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Subject: Slope map of India (electronic)
Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2005
From: Lisa Emmer <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>

Jeff,

We have a bundled elevation and depth product that includes a digital
slope map of the entire world, combining best available data from
SRTM30, GTOPO30, and ETOPO2.  It is available in ESRI or binary format.
  See STRM30 Enhanced Global Map-Elevation/Slope/Aspect at
http://www.terraviva.net/srtm/index.html.

Lisa Emmer
ISCIENCES, L.L.C.
300 N. Fifth Ave., Suite 120
Ann Arbor, MI 48104 USA
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www.isciences.com
www.terraviva.net

Original Message --------
> Subject: Slope map of India (electronic)
> Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2005
> From: Rothal, Jeff USA <[log in to unmask]>
> To: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <MAPS-
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> One of our students is trying to track down an *electronic*
> (online or
> otherwise) slope map of India, similar to the
> Russia/China/Mongolia one
> at
> http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Research/LUC/GIS/giswebpage/documents/slope.htm.
>
>
> He found a large paper map in the National Atlas of India (1983;
> Vol. 2,
> Plate 44) that shows 16 different color-coded slope variations (both
> land and submarine), ranging from VERY STEEP SLOPE (more than 600
> metresper kilometre) to FLAT (2 to 10 metres per kilometre).  He's
> hoping to
> find something similar in electronic format.  (The map in the
> atlas was
> originally issued by the Ministry of Education and Youth Services,
> Government of India, 1963.  It also reads "Source: Survey of India
> maps."  The scale is 1:6,000,000.).
>
> I have searched the National Informatics Centre and Natural Resources
> Data Management System (of India) web sites without success.
>
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
>
>
> Jeff Rothal
> Reference & Instruction Librarian
> Naval Postgraduate School
> Dudley Knox Library (Code 013)
> Monterey CA 93943 U.S.A.
> phone (831) 656-2344
> [log in to unmask]
> http://www.nps.edu/Library/


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