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Subject:        Re: MAPS-L: Elevation of World Cities
Date:   Thu, 02 Feb 2006 08:23:16 -0500
From:   John Olson <[log in to unmask]>
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Carlos,
Try the NCDC's "Locate Weather Observation Station Record" website. It will at least provide elevations for the airports
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/stationlocator.html

john olson
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Subject:        Elevation of World Cities
Date:   Wed, 1 Feb 2006 13:30:02 -0800
From:   Diaz, Carlos <[log in to unmask]>
To:     Maps-L (E-mail) <[log in to unmask]>



I am hoping the folks in MAPS-L can help me with an inquiry that I have.

I have a professor who is looking for elevation information for world cities and airports.  The first place I went to was the GeoNet database at:  http://gnswww.nga.mil/geonames/GNS/index.jsp but the data they have doesn't include elevation information and I had great difficulty finding airports even though there is a selection for that kind of search on the page.

The Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names didn't have elevation information as well.

Any help you can give me would be most appreciated.

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Carlos A. Diaz
Government Documents Specialist
Government Documents/Maps
Daniel J. Evans Library
The Evergreen State College
Mailstop L-2300
Olympia, WA 98505
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http://www.evergreen.edu/library/govdocs/index.html
phone:  (360) 867-6251
fax:      (360) 866-6790

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John A. Olson
Maps/GIS Librarian
358 Bird Library
Syracuse University
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