[Freegis-list] Tools

[Markus Neteler]

On Wed, Nov 01, 2000 at 09:30:18AM +0100, Walter Harms wrote:
> 
> hi everyone,
> i am looking for tools to create a GIS-useable backgrounds, e.g. germany as a map an so on.
> 
Hi walter,

are you looking for data or for a GIS? I am not sure...

German vector data (NUTS III level) I recently found here:
http://www.grid.unep.ch/datasets/gnv-data.html

It's a bit tricky to understand their menu concept.
After filling out a form you can download E00 data.

This might be the Germany-including dataset:
GNV159 - 
       TERTIARY ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
       (NUTS-3) 

Direct Data access is here:
ftp://www.grid.unep.ch/pub/data/

Maybe that helps?

Regards
 
  Markus Neteler