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Subject:        Re: SVG topo map of US ponies on Assateague Island
Date:   Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:51:45 -0700
From:   Jon Jablonski <[log in to unmask]>
Organization:   University of Oregon
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it's such an interested question that I couldn't help but take a stab at
it.  I made a quick map using the basic ESRI data.

what sort of topographic detail were you hoping for?  I didn't even try
to include elevation lines and I still got a 1.4meg file.  I'm thinking
at even with 100m lines, a topo would be huge.

also:  why svg?  what will you use to edit it, Illustrator?  (I don't
happen to have it installed.  The SVG that ArcMap produced wouldn't
display in IE or IrfinView.  But it does open in Firefox.  My pdf
version works a bit better:

http://libweb.uoregon.edu/ec/airphotopickup/USconic.svg
http://libweb.uoregon.edu/ec/airphotopickup/USconic.pdf

And while one doesn't typically see a map like this that includes HI and
AK--I kind of like it with the conic project.  It makes for a nice
layout (but lots of empty blue).

-jon 'i love summers at the reference desk' jablonski
 University of Oregon.




Angie Cope wrote, On 8/2/2009 2:44 PM:
> ----- Forwarded Message -----
> 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.
>