[Xastir-Dev] problem with drg geotiff maps

[Curt Mills, WE7U]

On Tue, 29 Oct 2002, J. Lance Cotton wrote:

> Are you sure they still do that? They've moved to a different system
> than the last time I visited (got ESRI Shapefiles). DRGs and some other
> data now require you to purchase "Premium  Bandwidth bytes" before you
> can download them. Yes, this used to be free, but I think they changed it.
>
> Now they have "Normal" downloads and "Premium" downloads. The premium
> downloads are faster and you pay. Normal are free. But  not all data is
> even offered with the Normal download now. DRGs are one of the premium
> only downloads.
>
> I think it's something like $25 for 1.5 GB of download, minimum
> purchase. I don't want to pay anything :-) call me cheap.

I'm cheaper!

I just tried, and you're right.  I can't download DRG's anymore from
that site for free.  Scratch that site off the list.  Thanks for
telling me about that.  They're going to lose their placement on a
couple of web pages now.

Here's another link that's useful.  Read the text at the top and
they give clues as to how to search for other free maps:

    http://mcmcweb.er.usgs.gov/drg/free_drg.html


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