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From: [e-mail] (Brian Lucas)
Newsgroups: rec.travel,rec.answers,news.answers
Subject: Directory of travel information available via internet
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Date: 24 Dec 1993 10:00:03 GMT
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Summary: A list of internet information sources - mailing lists,
    ftp sites, listservs, etc - of interest to travellers.
Originator: [e-mail]
Xref: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu rec.travel:66486 rec.answers:3454 news.answers:16131

Archive-name: travel/online-info


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SOURCES OF ON-LINE TRAVEL INFORMATION
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Last revision: 04 December 1993

This is a list of online travel information resources available via the
internet.  Mail additions or corrections to [e-mail].
The instructions for obtaining copies of the documents listed here follow
the URL (Universal Resource Locator) format, which is basically
"method://site.name/filepath".

For example, "ftp://ftp.cc.umanitoba.ca/rec-travel/online-info" means
"do anonymous ftp to the site ftp.cc.umanitoba.ca, and get the file
rec-travel/online-info".  Gopher URLs do not always correspond to the menu
tree you see, so gopher information is listed twice wherever possible.



Airplane tickets, cheap
 ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-group/news.answers/travel/air/cheap-tickets
 http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu:80/hypertext/faq/usenet/travel/air/
 cheap-tickets/top.html

Beaches, clothing-optional
 ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-hierarchy/rec/nude/
 http://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-hierarchy/rec/nude/

Bookstores
 ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-hierarchy/rec/arts/books/*
 http://www.cis.ohio-state/hypertext/faq/usenet/books/stores.top.html

Caribbean Travel Roundup
 ftp://ftp.cc.umanitoba.ca/rec-travel/caribbean/travel-roundup
 file://ftp.cc.umanitoba.ca/rec-travel/www/CTR-Index.html
 CTR is a monthly newsletter published by Paul Graveline
 <[e-mail]>.  Back issues are available here.

CIA World Factbook
 ftp://ftp.uu.net/doc/literary/obi/World.Factbook/
 ftp://nz20.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de/pub/misc/cia_world_factbook_1992.Z
 ftp://relay.cs.toronto.edu/doc/geography/world-factbook.Z
 ftp://world.std.com/obi/World.Factbook/
 gopher://info.umd.edu:901/11/info/Government/Factbook92
 Gopher info.umd.edu...Desk Reference...1992 World...
 This includes such things as population stats, info about government
 (names of heads of state and so on), economy, U.S. embassies, and more.

Disneyland / Walt Disney World
 ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/rec.arts.disney/Disneyland_FAQ
 ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/rec.arts.disney/rec.arts.disney_FAQ,_part_2

Geographic Server
 telnet martini.eecs.umich.edu 3000
 You type in the name of a (USA) city and are rewarded with information
 such as population, latitude, longitude, elevation, zip code....  A few
 major cities outside the USA are included.

Green Travel / Eco-tourism mailing list
 ftp://igc.apc.org/pub/green.travel
 gopher://ecosys.drdr.Virginia.EDU:70/1/1/communication/travelarc
 For subscriptions mail to Marcus Endicott <[e-mail]>
 Green Travel <green.travel> is a public conference dedicated to
 environmentally and culturally responsible tourism.  Mailing-list echo,
 ftp and gopher archives of discussions.

Omni-Cultural Academic Resource
 ftp://ftp.stolaf.edu/gopher/Internet Resources/St. Olaf Sponsored
Mailing Lists/Omni-Cultural-Academic-Resource
 gopher://gopher.stolaf.edu:70/1/1/Internet Resources/St. Olaf
Sponsored Mailing Lists/Omni-Cultural-Academic-Resource
 OCAR is an archive intended to concentrate on 'foreign' (i.e. non-USA)
 culture.  Includes some general travel information in the directory
 'Going-Places'.  Maintained by Craig D. Rice <[e-mail]>.

