A I N M E N U ::::::
A INTRO. for New Users & Contributors ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES
B NISS Public Access Collections(NISSPAC) N Accountancy to Engineer.
C Academic Computer Services O Geography to Literature
D Software/Information Services P Maths. to Physics
(CHEST, CTISS, NPDSA etc.) R Statistics to Sociology
E Library Services
F Online Information Sources M MAIN MENU
G Job Vacancies S Computer Supplier Information
H Computing Groups and Committees T Research Councils
I Subject INDEX W Educational Services
J Special Interest Groups X * Latest CHANGES *
K Training Courses, Workshops, etc. Y Public Pinboard
L Joint Academic NETwork (JANET) Z Table of CONTENTS
_____________________________________________________________________________
::::: :::::
::::: :::::
::::: :::::
Section O Page 1 of 1
ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES - SUBJECTS G TO L
O1 Geography
O2 History
O3 Humanities (& HUMBUL Bulletin Board)
O4 Human Services
O5 Law
O6 Library and Information Studies
O7 Literature and Linguistic Studies
O8 Land Use Studies
O9 Geology
Section O1 Page 1 of 1
G E O G R A P H Y
O1A Introduction (04-OCT-91)
O1B Software Directory/Catalogue (04-OCT-91)
O1C *** NEWS *** (04-OCT-91)
O1D Contacts (17-OCT-90)
O1F Online Information Systems (15-JUL-91)
O1G I.B.G. Newsletter (20-SEP-91)
O1H GIS Mailing List (15-JUL-91)
O1I GEOCAL Discussion List / **FREE** Software (15-JUL-91)
O1J Project ASSIST (15-JUL-91)
O1K 1992 Workshops series (20-Feb-92)
O1X Latest CHANGES within this sub-section (04-OCT-91)
O1Z Table of CONTENTS of this sub-section (04-OCT-91)
Section O1Z Page 1 of 3
TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR SUBJECT AREA
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Section Contents
======= ========
O1 Main Menu
O1A Contact at CTICG
O1C *** NEWS ***
O1C1 - Bartholomew Digital Map Data
O1C2 - ARC/INFO
O1C4 - USGS 1:2,000,000 DLG Data
O1C5 - GEOCAL Discssion List
O1B Software Databases
O1B1 - Database Version 1
O1B2 - Latest Updates
O1D List of Departmental Contacts
01E CTICG Newsletter 4 (Text reproduced)
O1F On Line Information Systems
O1F1 - Electronic Mail Document
O1F2 - Computer Mediated Communication
O1G IBG Newsletter
O1G1 - Newsletter 2
O1G2 - Newsletter 3
O1G3 - Newsletter 4
O1G4 - Newsletter 6
O1G5 - Newsletter 7
O1G6 - Newsletter 8
O1G7 - Newsletter 9
O1H GIS Mailing List
O1I GEOCAL Discussion List
O1I1 - Subscription Details
O1I2 - Downloading FREE Software
O1I3 - List Members
O1J Project ASSIST
O1J1 - Project Summary
O1J2 - Getting Started with GIS - Workbook
O1J3 - IDRISI Users Group
O1K 1992 Workshop Series
O1X Latest Changes
O1Z This Contents List
Section O9 Page 1 of 1
G E O L O G Y
O9A Introduction (22-OCT-90)
O9B Software Directory/Catalogue (22-OCT-90)
O9C Meetings/Training Courses (22-OCT-90)
O9D Contacts (22-OCT-90)
O9E Libraries and References (empty)
O9F Online Information Services (empty)
O9G Latest News (22-OCT-90)
O9J Committees (22-OCT-90)
O9X Latest CHANGES within this sub-section (22-OCT-90)
Section O9A Page 1 of 1
INTRODUCTION
This part of the NISS bulletin Board has been set aside for
information provided by the geological community. The information
will be built up gradually from October 1990. If you have any
contributions, comments or suggestions about geology, please
contact:
Dr W. T. C. Sowerbutts
Geology Department,
University of Manchester,
Manchester M13 9PL Tel. 061 275 3820
JANET E-mail : Sowerbutts@MCC
Please note that this part of the bulletin board has its own table
of contents of contents (section O9Z) and list of changes (O9X).
If you are not sure where to find the subject you are interested in,
please see section I2 for an index of academic subjects.
For information about the Computers in Teaching Initiative Support
Service (CTISS), please see section D4.
Section O9B Page 1 of 1
Software Catalogue/Directory
A Catalogue of Geology Software for Teaching, Edition 1 is
currently being compiled and will be issued later this
year. One copy will be sent to each Geology Department in
the country. Requests for copies should be ent to Mr. C.
Wood at the CTI Centre for Geography, Geology, Town Planning
and Meteorology - the address is given in section O1A.
Section O8 Page 1 of 1
L A N D U S E S T U D I E S
agriculture, forestry, environmental
science and related disciplines
O8A Introduction
O8B Software directory (2nd Edition)
O8D How to contact the Centre
Section O8A Page 1 of 4
INTRODUCTION
The Computers in Teaching Initiative Centre for Land Use
Studies has been set up to promote the use of computers in
teaching and provide an information service for lecturers in
agriculture, forestry and related land use disciplines.
