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From: "Virginia R. Hetrick, Ph.D." <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Maps-L" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 12:01:23 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
Subject: SVG topo map of US + ponies on Assateague Island

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.

v

P.S. If you're looking for a chuckle this Friday, you might want to take
a look at the following page from my recent road trip that included
looking for ponies on Assateague Island.  No ponies were injured in the
creation of this web page.  It's at:

http://www.4114us.net/natparks/AssateaguePonyHuntGallery.htm

Enjoy!

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