Digital Elev. Data Catalogue (1/5) [LONG!]
Bruce Gittings
##### Part 1 of the Digital Elevation Catalogue #####
CATALOGUE OF DIGITAL ELEVATION DATA LAST UPDATED: 23-JAN-1997
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(c) Bruce M. Gittings, 1996.
This catalogue is available from the following sources:
- Posting on GIS-L / comp.infosystems.gis at the start of each month
- Through the World-Wide Web at URL http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/ded.html
- By sending email to geo...@geo.ed.ac.uk containing the command
"SEND DEM"
This catalogue was compiled using my own information and the contributions of a
large number of helpful readers of GIS-L. It includes details of elevation and
bathymetric data, together with a section on available software for the display
and manipulation of these data. I would be very grateful for any corrections or
additions, which you can be assured will be of benefit to the whole community.
I am most grateful to the many individuals who have contributed. I have not
acknowledged individual names because some have specifically wished to maintain
their anonimity. If you supply me with material which, for one reason or
another, should have a name attached I am happy to do this. I must, however,
acknowledge the enormous help of Ernie Beale (e...@idirect.com) who has
put a lot of work into extending the catalogue, while undertaking the Master's
programme in GIS at the University of Edinburgh.
Some additional information (e.g. electronic documents which were the source of
some of the information included here) are available by e-mailing our automatic
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REG NAME/SUPPLR SCALE/RESOL'N VACm FORMAT SIZE COST MEDIA NOTE#
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WOR DCW 1:1M as ~650 VPF 600MB #200 CD (1)
1000ft
Contour &
Spot Heights
WOR EROS DCW-DEM 30"x30" DEM <650 Binary Free Mag (2)
Raster Tape
WOR NOAA NGDC / FNOC Elev., 9 2 Byte 28MB ~$100 CD CD (5)
NCAR 10' Terrn. & Integers
Surf. Char.
as 10 min
Grid
WOR National ETOPO5 5 min 9/1 2 Byte 18.5MB ~$100 CD CD (5)
Geophysical DEM Integers
Data Center
WOR Defense 90m/30m DEM 30 DTED ~3MB per $600 Mag (6)
Mapping Agency (see note) 1x1 Tape
(DMA) degree
tile
WOR Global GRASS 4'48" Raster GRASS $300 CD (8)
Various
Files
WOR Digital 5' Raster Low(!) (9)
Bathymetry Cells
Database
WOR GEBCO 1:10M / 1:1M MGD77, #99 CD (10)
Bathymetry DXF, GF3
WOR Axys Software Various QUIKMap (21)
Ltd.
WOR MRJ Inc. Marine Data A/INFO <1 CD Mag (28)