____________________________________________________________
The Computers in Teaching Initiative
The Computers in Teaching Initiative (CTI), funded by the
UGC and Computer Board, was established in 1984 to develop
the use of computers for teaching in UK universities. Over
the last six years the CTI has concentrated on research into
computer applications relevant to teaching and has funded
over a hundred development projects across a wide spectrum
of academic disciplines.
A substantial amount of courseware was produced. To build
on the success of this initial scheme, the CTI has changed
its role. We are now seeking to promote the effective use
of computers in teaching and provide information on
appropriate tools and courseware for lecturers who are
using, or wish to use, these methods.
The CTI Centre for Land Use Studies
On the 1st of January 1990 the CTI Centre for Land Use
Studies, located at the University of Aberdeen, was
established to provide a comprehensive information service
to university teachers of agriculture, forestry and other
disciplines relating to land use.
We are convinced of the educational benefits which will come
from the increased use of computers in courses on land use
studies. However we recognise the cost of software
development and by documenting and evaluating existing
software we can ensure that scarce resources are not wasted
through needless duplication. In addition, we need to
determine the approaches which will make the most effective
use of computers in teaching. Only by staff in higher
education working together can progress be made and this
will be a prime objective of the Centre - to provide a focal
point for discussion.
What will the Centre do?
* Collate and distribute information on computer hardware
and software appropriate to the teaching of land use studies
via newsletters,catalogues and on-line databases.
* Provide advice on suitable courseware and review existing
packages available in the UK and abroad.
* Promote and discuss the effective use of information
technology in teaching through visits, workshops and
conferences. Details events are given in Section O8B.
Supported by IBM United Kingdom Trust
Section O8B Page 1 of 13
"Software for Teaching Land Use Studies" (Second Edition)
---------------------------------------------------------
The second edition of the Centre's software directory
now lists over 220 packages suitable for universities
and colleges. If you would like a copy, please contact
Clive Young at the Centre. We are currently compiling a
third edition, including software from the USA and Europe.
If you know of any packages you would like to see included
in the next edition, please send details.
ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF SOFTWARE
AQUATIC SCIENCES & FISHERIES ABSTRACTS - CD-Rom
ARC/INFO - GIS
ECODISC - simulation of a nature reserve
ERDAS - GIS
GEOPACKAGE - GIS
GIMMS - GIS
GISPlus - geographic information system
GISTutor - geographical information systems tutor
IDRISI - GIS
INTERACTIVE SIMULATION OF 1-D WATER MOVEMENT IN SOILS
LANDMAN - landscape management
MAPICS - GIS
MAPINFO - GIS
N CYCLE - soil science
NAME THAT SOIL - soil identification
NATURAL RESOURCES DATABASE - CD-Rom
OTTO - remote sensing
SPANS - GIS
STIRLING REMOTE SENSING - GIS
TIMESTEP - GIS
Section O8D Page 1 of 1
How to contact the Centre
The Centre Team comprises Dr Simon Heath (Centre Director
and Department of Agriculture), Dr Ken Killham (Department
of Plant and Soil Science), Dr Paul Mitchell (Department of
Forestry) and one full-time member of staff, Dr Clive Young,
who is you first point of contact with the Centre. If you
would like to be kept informed of the activities of the
Centre and put on our mailing list, please contact Clive
Young at
CTI Centre for Land Use Studies
Department of Agriculture
University of Aberdeen
581 King Street
ABERDEEN AB9 1UD
Telephone (0224) 480291 Fax (0224) 491989
JANET email CTILand@uk.ac.abdn Telex 73538
tycho.usno.navy.mil [192.5.41.239]
U.S. Naval Observatory Automated Data Service
login: ads
Subject: -7- Commercial Sources or Govt. Sources Requiring Fees
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-7.1- Groundwater Modeling Software
===================================
Following summary compiled by Greg Pouch (xm01@vm.cc.purdue.edu)
USGS MODFLOW
Originally from the US Geological Survey. There are several
proprietary versions floating around, including some that use all
of extended memory.
Sources:
~~~~~~~~
1. MODFLO is supposedly available from the USGS at 1-800-426-9000.
The USGS version includes source and documentation. It can be run
on PCs to mainframes to supercomputers. The proprietary versions
generally run on IBM compatible micros.
2. International Ground Water Modelling Centre
Colorado School of Mines
Golden, CO 80401-1887
Phone 303/273-3103, Fax 303/273-3278.
MODFLOW comes in two version from them
ORDER NO FOS 08 PC $250 runs in low memory on DOS $250
ORDER NO. FOS 08 PC/EXT OR MF uses extended memory $250
Both versions come with sourcecode and documentation (the original
USGS open file report??) Their catalogue says not to pre-pay.
"Customers will be invoiced after the order has been completed and
shipped"
They also sell lots of other groundwater software.
3. TNO Institute of Applied Geoscience
PO Box 6012,2600 JA Delft
The Netherlands
4. There is also a proprietary version from Geraghty and Miller
(sp?), a consultin firm in the US, that uses extended memory.
Price unkown.
