[OSGeo-Discuss] Proposal: OSGeo Cartographic Library

[Markus Neteler]

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 7:26 AM, Bruno Lowagie <bruno at 1t3xt.com> wrote:

> Bruno Lowagie wrote:
>
> > As soon as I have the time, I'll make you some examples.
> >
>
> My main problem is that I haven't been on a GIS project since 1997.
> Can somebody provide me with some (completely free!) sample data:
> - vector data with streets and street names in multiple languages
> - vector data of some shapes (for instance a city, municipalities)
> - some additional data, for instance: location of hotels, landmarks,...
>
> If you provide me with such a data set, I'll make you a PDF and
> show why I think PDF is an ideal format.


Here we go:

OSGeo Educational data set
     http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Edu_Data_Package_North_Carolina

Download at:
     http://www.grassbook.org/data_menu3rd.php
Metadata and links to original data sources:
     http://www.grassbook.org/ncexternal/nc_datalist.html
Image Gallery:
     http://www.grassbook.org/gallery/

Enjoy,
Markus
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