----------------------------Original message---------------------------- **Cross-posted from GIS-L. (I realize that MAPS-L and GIS-L readers include most subscribers of more focused lists like IMAGRS-L, TGIS-L, UIGIS-L and VRGIS-L, so I won't consume further bandwidth by cross-posting there as well.) Over the past couple of years, there have been a number of inquiries concerning potential sources of on-line spatial data files covering this region or that. I'd like to get a better idea of _if_ and _how_ the number of such requests has increased over the past 30 months or so. I can begin by checking back through GIS-L and MAPS-L Archives and contacting the managers of some of the major anonymous FTP sites now holding such data. Before reinventing the wheel, though, has anyone else already investigated this? Any suggestions regarding which lists or newsgroups *beyond* MAPS-L or GIS-L contain periodic requests for on-line sources of spatial data and should therefore be polled as well? Thanks in advance. ----- David Coleman <[log in to unmask]> Department of Surveying Engineering Tel.1-506-453-4698 University of New Brunswick, Fax 1-506-453-4943 P.O. Box 4400 Fredericton, New Brunswick, CANADA