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I suspect the market is consumers/users needing data for states not like
PA. As the website explains, online DRG availability is spotty
state-by-state, and some sites use non-standard naming conventions, and
then there's figuring out where to go. Years ago these were all
available US-wide for free from gisdatadepot.com -- then they started
charging. At $1600 it was probably easier to get the whole bundle than
to download from individual states, QA/QC, and then fill in the gaps
with supplemental orders for additional states or gaps. Plus, lack of
persistence has been a problem with online data even where readily
accessible--getting archive.org into this domain would be a plus.
Steve
Derrick J Brashear wrote:
On Tue, 29 Aug 2006, Steve Morris wrote:
Here's an interesting approach to making
public-domain-but-available-for-fee data widely available for free
(in this case US-wide DRGs):
http://ransom.redjar.org/
He ignores that some states (e.g. PA) have unmodified and complete
USGS data online already. Convenience is good but why buy data which
is already available?
--
Steve Morris
Head of Digital Library Initiatives
North Carolina State University Libraries
Phone: (919) 515-1361 Fax: (919) 515-3031
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