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Subject:        [amcircle] Australian 250k topo raster data now free online
Date:   Mon, 14 Nov 2005
From:   Brendan Whyte <[log in to unmask]>
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Geoscience Australia New Release 10 November.
http://www.ga.gov.au/news/index.jsp#raster

Raster maps now online
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Geoscience Australia's 1:250,000 scale national topographic
data,<http://www.ga.gov.au/bin/htsqr?file=/oracle/geomet/geomet2.htsqr&datasetno=8508>TOPO-250K
RASTER, is now available free online. It forms the backbone of our NATMAP
Raster products which are popular in the recreational and commercial
markets.  This much anticipated release will be of significant benefit to
GIS users across a wide range of applications, such as regional planning,
agriculture, emergency management, environment, tourism and map based
presentations. Commercial map makers will also benefit, with the data (an
alternative to vector data) allowing for the development of commercial map
products for tourism and other markets. TOPO-250K RASTER is made available
free online as part of the Australian
Government's<http://www.osdm.gov.au/osdm/policy.html> Spatial Data Access
and Pricing Policy. The TOPO-250K RASTER data is a
<http://www.sli.unimelb.edu.au/gisweb/GISModule/GIST_Raster.htm>raster
version of Geoscience Australia's
<http://www.ga.gov.au/nmd/products/digidat/250k.htm>GEODATA TOPO-250K
Series 2 national fundamental vector data. The TOPO-250K RASTER data can be
downloaded free as individual mapsheets by visiting our
<http://www.ga.gov.au/products>Free Downloads page and searching on
topography. Users are required to complete a simple registration process
and use the data in accordance with the licence provisions.


Dr Brendan Whyte
Assistant Map Curator
ERC Library
University of Melbourne
Vic 3010
AUSTRALIA
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