--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