Other Software
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Other codes mentioned, but considered problematic to implement, include
SWIFT (more complete, but hard to get to run) from the National Energy
Software Centerat Oak Ridge National Lab and Geo-Trans, which use to be
part of Intera, sells a version CFEST, an FEM code which was developed
to do heat transport for the DOE is quasi public domain.
There was a big review article on groundwater models in Reviews of
Geophysics within the last year or two.
For more info on the above summary, contact:
Greg Pouch xm01@vm.cc.purdue.edu on Internet
Geological Remote Sensing Group xm01@PURCCVM on Bitnet
Dept. Earth & Atmospheric Sciences pouch@ec.ecn.purdue.edu on Internet
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN 47907-1397 USA
-7.2- Coordinate Projection Contacts
====================================
Defense Mapping Agency
Plans and Requirements Directorate
8613 Lee Highway
Fairfax, VA 22031-2137
Publications:
DMA TM 8358.1 Datums, Elipsoids, Grids, and Grid Reference Systems
DMA TM 8358.2 The Universal Grids: Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) and
Universal Polar Stereographic (UPS)
DMA TM 8350.2 DMA Technical Report: Department of Defense World Geodetic
System 1984; Its Definition and Relationships With Local
Geodetic Systems
-7.3- Software for TIGER data
=============================
Association of American Geographers
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In regard to obtaining software to access/manipulate TIGER data,
you might want to contact Robert Sechrist at the Department of
Geography, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA 15705,
412-356-2251 (RPSECRST@IUP). He maintains a library of public
domain software for the Association of American Geographers
Microcomputer Specialty Group and distributes diskettes containing
the software at a nominal cost. TIGER files for the country are
also available. Among the software are programs for handling TIGER
files (disk #33). There are many other very interesting programs
available for the PC.
BONDATA
~~~~~~~
DOCTOR DOOLITTLE: Software that talks to TIGER can be ordered
for $189.00 from BONDATA. 245 West High Street, Hummelstown, PA
17036-2004. Please mention diskette size (5 1/4 or 3 1/2) and
whether you are using ATLAS*GRAPHICS ASCII or MAP/INFO. DD is a
translator file for processing of TIGER files.
Reference:
DR. DOOLITTLE REVISITED by Robert P . Secrist in Microcomputer
Specialty Group Newsletter, June 1991, Vol. 7,No. 2, p.6.
BONDATA tel (717) 566-5550. EHALL@KENTVM
| Micro Maps & CAD
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| (address & telephone number listed below)
|
| Software to convert TIGER data to AutoCAD DXF
| TIGERtoDXF translator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $400.00
| TIGER Boundary extraction . . . . . . . . . . . . $300.00
| TIGER Line/Names translation . . . . . . . . . . . $500.00
-7.4- World Cities Data
=======================
The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has developed a database
which contains names for most cities in the world (EXCEPT the USA,
because those data are maintained by the US Geological Survey).
The latest CIA repository is called Relational World Data Bank II
(RWDB2) and is scheduled to be released through the EROS Data
Center in Sioux Falls, SD (phone (605) 594-6507). The data will be
available to the general public for a modest fee (between $200 and
$300 dollars for multiple megabytes of good stuff.)
-7.5- Digital Chart of the World
================================
(info/opinion from Larry Cruse)
Federal Computer Week announced imminent availability of the
digital chart of the world two weeks ago, to be sold by
USGS. March '92 issue of PLANNING (American Planning Assoc.)
has multipage by ESRI announcing availability of "Arc Data,"
their propriatery version of the DCW. "ArcWorld" is
1:3,000,000-scale plus 50 demographic attributest; "ArcUSA
is 1:2,000,000 with 100 demographic attributes and 30-arc
second elevation data; ArcCity is their Tiger files + census
data. They have about 5 other marketing geography data
lines for any/all U.S. cities. No prices given, but basic
ArcView for PCs to read data is $595 to academics.
ESRI
380 New York St.
Redlands, CA 92373-8100
(714) 793-5953
Intl. Offices telephone numbers:
Australia 61-9-481-1143
Canada (416)441-6035
France 33-1-450-78811
Germany 49-8166-380
Italy 39-6-406-961
South Asia 65-738-2311
Spain 34-1-593-2764
Sweden 46-23-84094
International Marketing for other countries
(U.S.) (714) 793-2853, ext. 1375.
(info/opinion from Wendy Hassibe, Mar 13, 1992)
We (Earth Science Information Center's - ESIC's) will be able to
take orders for the Digital Chart of the World in late May or early
June. That is the latest estimate on delivery of the package. As
of now, it will be $200 for the four-disk package, which includes
documentation and software. I will advise everyone on Maps-L as
soon as we have solid information on the date of availability. We
will also have product information by that time, but as of right now,
all we have is the general information. The distribution of this
product to depositories is DMA's responsibility. If you have
questions about just that component (i.e., depositories for the
DCW), please contact Dalia Marin, DMA at 301-227-3380.
-7.6- National Geophisical Data Center
======================================
30-Second U.S. Topography Data for Personal Computers
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Reported by Stan Stevens sdsmaps@ucscm:
The National Geophysical Data Center has developed a digital topography
data and software package designed for personal computers. The package
contains a complete 30-second resolution point topography data base for
the conterminous United States and a set of software for accessing this
data.
