[OSGeo-Discuss] HELP PLEASE - Does anyone know where I can get high resolution GIS data for use in tutorials? [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

[Simon Cropper (Botanicus Australia Pty Ltd)]

Bruce,

Yes I have DSE/CALP contacts.

Although data can be extracted from land.vic.gov.au under data supply 
agreements, these contracts do not extend to third parties. I would need 
to get special permission to allow a dataset to be downloaded by 
whomever would visit my website. I could put up a special case to the 
right people but wanted to exhaust using available datasets already able 
to be downloaded. As it is, it appears most of what exists on the web is 
broad scale and I need much finer resolution.

I wait to see if anyone else responds to my post. If nothing turns up in 
a couple of days I approach some people within land.vic.gov.au.

Cheers Simon

Simon Cropper
Botanicus Australia Pty Ltd
PO Box 160, Sunshine, Victoria 3020.
P: 9311 5822. M: 041 830 3437.
mailto: scropper at botanicusaustralia.com.au 
<mailto:scropper at botanicusaustralia.com.au>
web: www.botanicusaustralia.com.au <http://www.botanicusaustralia.com.au>


On 13/01/2010 2:01 PM, Bruce Bannerman wrote:
> Simon,
>
> IMO:
>
> After the recent Victorian Government Inquiry into public sector information, the outcome was that Vic Govt data should also be provided via Creative Commons.
>
> You should be able to see most of their VicMap datasets via the ASDD. There will be a lot of other more detailed data via DSE/Catchment Management Authority partnerships. Probably to the scale that you're after. Again check the ASDD.
>
> I'm assuming that you have DSE/SII contacts. Contact me off line if you don't.
>
> Bruce
>
>
>
>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
>> [mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Simon
>> Cropper (Botanicus Australia Pty Ltd)
>> Sent: Wednesday, 13 January 2010 11:20 AM
>> To: OSGeo Discussions
>> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] HELP PLEASE - Does anyone know
>> where I can get high resolution GIS data for use in
>> tutorials? [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
>>
>> Bruce,
>>
>> I have been looking at the GeoScience Australia Downloads but
>> all these are too broad for most of what I do. Need something
>> at 1:25,000 or better.
>>
>> I suppose the biggest problem is aerial photography. What
>> little is out there is very broad scale regional stuff.
>> Nothing showing just one small area at a scale typically used
>> by people such as myself.
>>
>> I am aware of the Australia Spatial Directory but I was
>> hoping to find some freely downloadable and free to use
>> datasets, before I go begging to data suppliers or data custodians.
>>
>>
>> Cheers Simon
>>
>> Simon Cropper
>> Botanicus Australia Pty Ltd
>> PO Box 160, Sunshine, Victoria 3020.
>> P: 9311 5822. M: 041 830 3437.
>> mailto: scropper at botanicusaustralia.com.au
>> <mailto:scropper at botanicusaustralia.com.au>
>> web: www.botanicusaustralia.com.au
>> <http://www.botanicusaustralia.com.au>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 13/01/2010 11:07 AM, Bruce Bannerman wrote:
>>
>> 	
>> 	Simon,
>> 	
>> 	Check out the Australian Spatial Data Directory [1].
>> 	
>> 	Geoscience Australia also have a wide range of datasets
>> that I understand are now available via Creative Commons.
>> 	
>> 	
>> 	Bruce Bannerman
>> 	
>> 	[1] http://asdd.ga.gov.au/asdd/tech/zap/basic.html
>> 	
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>> 		-----Original Message-----
>> 		From: discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
>> 		[mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On
>> Behalf Of Simon
>> 		Cropper (Botanicus Australia Pty Ltd)
>> 		Sent: Wednesday, 13 January 2010 10:36 AM
>> 		To: OSGeo Discussions; Users and Developers mailing list
>> 		Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] HELP PLEASE - Does
>> anyone know where
>> 		I can get high resolution GIS data for use in tutorials?
>> 		
>> 		Hi,
>> 		
>> 		*** Sorry for cross-posting for those people on
>> both lists ***
>> 		
>> 		Does anyone have or know of some high
>> resolution vector and
>> 		raster data that can be used in tutorials?
>> 		
>> 		The datasets need to be unfetted by
>> intellectual property
>> 		constraints.
>> 		
>> 		Essentially I want to build a set of tutorials
>> around this
>> 		data and have the users able to download and
>> manipulate the
>> 		data without breaking any laws.
>> 		
>> 		Preferably I would like data for Australia, even better
>> 		southeast Australia.
>> 		
>> 		Data
>> 		
>> 		
>> 		*	georeferenced aerial photography (ECW
>> or JPG, 0.15m/pixel)
>> 		*	shapefiles showing cadastral data,
>> soils, contours, roads
>> 		*	DWG files showing details of a
>> development or plan
>> 		
>> 		Spatial Reference System
>> 		
>> 		
>> 		*	GDA94 MGA55
>> 		
>> 		--
>> 		
>> 		
>> 		Cheers Simon
>> 		
>> 		Simon Cropper
>> 		Botanicus Australia Pty Ltd
>> 		PO Box 160, Sunshine, Victoria 3020.
>> 		P: 9311 5822. M: 041 830 3437.
>> 		mailto: scropper at botanicusaustralia.com.au
>> 		<mailto:scropper at botanicusaustralia.com.au>
>> <mailto:scropper at botanicusaustralia.com.au>
>> 		web: www.botanicusaustralia.com.au
>> 		<http://www.botanicusaustralia.com.au>
>> <http://www.botanicusaustralia.com.au>
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