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Bruce W. Fogarty ((214) 280-1416)

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Mar 14, 1994, 2:43:00 PM3/14/94
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I need lat-long for U.S. cities; largest 5,000 (in pop) would be OK. Anyone
have this free or know where it can be ftp'd from?

Bruce Fogarty, Consultant
GIS, Spatial Analysis, Logistics (214) 280-1416
Management Technologies, IBM Fax: (214) 280-1486
Dallas, Texas Internet: fog...@vnet.ibm.com

Mary A. Elliott

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Mar 14, 1994, 3:52:09 PM3/14/94
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Bruce,
Just saw this on the FAQ today.

craig best

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Mar 14, 1994, 4:11:42 PM3/14/94
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The Census Bureau's Summary Tape File (STF) CDs contain
centroids for all incorporated and psuedo type areas. The
STF1C CD contains all of this information on a single CD.
You can check the POP100 field (population count) field to
eliminate those with less than 5,000 pop.

Another source is the 1990 Census TIGER/Line Supplemental CD
has all the city centroids as well. The benefit is that the
DBF files contain only the city centroids in state by state
files. The STF CD requires the use of summary levels to
identify the specific records.

You can purchase the STF CD for $150 or the TIGER/Line
Supplemental CD for $250 by calling the Census Bureau at
301-763-4100.

Another possibility is for you to check your major local
libraries. Some of the larger libraries have the CDs
available to check out like a book.

Lowell Bogart

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Mar 15, 1994, 12:49:38 PM3/15/94
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Bruce W. Fogarty ((214) 280-1416) (fog...@VNET.IBM.COM) wrote:
: I need lat-long for U.S. cities; largest 5,000 (in pop) would be OK. Anyone


Try this fun way to get Lat/Long of most cities (I've tested it with tiny
spots on the map and they are there. It is a server at U. of Mich.
Telnet to martini.eecs.umich.edu 3000
type in a place name

Don't forget to add 3000

Lowell Bogart <lo...@pt.olympus.net>

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