High-quality demo dataset...

[Steve Lime]

Don't know and don't really want to wait for them unless something is imminent. Seems to
me that being able (at a minimum) to recreate google-type symbology is a great test.

Steve

>>> On 7/6/2007 at 9:40 AM, in message
<d2f53e190707060740u1ccb450ob508bb0c435a7be6 at mail.gmail.com>, David William
Bitner <david.bitner at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> Aren't the GRASS folks pulling together a next generation to their Spearfish
> demo?  I think they even have a talk on it planned for FOSS4G. Also we are
> actively pulling together some data for FOSS4G for the area around Victoria
> as a OSGeo Geodata Repository demo and for use in the interoperability fair.
> 
> On 7/5/07, Steve Lime <Steve.Lime at dnr.state.mn.us> wrote:
>>
>> I was wondering the same thing after I sent it. Nice and Open Sourcey. The
>> best data
>> seems to be in the UK and I was kinda hoping to use an area a bit more
>> familiar. The
>> DNR distributes free data for the Twin Cities metro area that could work
>> as well.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> >>> Paul Spencer <pspencer at DMSOLUTIONS.CA> 07/05/07 9:33 PM >>>
>> Would openstreetmap be good for this?
>>
>> Paul
>>
>> On 5-Jul-07, at 5:32 PM, Steve Lime wrote:
>>
>> > Hi folks: With AGG support, curved labels and such the need for a
>> > free, high quality dataset to test with and
>> > to use as part of a demo application. The old Itasca dataset isn't
>> > nearly comprehensive enough for this purpose.
>> > Of course, a mapfile to go with the dataset would be very useful as
>> > well.
>> >
>> > Does anyone have any interest in developing a reference data set
>> > like this?
>> >
>> > Steve
>>
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