[Freegis-list] Tools

[Markus Neteler]

On Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 04:52:16PM +0100, Jan-Oliver Wagner wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 02:57:34PM +0000, Markus Neteler wrote:
> > I think we have access to VMAP Level 0 data (DCW stuff), probably
> > this could be updated somehow. Line matching algorithm should
> > be available somewhere.
> 
> we have VMAP Level 0 R 3 ready at hand.
> OpenMap is able to read the VPF format and convert
> it to other formats.
Hi Jan,

how much MB/GB is that VMAP stuff? Am I right it is in
1:1Mio scale?
 
> We should also consider the data associated with GMT
> (especially GSHHS). These vector data are of high quality.
Yes, that would be great (but why not using them directly?
Copyright problems?).
 
> It would be good to distribute the work on Free GI Data
> with a central organization. We could form groups
> for different datasets (such as shorlines, rivers, ...)
> or for different areas (Germany, France, ...).
> I am not sure which style is better.
> In the end it will also depend on our human resources :-)
Sounds good to me!

Yours

Markus