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To: Lee Harvey Blotto (<a href="/scripts/wa-UGA.exe?LOGON=A3%3D9711%26L%3DMAPS-L%26E%3D7bit7BIT%26P%3D168096%26B%3D--%26T%3Dtext%252FplainTEXT%252FPLAIN%3B%2520charset%3DUS-ASCII%26pending%3D" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a>)
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From: Kathy Oakleaf (<a href="/scripts/wa-UGA.exe?LOGON=A3%3D9711%26L%3DMAPS-L%26E%3D7bit7BIT%26P%3D168096%26B%3D--%26T%3Dtext%252FplainTEXT%252FPLAIN%3B%2520charset%3DUS-ASCII%26pending%3D" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a>)
Date: November 20/97
Subject: Digital Chart of the World data
 
Ph.D. Associates Inc. has the DCW data in latitude/longitude tagged ASCII format on one
CD-ROM for $195 Cdn / $159 US (plus shipping & applicable taxes).  All line and text features
from the original 1992 DMA DCW are included.  Only filled areas (Land Use and US vegetation)
and related text files have been excluded.
 
The optional DCWmanager Enhanced Ed. utility software ($69.95 Cdn / $49.95 US) allows you
to combine multiple features from multiple tiles and export the ASCII data in one of 8 popular
formats (ArcView shapefile, ASCII, AutoCAD, comma separated values, IDRISI (DOS), MapInfo,
MicroCAM, ZMAP Plus).
 
Free demos and more information are available from our web site at http://www.phd.gta.ca.
or by calling Customer Services at 1-800-PHD-1455 (from Canada or USA).
 
Regards,
 
Kathy Oakleaf
Customer Services
 
Ph.D. Associates Inc.
Kinsmen Bldg., 4700 Keele St.
North York, Ont. M3J 1P3
e-mail: <a href="/scripts/wa-UGA.exe?LOGON=A3%3D9711%26L%3DMAPS-L%26E%3D7bit7BIT%26P%3D168096%26B%3D--%26T%3Dtext%252FplainTEXT%252FPLAIN%3B%2520charset%3DUS-ASCII%26pending%3D" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a>
toll free: 1-800-PHD-1455 (from Canada or USA)
phn: (416) 736-5295
fax: (416) 665-9473
internet: http://www.phd.gta.ca
 
 
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>Greetings, fellow map librarians and enthusiasts.
>My question today has to do with the Digital Chart of
>the World, a product of the Defense Mapping Agency, or
>whatever it's called now.  From the FGDC Manual of
>Federal Geographic Data Products, it's available from
>the US Geological Survey in Colorado; however, my
>information is old (pre-1992) and doesn't include a
>price.  Does anybody know if that's still the contact
>point to obtain the DCW, and what the price is?
>
>Thanks in advance.
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