re is there an ftp achive for usgs terrain data diablo uucp cboesel charles boesel writes is there an ftp archive for united states geological services usgs terrain data if so where point your gopher client at merlot welch jhu edu and select the following directories search and retrieve software search and retrieve graphics software and data and you ll see graphics online bibliography acm siggraph graphics software and data archives ftp sites search all graphics information search comp graphics faq search graphics resources software and data search pictures utilities faq graphics online bibliography acm siggraph searches and archives of bibliographic database that covers graphics literature for over a hundred years served by a gopher hole in austria graphics software and data archives ftp sites has links to over sites around the world which have software and or data for computer graphics this can be used on its own or as a companion to the searches found in this directory which will point you toward software and data at various places search all graphics information search comp graphics faq search graphics resources software and data search pictures utilities faq these searches contain a wealth of information about computer graphics data software techniques etc search all graphics information will simply search all of the information contained in searches and search comp graphics faq lets you search the faq frequently asked questions from the comp graphics newsgroup compiled by john grieggs at the jpl search graphics resources software and data lets you search the grpahics resource listing of software and data provided by nick fotis at the national technical univ of athens search pictures utilities faq lets you search the faq frequently asked questions from the alt binaries pixutils newsgroup compiled by jim howard at cadence select search all graphics information and search for usgs and you ll find out some information about usgs data availability now select graphics software and data archives ftp sites and you might find the following interesting cartographic data usgs data xerox mapgen plotgen and more usgs usgs weekly seismicity reports including maps gif usgs earth science data directory this actually is a database of available data search it for terrain could prove quite useful one other place to look is only available by anonymous ftp at the moment us geological survey maps isdres er usgs gov if you ve never heard of gopher don t worry it s free and on the net write me a note if you d like information on how to get started best of luck dan jacobson danj welchgate welch jhu edu johns hopkins university
