On Thu, Mar 21, 2002 at 02:16:41AM +1100, Harry Ohlsen wrote: > I have an application where I need some street-level maps of Sydney (other > capital cities would be nice, too; Melbourne and Brisbane, in particular) in > a format that I can decipher via some code, or where there exist Linux > libraries or other tools to do the decoding for me. > > I've already purchased some Sydney and ACT street-level maps on CD ROM, with > some software that runs under Windows, called "MapSend". However, the data > is in some binary form. > > What I'm trying to do is get portions of the maps into the form of PalmPilot > bitmaps (not sure whether that is equivalent to some standard and hence > whether tools exist to do so, or whether I'll have to write some code once I > have the data). > > I also bought a CD ROM of Geodata 2000 release 2, which has maps at a scale > of 1 : 250 000 of much of Australia. Again, though, I don't know the format > of the data it contains. > > It could be that the CDs I already have are using a standard format that's > specified somewhere, but being cartographically challenged, I wouldn't know. > > In any case, can anyone point me in the right direction? >
www.maporama.com provides decent maps of Australia (and many other places). They get their material from http://www.mapds.com.au/ Terry is right though - we paid for this data to be collected, we ought to be able to use it. Anand -- `` We are shaped by our thoughts, we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves. '' -- Buddha, The Dhammapada -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