Product Number 168-A25-001 $310. 30-second point topography data and
access software for the conterminous U.S. Entire data set.
Product Number 168-A25-CUS $ 50. 30-second point topography data and
access software for a single geographic region. Additional regions are
available for $20 each.
The 30-second data are also available on 9-track magnetic tapes without
access software. Please call 303-497-6764 or write for pricing informa-
tion on magnetic tape data.
Data contributors and academic researchers should call 303-497-6764 for
information about obtaining data by special arrangement.
Prepayment on all non-federal orders. Ck. to COMMERCE/NOAA/NGDC.
How to Order or get Information
National Geophysical Data Center
NOAA, Code E/GC1
325 Broadway
Boulder, CO 80303
voice (303) 497-6764
FAX (303) 497-6513
internet: info@ngdc1.colorado.edu
Present magnetic declination available at no charge
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Call 303-497-6125 National Geophysical Data Center (voice number)
The present value of magnetic declination and its annual change can
be derived for any specific point, preferably in latitude and longitude.
-7.7- Commercial Vendor Sources
===============================
| >> Subliminal message injector on....
|
| 0. GISnet BBS
| This is a PC Bulletin Board System >>best in the world<< dedicated to
| GIS, digital cartography, desktop mapping, remote sensing interests
| >>check it out now<<. Fast-breaking news and new files on our
| favorite subjects can be found here as they become available.
| Mapping software, data trasnlation, image processing, world-wide
| databases, 3D color GIF maps and landsat photos, daily weather maps
| and satellite photos, etc >>everything you'll ever really need<<.
| Files for DOS, Mac and unix os's are available here. These goodies
| are drawn from several sources (not *just* Internet), and you won't
| find anything like it anywhere else. >>Trust me<<
|
| To reach GISnet, fire up your modem and telecommications software,
| and dial (303) 447-0927. Set your protocol to 8 data bits, no
| parity, 1 stop bit, and you can connect at speeds up to 9600 baud
| (V.32), The system is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
| Some files are free, but for the "real good stuff" there is a small
| fee for full access >>sign up anyway, you'll love it<<
|
| And the BBS is just the tip of the iceberg. We sell data and mapping
| software too. USGS DEM, DLG, TIGER, World coastlines and cities,
| US Census, satellite images, etc. GRASS (for the Silicon Graphics
| box) sales, support and training is here too. (but, ahem... note
| that GRASS support is for customers only!) We have a service group
| that can do custom maps of anywhere on earth, (and a few places
| elsewhere), >>they can do anything<< 2D, 3D, or 4D (video animations
| through time or space). Output can be from GIF bitmap to full-color,
| E-size and bigger posters.
|
| Call or write for more info:
| GISnet BBS
| 1401 Walnut St., suite C
| Boulder, CO 80302
| (303) 447-0927 (data)
| (303) 786-9961 (voice)
| contact: Bill Thoen >>Geoscience Telecommunications R Us<<
|
| << subliminal injector off... This has been a blatant advertisement.
1. GIS World, Inc.
2629 Redwing Road, Suite 280
P.O. Box 8090
Fort Collins, CO 80526
303-223-4848
303-223-5700 FAX
GIS World publishes the results of an annual software survey in the
GIS Sourcebook. This is a huge book of vendors who support products
for GIS and mapping services, software and consulting.
2. Micro Maps & CAD
9642 W. Virginia Circle
Lakewood, CO 80226
(303) 988-4940
contact: Randy George
| Data files available : DLG, TIGER, DEM, World CD
| Translation to AutoCAD DXF format software available too.
| Lat/long conversion software for sale (Tralaine)
3. Rocky Mountain Communications, Inc.
2023 Montane Drive East, Golden 80401
(303/526-5454; fax 303/526-2662)
Products: Digital Elevation Model (DEM) data
4. MicroMaps Software
9 Church Street, Suite B
P.O.Box 757
Lambertville, N.J. 08530
FAX 609-397-5724
Comments from dbain@garnet.berkeley.edu (Don Bain):
"They sell well drawn maps in Macintosh and PC graphics formats,
specifically for use as "clip art". Their basic package, called
MapArt, includes 4 world maps, 12 regional maps, and 25 country
maps. MacWarehouse (disocount mail-order) sells this for $89. They
also have 18 global perspectives, detailed states (with county
boundaries), metropolitan areas, and detailed countries (some are not
yet available).
We find these to be very useful and cost-effective for routine
mapping projects. If I might offer some gratuituous advice: for
publication quality mapping use a Macintosh and Aldus FreeHand 3.1."