Sampler Tape &
Disk
WOR Hamilton 5 min DEM 2 Byte 18.5MB $1195 Mag (35)
Exploration Integers Tape
WOR NOAA/NGDC Bathymetry ~$80 CD (37)
WOR NOAA NGDC Topography / ~$80 CD (37)
Bathymetry
5' DEM
WOR NOAA / #1029- 1 degree DEM $164 Mag (37)
A07-001 Tape
WOR NOAA NGDC GLOBE 30" ~$80 CD (37)
DEM
WOR ISTAR SPOT Various from Various see note Various (43)
SPOT
WOR GETECH Enhanced <125 $1500 CD (44)
ETOPO5
WOR Technical 5'x5', 1-13.5 (77)
Univ. Graz 30'x30', 1 MB
deg x 1 deg
AFR EROS DCW-DEM 30" x 30" <650 Binary Free Mag (2)
DEM Raster Tape
AFR ANU/CRES >1:1M <150 ASCII <1 CD AU$20 CD (47)
EUR EROS DCW-DEM 30" x 30" <30 Binary Free Mag (2)
DEM Raster Tape
EUR Bartholomews 1:1M A/INFO ~#4-500 (34)
Contours/ (others per
Bathymetry avail.) country
EUR GETECH 2.5' DEM $1500 CD (44)
(enhanced
ETOP05)
SAM GETECH 3' DEM CD (44)
(enhanced
ETOP05)
? ESRI Inc. Various Data ARC/INFO See Note (30)
Sets
ANT SCAR 1:200K to A/INF0 <1 CD #100 CD (29)
1:5M (PC)
AST BEV 25m, 50m DEM ASCII ATS53 per Mag (32)
km2 Tape,
Disk,
Exabyte
AUS AUSLIG Highest AUSLIG see note see note Mag (12)
Point Grid DEM Tape /
Disk
AUS AUSLIG Irreg. Spot AU$100 (12)
Heights per
1:250K
sheet
AUS AUSLIG 18" Grid 1 ASCII AU$150 (12)
(~500m) of per
above spot 1:100K
heights sheet
AUS AUSLIG 100m, 200m see note (12)
DEM
AUS AGSO 6' (~11 Km) 4-5 AU$750 (13)
Grid
AUS Dept. Env. +100m DEM 8 bit, 1 AU$400 CD (39)
Nat. Res. for Murray band
River
AUS ANU/CRES 3' or 1.5' ~10 ASCII AU$2000 & (48)
DEM Whole 5000
Country
AUS ANU/CRES 1' DEM ~10 ASCII AU$1500 (48)
(state)
AUS New South 25m DEM (73)
Wales LIC
AUS New South 5m DEM >72K AU$100 & (73)
Wales LIC points AU$20 /
km2
AUS DOLA Digital AU$20 700 (74)
Contour
Data
AUS Survey and ungridded 1:25 not fixed (75)
Mapping DEM
Victoria
AUS Lands S A 1:25K - 0.3- see note see note (76)
1:50K DEM
BEL IGN DTM L1 6"x3" or see see note 250,000 Mag (38)
3"x3" BFr Tape
BEL IGN 30m, 100m see note (38)
DEMs
BEL IGN DTM L2 2"x1" or see see note 500,000 Mag (38)
1"x1" BFr Tape
BEL IGN 1:10K and Mag (38)
1:20K tape
Contours (?)
BGD UNEP-GRID 5' 130 kb (85)
BLZ Land Info 20m contours <20 A/INFO Mag (83)
Center Belize Tape
BUR UNEP-GRID 5' 1.37 MB (85)
CAN EROS DCW-DEM 30" x 30" <650 Binary Free Mag (2)
DEM Raster Tape
CAN Natural 1:250K IGraph CD$500 (20)
Resources Contours DGN per map
Canada file
CAN Canadian (23)
Hydrographic
Service
CAN Canadian 1:250K Great (24)
Hydrographic Lakes
Service, NOAA Bathymetry
Contours
CAN Communications ~93m (3sec) Binary Dep. on CD (25)
Data Services DEM (DoD) qnty
Inc.
