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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/12/12 22:52, Scott Penrose wrote:<br>
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<div>On 12/12/2012, at 10:39 PM, Angelos Tzotsos <<a
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<div>Thanks for those, worth noting as a long term replacement.</div>
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<div>Looks lots better too - <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.opentopography.org/index.php/blog/detail/comparison_of_aster_gdem_to_srtm">http://www.opentopography.org/index.php/blog/detail/comparison_of_aster_gdem_to_srtm</a></div>
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While the ASTER might be good for other projects, for OSGeo-Live
we'd still prefer to use existing datasets if possible, as we wish
to keep the disc size to a minimum, and it also helps keep a bit of
consistency between projects.<br>
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