[wellylug] GIS under linux
chris
chris.harris at actrix.gen.nz
Mon Sep 16 09:24:30 NZST 2002
is this any help ?
http://ibis.grdl.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/bathy/bathD.pl
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From: "Wood Brent" <pcreso at pcreso.com>
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Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2002 7:14 AM
Subject: RE: [wellylug] GIS under linux
>
>
> Interestingly I was just at a conference in the UK on GIS whwre the
keynote
> speaker was Tony Booth. I assume no relation :-)
>
>
> > I'm looking for software to grab the FREE coastline and elevation data
from
> > linz and put local government boundaries on it.
>
> I have been involved with the Eagle(shpfile) and NZAM (MID/MIF) versions
of
> this data. Note that while it is technically free, it does have errors &
is
> only available in LINZ's geotiff format (as I understand it, this is not
the
> normal geotiff format). The commercial versions have been
checked/corrected &
> reformatted by th erespective companies, I feel their work is pretty
necessary
> & good value generally.
>
> If you obtain the LINZ data, you'll need to convert to a more useable GIS
> format prior to use. There is no freely available reformatter at present
that I
> know of, but the format is available if you want to write your own.
>
> NIWA can onsell MID/MIF versions of the data at a pretty good price
(wearing my
> NIWA GIS hat :-) if you are interested, email me there at
b.wood at niwa.co.nz
>
>
> > At the last meeting someone was telling me all about GIS apps under
> > Linux and how he simulated fish stocks in 3D using it. Could he please
> > contact me.
> >
> > Thanks :-)
>
>
> Treat this as contacting you... pleased to help if I can :-)
>
> Brent Wood
>
>
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