this gets weirder and weirder. When I click Mark's globalmapper link it takes me to this security web site: http://sec-center.com/
When I type in the address by hand I get the same thing. -Vivian -------------- Original message from Mark Minton <[email protected]>: -------------- > Pete Lindsley said: > > >The Global Mapper link in Mark's note apparently today is a > redirect to something else, which looks suspiciously like an > "eastern" web site. A few hours later it just gave an error "Internal > Server Error" http://www.sec-center.com/vb/ leads to: something > else. Virus perhaps? Hopefully they will get rid of the bad stuff so > we can see their web site. > > That is very bizarre. I cut and pasted that URL > from the Global Mapper web page that I > had just opened on my computer. I just tried it again and it works > fine. I wonder if Pete has a virus that is usurping URLs, which I > think someone mentioned recently. Or maybe the Global Mapper site > was temporarily hit by something. In any event, if my URL doesn't > work or looks suspicious, just type in the characters or Google > Global Mapper and you should get their site as one of the first > couple that come up. I find their software, even the somewhat > limited free version, to be the best for using USGS topo map TIFF > images. (One annoying limitation of the free version is that > printing and saving views are disabled. This is easily circumvented, > however, by capturing a screen image ("print screen" key on a PC) of > the view you want to print, and then pasting it into an empty image > in a photo program like the excellent and free IrfanView > . You can then manipulate that captured > image to crop out borders, etc., leaving you a simple topo snapshot > that can be printed and saved.) > > Mark Minton > > You may reply to [email protected] > Permanent email address is [email protected] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Visit our website: http://texascavers.com > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >
