Hi Simon, I'm trying to download some sample data from here at the moment:
http://srtm.csi.cgiar.org/SELECTION/inputCoord.asp It's _very_ slow for me, but it's easy to use; select your area and file format then click search, your available downloads will be displayed. Cheers, Joseph 2010/1/13 Simon Cropper (Botanicus Australia Pty Ltd) <[email protected]>: > Joseph, > > I managed to find the cloadmade shapefiles -- these look really good. > > I was not successful however in finding the SRTM data download for > Australia. Found the reference to the dataset but no link. > > Cheers Simon > > > On 13/01/2010 10:48 AM, Joseph Reeves wrote: >> Hi Simon, >> >> I can't help with everything, but I'll make a couple of suggestions. >> >> For road data, CloudMade produce shapefile exports from OpenStreetMap: >> http://downloads.cloudmade.com/oceania/australia >> >> OSM is pretty exciting in Oz at the moment as there's a lot of users >> tracing data from some superb NearMap imagery. >> >> For topographic data there's Nasa's SRTM:http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/srtm/ >> >> As an example, the very nice Summer in Kabul mapping was based on >> those two sources: >> http://developmentseed.org/blog/2009/nov/02/summer-kabul >> >> Cheers, Joseph >> >> >> >> >> 2010/1/12 Simon Cropper (Botanicus Australia Pty Ltd) >> <[email protected]>: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> *** Sorry for cross-posting for those people on both lists *** >>> >>> Does anyone have or know of some high resolution vector and raster data that >>> can be used in tutorials? >>> >>> The datasets need to be unfetted by intellectual property constraints. >>> >>> Essentially I want to build a set of tutorials around this data and have the >>> users able to download and manipulate the data without breaking any laws. >>> >>> Preferably I would like data for Australia, even better southeast Australia. >>> >>> Data >>> >>> georeferenced aerial photography (ECW or JPG, 0.15m/pixel) >>> shapefiles showing cadastral data, soils, contours, roads >>> DWG files showing details of a development or plan >>> >>> Spatial Reference System >>> >>> GDA94 MGA55 >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Cheers Simon >>> >>> Simon Cropper >>> Botanicus Australia Pty Ltd >>> PO Box 160, Sunshine, Victoria 3020. >>> P: 9311 5822. M: 041 830 3437. >>> mailto:[email protected] >>> web:www.botanicusaustralia.com.au >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Gvsig_internacional mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://listserv.gva.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gvsig_internacional >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Gvsig_internacional mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://listserv.gva.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gvsig_internacional >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Gvsig_internacional mailing list > [email protected] > http://listserv.gva.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gvsig_internacional > _______________________________________________ Gvsig_internacional mailing list [email protected] http://listserv.gva.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gvsig_internacional