5. MAP for the Mac -- reported by FRANS RIP
Wiley's MAPII has an ordering address in the program header:
approx. price: 200 US $
John Wiley & Son
Eastern Distribution Center
1 Wiley Drive
Somerset, New Jersey 08875-1274
tel. 212-469-4400
tlx. 833434
fax. 212-457-0920
| 6. Digital World Maps
| The folks who developed GEOCLOCK (shareware) offer specialized maps
| of anywhere in the world. These maps are based upon the World Data
| Bank II data, and are rasterized for display on a PC, etc.
|
| They offer a map of the British Isles (MAP 92).
|
| Contact: Mr. Joseph R. Ahlgren
| 2218 N. Tuckahoe St.
| Arlington, VA. 22205-1946.
|
| (Note: GEOCLOCK is available at several ftp sites; use archie to
| find your nearest site and take a look at this rather interesting
| sharware program)
| 7. GAIA Software for the Macintosh
| GAIA Software for the Macintosh Now Displays and Analyzes Aerial
| Photos, Airborne Video, PICT Files and Satellite Imagery.
|
| New York, New York---April 24, 1992---GAIA (Geographic Access Image
| and Analysis) Software for the color-enabled Apple Macintosh computer
| can now display, manipulate, and analyze satellite imagery, scanned
| aerial photos, airborne video and any PICT image. GAIA (pronounced
| GUY-uh and named for the Greek goddess of the earth) was developed by
| ornithologist Richard Podolsky and forester Philip Conkling
| specifically with conservation groups, universities, towns and
| schools in mind. GAIAUs capabilities are focused on displaying any
| earth imagery including full SPOT or LANDSAT images and allowing
| users to combine spectral classes into meaningful covertypes and
| analyze a given area for perimeter and acreage. GAIA also has full
| rastor/vector integration and can overlay vector maps (from
| MapGraphix and Microstation) onto the raster imagery to superimpose
| roads, geopolitical borders, hydrography, etc. When vectors are
| co-registered GAIA supports all Global Positioning Systems (GPS) by
| displaying UTM coordinates for any pixel in an image.
|
| According to Dr. Richard Podolsky, "GAIA brings remote sensing not
| just the desktop, but into the realm of conservationists, local
| decisionmakers, universities, and schools. Most GAIA users have only
| dreamt about being able to access remotely sensed data." In addition
| to ecologists and foresters, dozens of school children are currently
| using GAIA. "People need to analyze the earth's surface for
| important tasks such as protecting wetlands and other significant
| lands. With GAIA it is now possible to take advantage of the wealth
| of information in digital earth imagery from a Macintosh without
| having to resort to expensive, user-hostile software," says Podolsky.
|
| The price for GAIA depends upon configuration and ranges from
| $500-2,500 For more information contact Richard Podolsky, GAIA
| Software, 235 W. 56th St. #20N, NY, NY 10019, Telephone: (212)
| 246-4686 or 6054, FAX: (212) 246-6074, Internet:
| podolsky@AppleLink.Apple.COM.
-7.8- National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center
===========================================================
1990 and 1991 NOAA AIRBORNE and SATELLITE SNOW COVER DATA on CD-ROM
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Airborne snow water equivalent and satellite areal extent of snow cover
data for 1990 and 1991 are now available on CD-ROM. The National
Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center is now distributing
airborne and satellite snow data for major portions of the U.S. and
southern Canada on a CD-ROM in the ISO 9660 standard.
The 1990 and 1991 CD-ROMs each include:
(1) airborne snow water equivalent data and the digitized flight line
network
(2) calibrated AVHRR and GOES satellite data used to map snow cover
(3) the classified snow cover images
(4) national and regional snow cover image products
(5) ancillary data sets including digital elevation data, digitized
NWS basin boundaries, and the alphanumeric results of the
satellite snow cover mapping by basin and by elevation zone.
Ordering Information:
National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center
Office of Hydrology, National Weather Service
6301 - 34th Avenue South: Room 112
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55450-2985.
Telephone: (612) 725-3258;
Facsimile: (612) 725-3338;
Internet: snow@netcom.com
1990 or 1991 CD-ROM Price: $200 each - Visa/MC/Check/PO/MO
-7.9- Satellite Image Sources
=============================
Anyone have some more complete info on this stuff?
1. EOSAT in Silver Springs, MD
(try 1-800-555-1212 for their number)
2. SPOT (France)
3. NASA's publication department
(202) 453-8375 or (202) 453-8332.
from: efranqui@girtab.usc.edu (Eduardo Franqui)
4. LANDSAT AND NASA PHOTOS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
from: leech@mahler.cs.unc.edu (Jon Leech)
clipped from Space FAQ 03/16 - Data Sources
You can get black-and-white 1:1M prints, negatives, or positives for
$10, $18, $12 respectively for any Landsat data more than 2 years old
from EDC, (Eros (Earth Resources Orbiting Satellite) Data Center). Call
them at (605)-594-6511. You get 80 meter resolution from the MSS
scanner, 135x180 kilometers on a picture 135x180 mm in size. I think you
have to select one band from (green, red, near IR, second near IR), but
I'm not sure. Digitial data is also available at higher prices.
Transparencies of all NASA photos available to the public can be
borrowed from the NASA photo archive; you can have copies or prints
made.
NASA Audio-Visual Facility
918 North Rengstorff Ave
Mountain View, CA 94043
(415)-604-6270
PLANETARY MAPS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The USGS address for maps of the planets (including Earth) is:
U.S. Geological Survey,
Distribution Branch,
Box 25286, Federal Center, Bldg. 41
Denver, CO 80225
Maps cost $2.40 to $3.10 per sheet (a few come in sets of 2 or 3 sheets).
