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--On Saturday, March 10, 2001 9:10 AM -0600 Tom Whittaker <tomw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
... Also, as Ugo said, consider using Shapefiles. At least in the US, the National Weather Service has made available very high resolution map bases. I don't know what they might have posted for the rest of the world...I'll again have to wait until I go back to work, since the URL of their site is on my computer there...
The NWS catalog is at http://Isl715.nws.noaa.gov/mapdata/newcat/ It looks to me as though their coverage is limited primarily to the U.S., with some data for off-shore regions + Canada & Mexico. Dave
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