CAN British 1:250K DEM ASCII CD$230 (26)
Columbia per sheet
CAN British 1:20K DEM CD$600 (27)
Columbia
CAN EDX Terrain Own & see note Disk, (46)
Engineering Elev. Data ASCII CD-ROM
CAN Ontario MNR 60m, 100m 2.5, (78)
DEMs
CBD UNEP-GRID 5' 480 kb (85)
CHI SIIASA Contours A/INFO, (14)
IGraph
MGE
CYP Cyprus Dept. 1:100K (50)
of Lands and Topography
Surveys
DEN Denmark Various (51)
raster
topography
DEN Denmark 1:500K, 1:1 DXF, (51)
Mio. topo. DSFL
DEN Denmark 1:200K Topo. DXF, (51)
DSFL
DEN Denmark 1:750K DXF, 8.000 Dkr (51)
Topography DSFL
DEN Denmark DXF, (51)
Digital Height DSFL
Model
EEU see note see note see note (84)
FIN National Land 1:10K, 1:20K 2-5 ASCII 750kB 100 FIM (22)
Survey of per per
Finland 5x5km2 5x5km2
FIN National Land DEM 25x25 2-5 ERDAS, 750kB 1.50 FIM (22)
Survey of DISIMP per per km2
Finland 5x5km2
FIN National Land DEM 50x50 2-5 Rodika 750kB 1.50 FIM (22)
Survey of per per km2
Finland 5x5km2
FIN National Land 1:50 000 EDIFACT Mag (22)
Survey of Vector Tape
Finland topography (1600)
FIN National Land 1:200K EDIFACT Mag (22)
Survey of Heights / Tape
Finland contours (1600)
FRA IGN 40m DEM 10 ASCII 350KB 16800 FF (11)
(from 1:50K per map per 1:50K
maps) sheet sheet
FRA IGN 50m 75m 100m see note (11)
250m 500m
DEMs
FRA IGN 1km DEM 30-3 3500 x 66000 FF (11)
4200
points
FRA IGN / BD 1:1 Mio. Mag (11)
Million Hypsometry Tape
(800 /
1600)
FRA IGN / MNT 6' x 4.5' 5-40 Mag (11)
DEM Tape
FRA IGN / BDZ see note 175 Mio. see note (11)
points
GDP IGN / BDZ see note see note see note (11)
GER Hessen 40m Grid or 2 ASCII $200 per Mag (15)
Irreg. km2 Tape &
Points Disk
GER Bavaria 50/100/200m 2-3 DXF, SQD 15DM per (36)
DEM km2
GER Bavaria / 1:500K SICAD- (36)
GEOGIS-500 SQD,
EDBS
GER Bavaria 1:25K / (36)
1:50K /
1:100K
Raster
topography
GER Bavaria ? (Contour 0.5 (36)
lines)
GER Bavaria / 1:25K SICAD- (36)
GEOGIS-25 Topography SQD
GER Baden- 1:25K EDBS, (63)
Wurttemberg Topography SICAD-
SQD
GER Baden- 50 x 50m 2-5 SICAD- 60,000 DM Mag (63)
Wurttemberg Spot heights SQD Tape
(1600)
GER Baden 50m DEM 2.3 ATKIS Mag (63)
Wuttenberg DHM Tape
GER Baden- 1:25K / (63)
Wurttemberg 1:50K Raster
topography
GER Hamburg ? SICAD- (64)
(Topography) SQD
GER Hessen 1:25K EDBS, (65)
Topography IGraph
GER Hessen 100 x 100m 5 (65)
Spot heights
GER Hessen 40 x 40m 2 (65)
Spot heights
GER Hessen 1:25K / (65)
1:50K /
1:100K
Raster
topography
GER Mecklenburg- 1:25K EDBS, (66)
Vorpommern Topography SICAD-
SQD
GER Mecklenburg- ? (Raster (66)
Vorpommern topography)
GER Nordrhem 1:25K EDBS AdV-cost (67)
Westfallen Topography frame-
work
GER Nordrhem 10 x 10m 0.3- AdV-cost (67)
Westfallen / Spot heights frame-
DGM10 work
GER Nordrhem 25m 1:5K ATKIS DM 30.0 / (67)
Westfallen / DHM km2
DTM5
GER Nordrhem >25m DEM 1:25 ATKIS DM40 / (67)
Westfallen / DHM km2
DTM25
GER Nordrhem 50 x 50m 2-5 AdV-cost (67)
Westfallen / Spot heights frame-
DGM50 work
GER Nordrhem 1:50K / TIFF, AdV-cost (67)
Westfallen 1:100K / Scitex frame-
1:500K Type 30 work
Raster
topography