Subject: -8- Coordinate Conversion, Map Projections
---------------------------------------------------
Map Projections
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1. See the listing for ftp site charon.er.usgs.gov for USGS General
Cartographic Transformation Package (GCTP) source code in C and FORTRAN
2. from: Jon Leech's Space FAQ
"Map Projections--A Working Manual", USGS
USGS Professional Paper 1395.
by John P. Snyder
This contains detailed descriptions of 32 projections, with history,
features, projection formulas (for both spherical earth and
ellipsoidal earth), and numerical test cases. It's a neat book, all
382 pages worth. This one's $20.
"An Album of Map Projections"
USGS Professional Paper 1453.
by John P. Snyder and Philip Voxland
This contains less detail on about 130 projections and variants.
Formulas are in the back, example plots in the front. $14, 250
pages.
Available from:
Earth Science Information Center
US Geological Survey
507 National Center
Reston, VA 22092.
(800)-USA-MAPS.
Timely Discount Topos,
9769 W. 119th Drive,
Suite 9, Broomfield, CO 80021.
(303)-469-5022,
3. R. Miller and F. Reddy, "Mapping the World in Pascal",
Byte V12 #14, December 1987
Contains Turbo Pascal procedures for five common map projections. A
demo program, CARTOG.PAS, and a small (6,000 point) coastline data
is available on CompuServe, GEnie, and many BBSs.
Subject: -9- Miscellaneous Information -- Not Organized Yet
-----------------------------------------------------------
1. Rutgers and CERL (Army Corps Construction Engineering Research Lab
in Il.) offer a world data base on CDROM. If you are interested in
including this in your list, contact Bob Lozar
(lozar@zorro.cecer.army.mil) for details.
2. Young Minds offers an inexpensive CDROM with GRASS compiled for 4
workstations along with sample data. Again, contact Bob Lozar.
3. Address for CIA
Central Intelligence Agency
Attn: Public Affairs
Washington, DC 20505
(703) 351-2053
4. The USGS has Data Users Guides for at least three different scales
of Digital Line Graph (DLG) data. For further information contact:
Users Services Branch
National Cartographic Inforamation Center
U. S. G. S.
507 National Center
Reston, VA 22092
(703) 860-6045
These guides give you complete info on attributes, file structures,
and codes.
5. USGS Map Database software
USGS Open-file Report OF 91-575-A
GEOINDEX database on geological maps accessible using GSSEARCH
search and retrieval software. Documentation. 20 p. paper $3.25
microfiche $4.00
USGS Open-file Report OF 91-575-B
GEOINDEX database on geological maps accessible using GSSEARCH
search and retrieval software. 14 floppy discs. (Includes
documentation from OF 91-575-A and installation instructions)
$84.00
Requirements: IBM-compatible AT, PS/2 or higher model recommended.
High-density 5.25" floppy drive; Hard disc with 16 megabytes free.
EGA color monitor. 512 RAM. Dos 3.2 or higher.
GEOINDEX is the USGS database of bibliographic information for
published geological maps of localities within the US & its
territories. GSSEARCH is a public domain search and retrieval system
developed by USGS for GEOINDEX & similar fielded databases. It is
now available from:
US Geological Survey Books and Open-File Reports Section
Federal Center
Box 25425
Denver, CO 80225
303-236-7476
Questions on the database itself can be directed to the Geologic Inquiries
Group at USGS. (703-648-4383).
(info thanks to: Michael Noga, CUAC representative)
6. Relational World Data Bank II now Available from EROS
from: Karl A. Nyberg
The EROS Data Center in Sioux Falls, SD, 605-594-6507, is now making
copies of the Relational World Data Bank II and shipping them. The
copies are about 450 megabytes of data (about 170 megabytes when
compressed using the UNIX compress program). They can only
distribute on Exabytes using the UNIX tar format and 6250 BPI 9-track
tapes (I don't know what format). Copies cost $320 and they can
charge your credit card.
This is "raw" data. EROS sent me a big disclaimer letter stating
that they considered it unusable in its current condition and that
they would be preparing an updated distribution later this year (I
think they said sometime in June/July, although probably
August/September).
I have received and successfully read in the data. Several people
(well, OK, TWO so far) have expressed a willingness to help defray my
expenses for getting the data and time and tapes and have also
indicated that they can possibly make the RWDB2 available for
anonymous FTP.
The deal is this: the company for which I work (and own :-)) will
make such copies available for $60 (if you're in Virginia, you'll
have the pleasure of paying our wonderful 4.5% sales tax, meaning
$62.70).
What is RWDB2?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Relational World Data Bank II (RWDB2) marks the latest stage in the
evolution of the World Data Bank file system developed for use by the
CIA. This evolution is not complete. Line work is undergoing
periodic revision. Attributes other than RANK have been noted for
inclusion in various categories of coverage. Some WDB2 categories
have been split, and other categories have been added to RWDB2. This
evolution is expected to continue. ...
There are major differences between the structures of the WDB2 and
RWDB2 file systems. ...
WDB2 stores unstructured line work in 22 header/coordinate file
pairs. These file pairs define 6 categories of coverage for 7 world
regions. Lines from the WDB2 files have not been topologically
clean, and this line work has not been updated for several years.
