----------------------------Original message---------------------------- FTP (Anonymous) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ waisqvarsa.er.usgs.gov several interesting directories to explore ncgia.ucsb.edu The NCGIA site bastet.sbs.ohio-state.edu GIS Master Bibliography materials in the "biblio" directory. earthsun.umd.edu in the pub/jei directories. good collection of remotely sensed GIF's as well as avhrr's and pertinent display software. MAC and DOS compatible. jplinfo.nasa.gov Great images in /pub/images seds/lpl.arizona.edu /pub/images/wfpc2 or /pub/images/hst spectrum.xerox.com, where you'll find: /pub/map/dem Digital Elevation Models /pub/map/dlg Digital Line Graph maps /pub/map/tiger U.S. Census Bureau street maps (1990) aurelie.soest.hawaii.edu [128.171.151.121) directory: pub/avhrr/images Sea-Surface-Temperature data (near-real-time) The data are AVHRR images within the radius of reception of the university's HRPT station, approximately 5 S to 45 N and 125 W to 165 E. The processed images are available usually within 30 min. of noaa-11 and noaa-12 passages. The data is in "CDF" format. CDF is a UCAR product, available at anonymous ftp site: unidata.ucar.edu ( 128.117.140.3 ) They have a guide there, NetCDF User's guide, that documents it. The image files are compressed binary, and labeled after the names of the satellites (n11 or n12), and the times of the satellite passages (yyddd.hhmm). For further information, please send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Info from: Joe Dellinger, [log in to unmask] alum.wr.usgs.gov [128.128.19.24] map/* - digitized database (lat/long) of geologic faults (primarily for different parts of the U.S.) summary/* - digitized database of California earthquake locations ames.arc.nasa.gov [128.102.18.3] directory: pub/SPACE/CDROM Images from Magellean and Viking missions and more. (over 16,000 pictures in digital form) csn.org [128.138.213.21] directory: COGS Contains COGS diskettes and other software collected from COGSnet BBS including geologic, gis, mapping, earth science software for the PC and Macintosh. Includes several mapping data sets of use to all, or pointers to where they can be found. GSMAP and MOSS can be found here. Software was previously available only on COGSnet. This is where this list originates, and the currently updated version can be found here in the COGS/ directory under the name 'internet.resources.earth.sci'. Contact: Bill Thoen Internet: [log in to unmask] charon.er.usgs.gov [130.118.120.30] pub/proj-3.1.tar.Z - cartographic projection package (Unix C) pub/mapgen-4.2.tar.Z - MAPGEN digital cartographic software system (Unix) pub/graphics-4.6.tar.Z - PLOTGEN plotting package for use with MAPGEN pub/xzoom-2.01.tar.Z - interactive vector graphics display program for use with MAPGEN and PLOTGEN (Unix/X11) pub/GCTP-II.tar.Z - most recent version of the GCTP map projection software (FORTRAN) ftp.cs.toronto.edu [128.100.1.105] doc/geography/US.lat-long - lat/long coordinates of major US cities doc/geography/CIA_World_Map - directory of CIA world map database earth.eps.pitt.edu [130.49.3.1] world paleomagnetic database computer programs related to paleomagnetism gif files of digital terrane models of different places These are color-shaded relief maps made with ER Mapper, and they really look rather excellent! ftp.uu.net graphics/USmap.Z - digitized outline of the U.S. pub/Census/slc.part1.Z - 1980 U.S. Census county boundaries gatekeeper.dec.com pub/graphics/data/cia-wdb/* - CIA World Data Bank gator.netcom.com Directory: pub/snow Map of snow cover for the US, derived from 12km reduction of GOES data. Also 1km resolution snow cover maps of California and Nevada, Snow Water Equivalent and other images The National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center is now distributing satellite snow data derived from AVHRR and GOES for major portions of the U.S., southern Canada and Alaska. North America is split into 26 windows, each approx 1000x1000 pixels, at a resolution of 1.1 km/pixel. There are a number of types of GIF images in this directory: the Satellite Snow Cover Maps, weekly national and regional summaries and a special blow-up of the Upper Colorado basin. The naming convention for the daily product is: WWSYYJJJ.TTT, where WW is the window number S is the satellite (snow maps: g for GOES or a,b,c for NOAA-A, -B, -C, w for Snow Water Equivalent, n for SWE normalized, x for the latest snow cover map with added text) YY is the year (92) JJJ is the Julian date, the