GER Rheinland 1:25K EDBS, (68)
Pfaltz Topography SICAD-
SQD
GER Rhineland 40 x 40m 2 ASCII, AdV cost Mag (68)
Pfaltz Spot heights EBCDIC frame- Tape
work (1600 /
6250),
Floppy
(5.25 /
3.5)
GER Rheinland 40m DEM 2-9 ATKIS DM 30566 Mag (68)
Pfaltz DHM Tape
GER Rhineland ? (Raster (68)
Pfaltz topography)
GER Rhineland 20 x 20m 0.5 ASCII, AdV cost Mag (68)
Pfaltz Spot heights EBCDIC frame- Tape
work (1600 /
6250),
Floppy
(5.25 /
3.5)
GER Saarland 1:25K EDBS, (69)
Topography SICAD-
SQD
GER Saarland / 1:5K 0.5 SCOP, Mag (69)
DGM5 Contours EDBS, Tape
SICAD- (1600 /
SQD 6250),
Disk,
S.tape
GER Saarland / 20 x 20m 0.5 SCOP Mag (69)
DHM5 Spot heights (KARTE00 Tape
1 / (1600 /
WINPUT) 6250),
in Disk,
ASCII/ S.tape
EBCDIC
GER Saxony 1:25K SICAD- (70)
Topography SQD
GER Slesvig- 1:25K EDBS (71)
Holstein Topography
GER Slesvig- ? (Raster (71)
Holstein topography)
GER Slesvig- 12.5 x 12.5m 0.5 (71)
Holstein Spot heights
GER Thuringia 1:25K EDBS (72)
Topography
GER Thuringia 25 x 25m 5 (72)
Spot heights
GER Thuringia 25 x 25m 9 (72)
GNL Kort-og- 5'x10' DEM Nil Floppy (79)
Matrikelstyrel disk
sen
GRE Military 1:5K A/INFO, 60K Gdr Mag (42)
Geographical Contours DXF, ASC per sheet Tape &
Service Disk
GRE Military 250m DEM A/INFO 5M Gdr Mag (42)
Geographical Tape &
Service Disk
HAI EROS DCW-DEM 30" x 30" <650 Binary Free Mag (2)
DEM Raster Tape
HUN Hungary / DTM- 100 x 100m (53)
100 Spot heights
HUN Hungary / DTA- 1:500K DXF Bilat. (53)
500 agreem.
HUN Hungary / DTA- 50x50m Spot Bilat. (53)
50 heights agreem.
HUN Hungary / DTM- 1 x 1km DTM Bilat. (53)
1000 agreem.
HUN Hungry / DTM- 200 x 200m Bilat. (53)
200 DTM agreem.
HUN Hungary / DTA- 1:200K DXF Bilat. (53)
200 Topo., no agreem.
contours
IDN UNEP-GRID 5' 2,7 mb (85)
IRE Bartholomews 1:500K A/INFO ~#400 (34)
Contours
IRE Ordnance 1:2 500 (54)
Survey Ireland Raster
topography
IRE Ordnance 1:10 560 NTF (54)
Survey Ireland Raster
topography
IRE Ordnance 1:126 720 NTF (54)
Survey Ireland Contours
IRE Ordnance 1:50K NTF (54)
Survey Ireland Topography
ITA Istitutio 1:25K (55)
Geografico Topography /
Militare contours
Italiano
(IGMI) / Serie
25
ITA IGMI / Serie 1:50K (55)
50
ITA IGMI 1:500K Mag (55)
tape
(1600)
ITA IGMI / Serie 1:250K Topo. (55)
250
ITA IGMI 20m DEM (55)
JPN EROS DCW-DEM 30" x 30" <650 Binary Free Mag (2)
DEM Raster Tape
JPN SIIASA Contours A/INFO, (14)
IGraph
MGE
JPN Geological 280 x 230m ASCII 88shts x Free, CD (18)
Survey DEM ? small fee
Institute
JPN Geographical 250m DEM 3 ASCII Y9700 per Disk (19)
Survey floppy
Institute
JPN Geographical 50m DEM ASCII Y9700 per Disk (19)
Survey floppy
Institute
JPN Geographical 1:25K 3 ASCII $500 per Mag (19)
Survey Contours tape Tape
Institute
JPN Geographical 1:10K Point ASCII Y9700 per Disk (19)
Survey Heights floppy
Institute
KOR see note see note see note (84)
LAO UNEP-GRID 5' 420 kb (85)
MAL UNEP-GRID 5' 536 kb (85)
MEX EROS DCW-DEM 30" x 30" <650 Binary Free Mag (2)
DEM Raster Tape
MEX Communications ~93m (3sec) Binary see note CD (25)
Data Services DEM (DoD)
Inc.
