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Subject:        Re: Base maps online for student projects?
Date:   Thu, 8 Apr 2010 12:06:52 +1000
From:   Tom and Lisa Orr <[log in to unmask]>
To:     Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
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We have free versions of both the Digital Chart of the World and a World Map
with country outlines at 1:250k that can be downloaded from our website.

Tom Orr

Orr & Associates

www.orrbodies.com


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From: "Angie Cope" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 11:30 PM
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Subject:      Base maps online for student projects?

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject:        Base maps online for student projects?
> Date:   Tue, 6 Apr 2010 11:56:43 -0600
> From:   Ken Rockwell <[log in to unmask]>
> To:     Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
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> Question:
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> In this new digital era, is there an electronic equivalent to those old
> paper base maps that we used to hand out to students for use in their
> class projects?  One would want no restrictions over copyright in
> copying and using such items.  Is something out there for free on the
> Web, or at least for a reasonable cost for access?
>
>
>
> --Ken Rockwell
>
>  University of Utah
>