[russo at bogodyn.org: Re: [Xastir] TOPOS with Xastir]

[Brad Douglas]

On Fri, 2007-11-16 at 22:49 -0700, Tom Russo wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 11:35:55AM -0700, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <russo at bogodyn.org> flavor, containing:
> > 
> > I just committed to README.MAPS a pointer to www.geocomm.com, where you can
> > buy an entire state [of USGS quads] for $99.95 on DVD (plus shipping).  I orderd New Mexico
> > (even though I can download it for free) just to see what the disk is like,
> > but according to what the site says they're USGS DRGs with metadata, and 
> > USGS points to that site as a data partner.  I'll report back when it shows
> > up.
> 
> My GeoCommunity disks arrived today (yes, two days after ordering).  The order
> comprises two DVDs of zipped maps.  Over 1800 24K scale quad maps of my state 
> including all the bordering quads.  And 100K and 250K scale for the same
> area.  In addition to DVD media, they'll sell the data on CD or (get this) 
> hard drive, but those cost more.
> 
> For $99.95 plus shipping ($105.95 total), this is an incredible bargain, and 
> I wholeheartedly recommend it.  I purchased the collared data because I know
> that this is how USGS produces them --- they sell collarless, but these have
> been processed somehow and I don't trust anyone to reprocess USGS data. Xastir
> can strip the collars (because of the presence of the .fgd metadata file that 
> xastir will read to figure out where the collar is in the image).  Since the
> collars contain useful information that might help when viewing them in
> other programs, I chose to stick with that.  Your milage may vary.

I tend to avoid DRGs at all costs for a number of reasons. I don't
really find $100 a bargain for something that is freely available and
already paid for with your taxes. YMMV. OTOH, it's still worth while
adding a link to the README.MAPS as you did.

Have you seen my vector (shapefile) topos (I really need to find some
time to finish NV, add a high resolution version for CA and move on to
other states)?


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73, de Brad KB8UYR/6 <rez touchofmadness com>