MEX EDX 3'' Terrain Own & $100 / Disk, (46)
Engineering Elev. Data ASCII file, CD-ROM
$12,000
whole
MRQ IGN / BDZ see note see note see note (11)
NET Topografische 1:10K / (56)
Dienst 1:25K
Topography
NET Topografische 1:50K (56)
Dienst Topography
NET Topografische 1:250K Bilat. Mag (56)
Dienst / Data agreem. Tape
File (800 /
1600)
NET Topografische 1:100K (56)
Dienst Topography
NET Topografische 10m, 100m see note (56)
Dienst DEMs
NET Topografische 3'x6' DEM see DTED #13,000 Mag (56)
Dienst Level 1 Tape
NET Topografische 1:500K (56)
Dienst Topography
NET Technical 3'x5' DEM +3.5 Nil Floppy (80)
Univ. Delft Disk
NIR Ordnance 1:1250 NTF see note Mag (57)
Survey of Tape
Northern (1600 /
Ireland 6250)
NIR Ordnance 1:50K NTF Bilat. Mag (57)
Survey of Contours agreem. Tape
Northern (10m) (1600 /
Ireland 6250)
NIR Ordnance 1:100K Topo NTF Mag (57)
Survey of Tape
Northern (1600 /
Ireland 6250)
NIR Ordnance 1:10K NTF Mag (57)
Survey of Topography Tape
Northern (1600 /
Ireland 6250)
NIR Ordnance 1:2500 NTF see note Mag (57)
Survey of Tape
Northern (1600 /
Ireland 6250)
NIR Ordnance 1:250K NTF see note Mag (57)
Survey of Tape
Northern (1600 /
Ireland 6250)
NIR Ordnance 50x50m NTF (57)
Survey of Height
Northern Points
Ireland / DTED
NOR Norwegian DEM 100 x 30 DTED-L1 Expens. (17)
Mapping 100m - lat-
Authority lon UTM
Coordinates
NOR Norwegian 1:250K (17)
Mapping
Authority
NOR Norwegian 1:1 Mio. see note Mag (17)
Mapping Heights, Tape
Authority contours (1600)
(300m)
NOR Norwegian >1:2 Mio. (17)
Mapping
Authority
NOR Norwegian 1:2 Mio. (17)
Mapping Topography
Authority
NOR Norwegian 1:50K Topo. (17)
Mapping
Authority
NOR Statens 3'x6' DEM 30m DTED #63,337 Mag (81)
Kartverk Level 1 Tape
NZ DOSLI 1:50K 10 Various NZ$2000 (31)
Contours
NZ DOSLI 25m, 1km see note (31)
DEMs
PHI NAMRIA Raster (40)
PHI UNEP-GRID 5' 986 kb (85)
PTG Instituto 1:10K (58)
Geografico Contours
Cadastral / (5m)
DTM
PTG Instituto 1:500K (58)
Geografico Topography
Cadastral /
Digital Map
PTG Instituto 1:50K Raster (58)
Geografico topography
Cadastral
PTG Instituto 10m, 50m see note (58)
Geografico DEMs
Cadastral
REU IGN / BDZ see note see note see note (11)
SAF CDSLI 50 / 200 / ~10 NES (7)
400m DEM
SAF Univ. of Cape 5' (8km), 1' 25-9 Nil (82)
Town DEM
SPA Instituto 45m DEM (100 >2 ASCII 95MB 6.25Pts (16)
Cartografic de / 200m also per ha.
