Better Looking Maps

[Sandeep Bashyal]

On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 21:30:52 -0600, Don Drake <dondrake at GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> I've been working with Mapserver for the last few months and I like
> what it can do when displaying my data stored in a PostGIS db.
>
> What I need is the maps to look more presentable.  My maps cover the
> USA and I need road data, city data, airport data, etc.  The road data
> really needs all streets, not just major highways.
>
> Can you provide some example of making better looking symbols?
>
> I have some data I've found on some USGS sites, but it's lacking
> detail when zoomed to the street-level.  Is there a place that has
> this in a .shp file?
>
> Any commercial mapserver alternatives that would run on Linux?
>
> Thanks.
>
> -Don
>
>

I don't know what level of accuracy you require but the ESRI website has downloadable Census 2000 TIGER/Line data in shapefile format for free.

http://www.esri.com/data/download/census2000_tigerline/



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