[GRASS-user] Any freely available topographical maps for (South-) Germany ?

[Maciej Sieczka]

Nikos Alexandris pisze:

> I was asked about freely available geo-data concerning the South of 
> Germany.
> 
> AFAIK, best available elevation data are the SRTM3 data. About 
> topographical data I am aware of some commercial data (1:25.000). The
>  friend who asked me is satisfied with a 1:50.000 topo-map.
> 
> Any "secret" sources?

I don't know how secret these are, but:

http://mapcenter.cgpsmapper.com/catalogue.php?country=55
http://mapcenter2.cgpsmapper.com/catalogue.php?country=130

*How* free these are varies from map to map. As well as the quality.

These are in so called Polish format. Most complete description is
available in cGPSmapper manual AFAIK [1]. There is a freeware (closed)
program for converting them into Shapefiles [2]. Some other converter
[3]. Mateusz Loskot has worked on an OGR driver, but I don't know
details (CCing him).

[1]http://www.cgpsmapper.com/manual.htm
[2]http://www.msh-tools.com/Ptxt2shp.html
[3]http://www.gpslib.net/services/Polish-to-Google.Earth/

Maciek

P.S.
Please better ask generic free GIS data questions on FreeGIS ML.

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