RWDB2 is topologically structured and uses sets of geographic panel
files with an attribute data base. There are 727 geographic panels
with 5 binary files per panel. The panel HEADER file has no
practical use. The remaining panel files store the topological
BOUNDARIES, the EDGES that form those boundaries, the OWNERS
(feature-components) of those edges and the geographic COORDINATES
that spatially define those edges. The attribute database has 35
relational files. These files provide: a list of theme names and
them id numbers; lists of category names and category id numbers; a
list of panels and their geographic limits; a list of super-features
that are retrievable by name; lists that link super-features with
their feature-components; lists of node, area and
linefeature-components; lists by category of feature-component
attributes; and a schema for the category attribute relational files.
The feature-component files are the key to retrieval of RWDB2
features. They have links to the category, panel, and
feature-component attribute files that help to qualify
feature-components fo ruse in a query. They also have the necessary
offsets into the binary panel files for the spatial retrieval of
feature-components.
While the RWDB2 schema has evolved extensively from that of WDB2, the
content of RWDB2 has not changes much from WDB2. Currently, RWDB2
amounts to topologically clean WDB2 with some added categories,
revised ranks and new attributes for most categories. ...
The CIA implementation of RWDB2 has the 35
feature-component/attribute files loaded into an INFORMIX database
with the panel files stored as binary files outsides the data
base. ...
An alternate implementation of RWDB2 would use flat ASCII files (the
files delivered on the distribution tape) for the selection of
qualified feature-components. ...
The Relational World Data Bank II data set is not readily usable in
its current form. The number of files is large (3670), and the disk
requirements are significant (over 414 MB). The number of open files
may become prohibitive for the application and the query response
time may become excessive. Missing is a data base schema describing
all of the relational files delivered on the distribution tape. The
user must define an appropriate schema for an intended relational
database system by reading the RWDB2 Distribution Format Guide and
keying in the pertinent information. ...
The EROS Data Center is in the process of building sets of
WDB2-formatter header and coordinate file pairs from RWDB2
categories. These files will give us topologically clean line work
that is as current as our current delivery of RWDB2. Each set of
files will provide world coverage for its category. There will be a
set of files for each RWDB2 LINE category. Although AREA categories
have been defined, there are currently no AREA features in RWDB2.
NODE categories are under consideration for conversion, but are not
being converted at this time. The boundary-edge topology in RWDB2 is
being dropped in our conversion. RANK is the only attribute that
will be retained in our header files. The WDB2 formatted files could
become available by summer of 1992.
----------------
RWDB2 Users' Guide, Edition 1.5:
In January 1972 the first World Data Bank 2 (WDB2) input sheet was
digitized. Five years later the basic coverage of coast, islands,
lakes, rivers and international boundaries was completed and released
to the general public. Changes in technology over the past twenty
years have allowed for the storage and production of large, complex
maps that can be displayed on desktop computers and plotted in full
color with tones and text. In order to to take advantage of this
technology, WDB was restructured to include topological relationships
between linear feature with names and attributes and point features.
It is now known as Relational World Data Bank 2 (RWDB2).
The CIA stores RWDB2 in an SQL format, however, the data is available
to the public in a generic ASCII format from the Earth Science
Information Office of the USGS.
RWDB2 was designed for producing printed small-scale page-size maps
and selected small-scale reference maps. This data base should not
be used for navigation or for producing maps needing high geodetic
accuracy. The input scale is normally 1:3,000,000. Europe, Central
America, parts of Southeast Asia and parts of the Middle East were
input at a scale of 1:1,000,000. Northeast USSR [Ed - It's a little
dated!] and the Antarctic were input at a scale of 1:4,000,000.
Version information
0.5 WDB2 files dumped into RWDB2 format
0.7 data base topologically cleaned up.
1.0 many rivers, islands, and lakes named
1.5 released to the public
1.6++ various stages of attribution and additions
| 7. DMA World Vector Shoreline Database
| From: don@q-aais.navo.navy.mil (Don Newcomb)
|
| World Vector Shoreline is a product of the US Defense Mapping Agency.
| Everyone reading this should try to get a copy of "Digitizing the
| Future" DMA Stock No. DDIPDIGITALPAC. This publication details the
| DMA's current and future digital cartographic products.
|
| The address and phone numbers are:
|
| Director
| DMA Combat Support Center
| ATTN: PMA
| Washington, DC 20315-0010
| (USA)
|
| Telephone: (301) 227-2495
| (800) 826-0342 (Toll free in US)
| Telex: 710-824-0293 (DMACSC WSH)
|
| Subject: -10- Data Formats Information
| --------------------------------------
| Coomon Data Foramt (CDF)
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| 1. From: gumley@ltp2.gsfc.nasa.gov (Liam E. Gumley)
|
| CDF (Common Data Format) is used by the NASA National Space Science Data
| Center (NSSDC). I believe they distribute code to create/read/write CDF
| data files, but you would have to check with them. The simplest way to
| get more information is to log into the NSSDC online service:
|
| telnet nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov
| username: nodis
|
| The extension '.cdf' is also often used for files in the Network Common
| Data Form (netCDF) format created by UCAR. NetCDF software to
| create/read/write is available via anonymous FTP from UCAR.
