[Freegis-list] Bad link/Server mis-configured

[Jan-Oliver Wagner]

Hi Rod,

On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 09:56:27AM -0700, Roderick A. Anderson wrote:
> I have been trying for several days to access Bruce Perens FTP site but
> either get site not available or can't get into the correct directory.

I will ask Bruce about this.
There is an alternative however:
http://freegis.org/details.en.html?name=TIGER/Line+1997

>    I'd like to look at the data he has or ... find a good source for US
> data - mapping stuff.  So far all the US Government sites have been 
> busts. 'EarthExplorer.usgs.gov' uses Java applets which don't appear to
> work correctly with Netscape 4.61.
>    This then leads me to ask for some suggestions of data sources that
> are download-able/order-able (reasonably priced).  I'm working on some
> free (mapping) projects so cost _is_ an issue.
> 
> I'd prefer either Shape files (since I'll be using PostGIS which has an
> import/conversion utility) or some other ASCII formatted files that I
> can load into PostgreSQL/PostGIS.

It is quite important which type of data you ar looking for
(which resolution, features). The situation about free geo-data
is bad in general, but for the US more comfortable than for the
rest of the world.
Many public or university libraries in the US offer hundreds
of CDs with geo-data to copy.

The FreeGIS project has concentrated on software far more
than on data by now. I added the need to refine the data
situation and availability to the todo list.

Jan

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