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From: "Mike Flannigan" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum Maps" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, August 2, 2009 8:50:48 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
Subject: Re: SVG topo map of US  ponies on Assateague Island


Vector based maps would be very nice, but how
about the simpler request of just a georeferenced
TIFF of the whole USA, or even whole continents
throughout the world.  Does anybody know where
I can get those?  I'd also like to get a single
georeferenced TIFF of each of the 50 states in the
US.

I'm surprised I have not run across these on the
web myself.


Mike Flannigan


 >Hi, map folks -
 >
 >We're working on a project for which we really need to make a series of
 >SVG topographic maps of the individual states as well as finding one of
 >the entire US.  Can one of you suggest a site where we could find
 >projected (preferably conic) file for an SVG-formatted topographic map
 >of the entire US including Alaska and Hawaii, please?
 >
 >I've looked at the USGS shape files which I could adapt, but I haven't
 >found a conic projection of topgraphic map that preserves the
 >topographic information so the shape files (even unprojected) won't work
 >for this purpose.  The one in the National Atlas is a rectangular
 >projection (or possibly unprojected) even though the topographic quality
 >is absolutely suitable for what we're doing.
 >
 >Thanks for any ideas you may have.