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Date: Sat, 11 Feb 1995 19:24:42 -0500 (EST)
From: Marc Delsoin <marc@escape.com>
To: Enrique.A.Gamez@ccmail.jpl.nasa.gov
cc: psmetani@dgbat02.er.usgs.gov, lightwave-l@netcom.com
Subject: Re: USGS and Vista Pro
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My 2 cents on this one is go for it. I would like everyone to have acces
to all of the files.
On 9 Feb 1995 Enrique.A.Gamez@ccmail.jpl.nasa.gov wrote:
> Question: Since the USGS is a government arm, this data should
> essentially be FREE. I know this because anything I develop as I work
> for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and gov't sponsored is in the public
> domain.
>
> I believe it should be legal to upload, for example, USGS DEM maps to
> Tomahawk's ftp site. Heck, if several of us got together with someone
> that could read those VAX tapes, we could purchase a whole state's
> worth of DEM maps in bulk for a mere pittance. One $ per file
> perhaps? And have them available for all to use from Tomahawk.
>
> Any comments?