date from January 1. TTT is the type, GIF or SHF, where GIF is a binary graphic image and SHF stands for the SHEF message, the Standard Hydrologic Exchange Format. It is the alphanumeric results of the satellite snow cover mapping by basin and by elevation zone. A number of derived products are also distributed. Snow-Water Equivalent, and Deviations of SWE from a normal value are calculated, incorporating the SNOTEL values from the Soil Conservation Service, for California and Nevada, and the Western United States. A summary of the week's snow cover is usYYJJJ.gif, with comments from the hydrologist in usYYJJJ.msg. A table showing which scenes have been mapped so far this year is in the file YYJJJ.tbl. At the end of the snow season, all the snow images, satellite images and ancillary data will be compiled into a CD-ROM. Snow data for 1991 and 1990 are available for $200. See the file CDROM.TXT in this directory for more information. To get a copy of the User's Guide, order from: National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center, Office of Hydrology, National Weather Service, 6301 - 34th Avenue South: Room 112, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55450-2985. Telephone: (612) 725-3258; FAX: (612) 725-3338; Internet: [log in to unmask] Note: the site at gator.netcom.com is not an archive! Images stay for two or three days and then they are scratched. hanauma.stanford.edu [36.51.0.16] directory: pub/World_Map World Data Bank (data file of coastlines, countries, rivers, etc.) 12 megabytes, compressed! This file is broken up into 5 pieces, so you have to get them all separately and 'cat' them together. Note: if you are not a C programmer you may not be able to use this as it is a highly packed file, and the sample source code is in C. Note: Be aware that this site is going to be discontinued soon. However, Joe Dellinger says that the data on here will be migrated elsewhere. More news later... Alternative software to read CIA World Data Bank: ux1.cso.uiuc.edu directory: amiga/fish/f5/ff580 Name: WorldDataBank Disk: 580 Using a database of coordinates compiled by the CIA and made available under the Freedom of Information Act, this program plots world maps in cylindrical or spherical projections, with various degrees of magnification. This is version 2.2, an update to version 2.0 on disk 262, and now includes the largest available data file, for detailed mapping of even small sections of the globe. Includes source. Author: The CIA, Bob Dufford, Mike Groshart (from: Ken Chin-Purcell [log in to unmask] 612-626-8090) Another program for decoding the database, mfil, can be found on pi1.arc.umn.edu (137.66.130.11). ics.uci.edu directory: honig earth.l.gif, earth.r.gifstereopair earth.gifraw data synthetic stereo satellite images of earth10 May 92 isdres.er.usgs.gov [130.11.48.2] directory: [.USGS.GCTP] Source code the USGS General Cartographic Transformation Package (GCTP). directory: [.USGS.SDTS] Text to Spatial Data Transfer Standard (SDTS) This site is pretty slow when logging in, be patient. Also note that this is a VAX system, so when changing directories, be sure to include the brackets (as above). To 'cd' back to a parent directory, use cd [-] (equivalent to cd ..) kiawe.soest.hawaii.edu [128.171.151.16] directory: pub/gmt Contains the Generic Mapping Tools, software for map projections, spatial interpolation, contouring, 3D persective, raster processing (C code for workstations) lamont.ldgo.columbia.edu [129.236.10.30] directory: pub/gb* The Lamont Geographic Database Browser (XGB) Server software for accessing and manipulating data from several database servers operating over Internet (C code for workstations) moon.cecer.army.mil [129.229.1.16] In addition to the GRASS GIS source code, there is an extensive database for the Spearfish (South Dakota) area to be used with grass. Although intended for GRASS, some of the data could easily be used for other purposes. For example, Arc/Info can display GRASS raster data. ncar.ucar.edu [128.117.8.111] An archive of selected NCAR data and an inventory of what data is available from their Data Support Section. Some datasets and papers are available. Also includes Colorado weather and ski (yahoo!) reports. ncgia.ucsb.edu [128.111.254.105] directory: pub NCGIA publications, Initiatives, annual reports, tech reports, and USGS DEMS. For more contact: Richard A. Johnson [log in to unmask] NCGIA Computing Resources Manager Geography Department U. C. Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, Ca. 93106 (805) 893-4677 (Phone) [log in to unmask] (Internet) ucbvax!ucivax!raj (UUCP) raj@VOODOO (via BITNET) pprg.eece.unm.edu [129.24.24.10] directory: /pub/khoros/release Khoros is an integrated software development environment for information processing and visualization, based on X11R4. Khoros components include a visual programming language, code generators for extending the visual language and adding new application packages to the system, an interactive user interface editor, an interactive image display package, an extensive library of image processing, numerical analysis and signal processing routines, and 2D/3D plotting packages. Khoros contains over 260 programs, in the following categories: arithmetic, classification, color conversion, data conversion, file format conversion, feature extraction, frequency filtering, matrix algebra (LINPACK and EISPACK), spatial filtering, morphology filtering, geometric manipulation, histogram manipulation, statistics, signal generation, linear operations, segmentation, spectral estimation, subregion, and transforms. Khoros supports the following file formats: TIFF, pbm, BIG, DEM, DLG, ELAS, FITS, MATLAB, Sun raster, TGA, and xbm. Contact: Becky Bishop [log in to unmask] The Khoros Group Dept. of EECE University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131 Phone: (505) 277-6563 sparky2.esd.mun.ca [134.153.11.101] This is an ftp site for NewPet, a geochem/igneous petrology data handling program. MS-DOS compatible, 640 KB, any graphics card, and a hard drive. Shareware ($25 voluntary). spectrum.xerox.com [192.70.225.78] directory: pub/map USGS DLG (all scales), DEM, DTM, TIGER Data exchange site for all kinds of public domain map data. Probably the best site for finding map data in this list. sseop.jsc.nasa.gov [146.154.11.34] directory: DUA1:[ANONYMOUS] (you'll be here at login) Space Shuttle Earth Observation Project photography database of the Flight Science Support Office (FSSO). Contains references to over 120,000 photographs of Earth from space during the last 3 decades. Also some digitized images. These are in band- sequential format with a 512-byte header, and 512 x 512 bytes of red, green, and blue data layers. The images are stored in .DAT files and are binary. Harry G Osoff reports, "There are two types of photos avaialble: 1024 x 1024 and 512 x 512 Some are 3 channel Some are 1 channel" You can reach him at [log in to unmask] if you need help with image conversions. Note: Get the file 'pho.list' to see descriptions of selected images, and which are color and which are grey-scale. The 1024x1024 are 1 channel and the 512x512 are 3 channel. Adobe Photoshop reads these just fine. Please send me info of other software that works, if you know of any. Contact: Dr. David E. Pitts, Manager Flight Science Support Office Mail Code: SN15 Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Houston, TX 77058 SPAN: 9247::PITTS Internet: [log in to unmask] stardent.arc.nasa.gov [128.102.21.44] directory: pub/* Mars DEM data (Valles Marineris region) sampled at a variety of spatial resolutions suns01.esd.ornl.gov [128.219.24.36] Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC) Contains data sets of world-wide climatic data including Atmosepheric CO2 content, tree-core/precip. correllations, historical air temp., pressure, precip. (some going back to the 1600's!) for world, global paleoclimate to 6000 B.P., historical weather station data back to 1800's, and more. Contact: CDIAC Oak Ridge National Laboratory P. O. Box 2008 Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6335 USA (615) 574-0390 (615) 574-2232 (FAX) OMNET: CDIAC INTERNET: [log in to unmask] BITNET: CDP@ORNLSTC unidata.ucar.edu [128.117.140.3] directory: images Weather radar summary map GIFS (wxmap.GIF) updated at least daily, perhaps more often. ucsd.edu [128.54.16.1] pub/WorldMap.tar.Z - Another source of the CIA world map database put/worldmap.NA - digitized world outline uriacc.uri.edu [131.128.1.1] directory: fna101.195 Weather images vmd.cso.uiuc.edu [128.174.5.98] directory: phil.515 or wx Weather satellite images of North America, and Surface Analysis weather maps in GIF format. Updated hourly! GIF viewing software, text docs on how to download from satellites yourself, lots of weather info. vab02.larc.nasa.gov [128.155.23.47] directory: pub/gifs/misc/landsat Landsat photos in GIF and JPEG format. Great views of Boston, Washington DC, Cape Cod, NYC, Western Europe and other places. 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