Catalunya available)
SPA Instituto 1:25K Bilat. Mag (59)
Geografico Topography agreem. Tape
Nacional / (800 /
BCN.25 1600 /
6250)
SPA Instituto 200 x 200m (59)
Geogafico DTM
Nacional
SPA Instituto 1:200K (59)
Geogafico Contours,
Nacional / heights
MDT.200
SPA Instituto 1:25K (59)
Geogafico Contours,
Nacional / heights
MDT.25
SPA Instituto 1:200K (59)
Geogafico Topography
Nacional /
BCN.200
SWE Swedish Space Raster CD (41)
Corporation
SWE Terrain 50 x 50m / ~2.5 see note Bilat. Mag (60)
Elevation Data 200 x 200m / agreem. Tape
Bank 500 x 500m
SWI Federal Office 250m DEM SFr 5890 (49)
of Topography (RIMINI)
SWI Federal Office 25m DEM (DHM SFr (49)
of Topography 25) 280000
SWI Bundesamt fur 1:25K (61)
Landestopo. /
LK25
SWI Bundesamt fur 1:1 Mio. (61)
Landestopo. / Topography
LK1000
SWI Bundesamt fur 250 x 250m (61)
Landestopo. / Height
RIMINI points
SWI Bundesamt fur 25 x 25m (61)
Landestopo. / Height
DHM 25 points
SWI Bundesamt fur 1:500K (61)
Landestopo. / Topography
LK500
SWI Bundesamt fur 1:50K Raster (61)
Landestopo. / topography
LK50
SWI Bundesamt fur 1:100K (61)
Landestopo. / Raster
LK100 topography
SWI Bundesamt fur 1:200K (61)
Landestopo. / Topography
LK200
THA NECTEC 1:250K A/INFO Free CD (45)
Contours
TUR Ministry of 1:25K DTED Not for (62)
Nat'l Defense sale
/ Digital
Elevation Data
TWN 100m DEM DTED 9 x 3MB Free (33)
UK Ordnance 1:50K, 50m <3 NTF-L4 748KB #30 p.a. (4)
Survey DEM per
20x20km
tile
UK Ordnance 1:625K NTF Mag (4)
Survey Topography, Tape
heights (1600 /
6250)
UK Ordnance Large Scale Mag (4)
Survey 1:2 500 Tape
Vector (1600 /
topography 6250)
UK Ordnance 1:50K 2-3 NTF-L1 ~1.5MB #30 p.a. (4)
Survey Contours per
20x20km
tile
UK Ordnance 1:10K ~1.5 NTF-L1 5x5km see note (4)
Survey Contours tile
UK Ordnance 1:10K DEM <2 Various 5x5km see note (4)
Survey tile
UK Bartholomews 1:250K ~10 A/INFO 70 MB ~#2850 (34)
Contours (total) p.a.