|
| As far as I know, CDF and netCDF are not compatible.
|
|
| 2. From: vander@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov (John R. Vanderpool (NASA/GSFC/STX))
|
| Here are the locations of the CDF software distribution and the
| documentation (the documentation is no longer contained in the software
| distribution because of its size).
|
| For VAX/VMS systems via anonymous FTP:
|
| ANONYMOUS account on NSSDCA.GSFC.NASA.GOV (128.183.36.23)
| in [.CDF.CDF21-DIST]. The files you need are README.DOC and
| CDF21-DIST.BCK. Documentation is in [.CDF.CDF21-DIST.DOC].
| It is a PostScript file named UG.PS (CDF User's Guide).
|
| For VAX/VMS systems via NSINET (formerly SPAN):
|
| Copy the files:
| NSSDCA::ANON_DIR:[CDF.CDF21-DIST]CDF21-DIST.BCK
| NSSDCA::ANON_DIR:[CDF.CDF21-DIST]README.DOC
|
| Documentation is in:
| NSSDCA::ANON_DIR:[CDF.CDF21-DIST.DOC]. It is a PostScript
| file named UG.PS (CDF User's Guide).
|
| For Sun (SunOS), DECstation (ULTRIX), IBM RS/6000 series (AIX), and Silicon
| Graphics (IRIX) systems via anonymous FTP:
|
| "anonymous" account on ncgl.gsfc.nasa.gov (128.183.10.238) in
| pub/cdf/cdf21-dist. The files you need are README.doc and
| cdf21-dist.tar.Z. Documentation is in pub/cdf/cdf21-dist/doc.
| It is a compressed PostScript file named ug.ps.Z (CDF User's
| Guide).
|
| The README.doc file explains how to build the distribution and print the
| documentation. The CDF User's Guide is an "Adobe" PostScript file. If
| you can't print a PostScript file (or don't want to print it -- its about
| 250 pages), let us know and we can mail you a hard copy.
|
| Note that there are two versions of the CDF User's Guide. One is for VMS
| systems and the other for UNIX systems. Each is located in the corresponding
| distribution area.
|
| CDFSUPPORT
|
| P.S. The most current release of CDF is V2.1.4e. If you have CDF V2.1 now,
| look in the CHANGES.doc file on your system to see which release you have.
| You should get the most current release if you don't already have it. You
| can also look in the CHANGES.doc file in the distribution area to see the
| changes to CDF since the release that you have on your system.
|
| PPS Please help us update our user database. If this is your first
| notification regarding CDF version 2.x then we need current mailing and
| affiliation information from you. If you are no longer interested in
| CDF, please reply requesting that we remove you from our database.
|
| --
| John R. Vanderpool INTERNET: vander@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov
| 7601 Ora Glen Drive vander@128.183.36.23
| Commerce II Building
| Suite 323 SPAN: NSSDCA::VANDER (15548::VANDER)
| Greenbelt, MD 20770 VOX: 301-513-1683
| Hughes/STX Corporation FAX: 301-513-1608
|
|
| 3. From: Harry Edmon INTERNET: harry@atmos.washington.edu
|
| You can obtain a copy of the latest version of netCDF software using
| anonymous FTP. For UNIX systems, a compressed tar file can be
| accessed (in binary mode) from the file netcdf.tar.Z in the anonymous
| FTP directory of unidata.ucar.edu (128.117.140.3). VMS sites can get
| a backup saveset of the same software from the anonymous FTP directory
| of laurel.ucar.edu (128.117.140.6).
|
| A mailing list, netcdfgroup@unidata.ucar.edu, exists for discussion of
| the netCDF interface and announcements about netCDF bugs, fixes, and
| enhancements. To subscribe, send a request to
|
| netcdfgroup-adm@unidata.ucar.edu
| --
Subject: -11- Email addresses to contact GIS software developers
GeoVision Systems Inc
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
People at Geovision can be reached as
'firstinitiallastname@gvc.com' (or @geovision.gvc.com). For example,
my prefered address is `tmcgonigal@gvc.com'. If you don't know who
you want (as was the case with the original poster) try `postmaster'.
Terry McGonigal GeoVision Systems Inc {uunet.ca,revcan}!geovision!terry
Ottawa On, Can tmcgonigal@gvc.com
Phone +1 613 722 9518 Fax +1 613 722 5385
Subject: -99- Where to Send Corrections and Additions
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Please email me any additions or corrections to bthoen@csn.org. There
are still some sections that could stand some filling in (bitnet lists
and usenet groups, for example) I'll maintain and post this list for
now, but any and all help is welcome! This list is made up from
publicly available sources and contributions from interested people.
This list gets updated as I get new information, but I'll post it
to the net only about once a month. You can always get the current
version of this at ftp site csn.org under the file name
COGS/internet.resources.earth.sci.
Also, Many thanks to David C. Menges and Colorado SuperNet for
providing the space for COGS and the net access for me to provide
this list to y'all!
End of Earth-Science-Resources Digest May 1992 no. 1
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