UK EDX 50m DEM <2.5 Own & $22500 CD & (46)
Engineering ASCII (full disk
data set)
UK Military 1:500K Bilat. Mag (52)
Survey / PACE Contours, agreem. Tape
heights (1600)
UK Military 1"x1" Spot (52)
Survey / DTED heights
USA EROS DCW-DEM 30" x 30" <650 Binary Free Mag (2)
DEM Raster Tape
USA USGS 1 Deg ~93m (3sec) <61 DEM ~940 x $40 or (3)
DEM 9MB less
USA USGS 7.5' 30m DEM <15 DEM ~55000 x $40 or (3)
2MB less
USA USGS 30' ~62m (2sec) DEM $40 or (3)
DEM less
USA USGS 15' ~62m x 93m DEM $40 or (3)
DEM less
USA NOAA, Canadian 1:250K Great (24)
Hydrographic Lakes
Service Bathymetry
Contours
USA Communications ~93m (3sec) <61 USGS DEM 2 CDs $5000 CD (25)
Data Services DEM (same as
Inc. USGS)
USA Hamilton USGS 7.5' AutoCAD $80-160 (35)
Exploration Layers per layer
USA NOAA NGDC Coastal ~$80 CD? (37)
Bathymetry
USA NOAA / 30 30' DEM $407 Mag (37)
Second Data Tape
#168-A07-007
USA EDX 30m, 3'', Own & see note Disk, (46)
Engineering 30'' Terrain ASCII CD_ROM
Elev. Data
VTN UNEP-GRID 5' 607 kb (85)
NB. DEM is used here to mean a regular gridded array of point heights
? = Unknown GDP = Guadeloupe NZ = New Zealand
AFR = Africa GER = Germany PHI = Philippines
ANT = Antarctica GNL = Greenland PTG = Portugal
ASI = Asia GRE = Greece REU = Reunion
AST = Austria HAI = Haiti SAF = South Africa
AUS = Australia HUN = Hungary SAM = South America
BEL = Belgium IDN = Indonesia SPA = Spain
BGD = Bangladesh IRE = Ireland SWE = Sweden
BLZ = Belize ISR = Israel SWI = Switzerland
BUR = Burma ITA = Italy THA = Thailand
CAN = Canada JPN = Japan TUR = Turkey
CBD = Cambodia KOR = Korea TWN = Taiwan
CHI = China LAO = Laos UK = United Kingdom
CYP = Cyprus MAL = Malaysia USA = United States
DEN = Denmark MEX = Mexico VTN = Vietnam
EEU = Eastern Europe MRQ = Martinique WOR = World
EUR = Europe NET = Netherlands
FIN = Finland NIR = Northern Ireland
FRA = France NOR = Norway
' = Minute " = Second
# = UK Pounds $ = US Dollars AU$ = Australian Dollars
ATS = Austrian Shillings BFr = Belgian Francs
DM = Deutsch Marks
FF = French Francs Gdr = Drachmas
Pts = Spanish Pesetas CD$ = Canadian Dollars
FIM = Finnish Marks Y = Japanese Yen NZ$ = New Zealand Dollars
SFr = Swiss Francs
p.a. = per annum (ie. licence fee)
(npd)= Not public domain - ie. commercial product, restricted use, not
available via ftp.
NOTES
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(1) The Digital Chart of the World (DCW) was digitised under contract from US
Defense Mapping Agency (DMA) from their Operational Navigation Chart
(ONC) series. These maps are at a scale of 1:1M (except over Antarctica
where the scale is reduced to 1:2M). This is the largest scale
unclassified map series that provides consistent, continuous global
coverage of essential basemap features. It is composed of 17 thematic
vector layers which include political boundaries, coastlines, cities,
transportation networks, hydrography, landcover, hypsography and place
names. DCW can be purchased from:
UK/Europe: Chadwyck-Healey Ltd. Tel: (0223) 311479
Cambridge Place FAX: (0223) 66440
Cambridge CB2 1NR, UK.
US: USGS Open-File Section Tel: (303) 236-7476
Box 25286 FAX: ?
Denver, CO 80225, USA.
DCW is distributed on FOUR CDs, with PC software to read the Vector
Product Format (VPF). The size of the whole DCW database is approx.
1.6GB. The size of the hypsography is estimated at ~450MB. There is
also some supplementary hypsography which is estimated at ~150MB. The
individual 5 x 5 degree tiles vary greatly in terms of their data volume.
The absolute accuracy of the DCW vector information is 2000m circular
error (horizontal) and +/- 650m linear error (vertical) for the contours.
The vertical accuracy for the spot heights is +/- 30m. All are at 90-
percent confidence as defined by the US Defense Mapping Agency (DMA).
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