Poland travel archive
 ftp://poniecki.berkeley.edu/pub/polish
 gopher://poniecki.berkeley.edu/1/1/archives/polish.archives
 Gopher poniecki.berkeley.edu...Archives...Polish...

rec.travel archives
 ftp://ftp.cc.umanitoba.ca/rec-travel/
 Contains 10+ MB of travelogues, guides, and FAQs written by people on
 the net.  Organized into directories by continent and country.

rec.travel.air FAQ:
 ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-hierarchy/rec/travel/air/

Restaurants, Vegetarian
 ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/vegetarian/guide

soc.culture.* FAQs:
 ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-hierarchy/soc/culture/
 Many of the soc.culture newsgroups have a FAQ which includes some travel
 information, or contact people.  Read the faq if you can, either by ftp,
 by reading the soc.culture newsgroup itself, or reading news.answers.
 Please restrain yourself from posting a request for information to the
 newsgroup before having read the FAQ and having spent a few days at least
 reading the traffic on the newsgroup to get a feel for appropriate topics.

TRAVEL-L mailing list
 A BITNET mailing list similar in goals to rec.travel.  To subscribe,
 send a mail message to [e-mail] consisting of the line:
 "subscribe travel-l firstname lastname", substituting your own first
 and last names.  Mailing list traffic is archived.  To get an index,
 send a mail message "index travel-l".  To get a file mailed to you,
 send a mail message "send travel-l log9111", subsituting the name of
 the log file you want.

Travelers' Tales Resource Center
 http://nearnet.gnn.com/mkt/travel/center.html
 A WWW index to travel information sources, inluding some of those mentioned
 in this list.  Service provided by O'Reilly & Associates.

U.S. State Department Travel Advisories
 ftp://ftp.stolaf.edu/pub/travel-advisories/
 gopher://gopher.stolaf.edu:70/1/1/Internet Resources/St. Olaf Sponsored
 Mailing Lists/US-State-Department-Travel-Advisories
 http://www.stolaf.edu/
 Send mail to [e-mail] for subscription requests

Weather
 telnet://downwind.sprl.umich.edu 3000
 No login name or password required but make sure you specify port 3000!
 U.S. and Canadian weather conditions, forecasts, skiing conditions,
 and marine forecasts.  Also current conditions (sky and temperature)
 for major cities worldwide, as well as earthquake and hurricane reports.




Thanks to the following people for helping compile this FAQ:
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Marcus Lucian Endicott <[e-mail]>
Pierre Flener <[e-mail]>
Craig D. Rice <[e-mail]>
Scott Yanoff <[e-mail]>
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The following is a quick description of how to use anonymous ftp.  The
site referred to is the travel archive at ftp.cc.umanitoba.ca, but the
same principles apply to any other site.


HOW TO USE ANONYMOUS FTP
------------------------

If you have ftp client software at your site, it's easy.  Try typing
"ftp ftp.cc.umanitoba.ca" and you should be told, after a short pause, that
you are connected and you'll be asked to enter your login name.  Type
"anonymous".  You'll be asked for a password; enter your email address.
You're logged in!  Type "cd rec-travel" to get to the rec.travel
archive directory.  Type "dir" or "ls" to list the files in the directory,
and type "get filename" to get a file you want.  Replace 'filename' with
the name of the file, of course: "get 00index", "get tourism-offices", etc.
There are several subdirectories; you can cd to them as well.  Type "cd
pacific" or any directory name, then "ls" the files and "get..." any files
you want.  When you're finished, type "quit".


FTP BY MAIL
-----------

If you can't ftp directly from your site (ask your local support staff first),
use an ftp-by-mail server.  ftpmail servers are located at:

  [e-mail]
  [e-mail]
  [e-mail]
  [e-mail]           <- see below for this server

Send an e-mail message to the closest address, with the lines:

reply [e-mail]     <- replace with your real email address
connect ftp.cc.umanitoba.ca
ascii
get rec-travel/00index
quit

You can "get" any file in the archive this way.  You can also include the
line "ls" to list the files in any directory and "cd" to change directory.
For complete instructions, send a one-line message "help" to the server.

BITNET users, send a one-line message "help" to [e-mail] to
find out your best option.


FTP BY MAIL FROM AUSTRALIA
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The ftpmail server at [e-mail] (University of Wollongong)
uses different commands from those above.  Your request should look like:

HOST ftp.cc.umanitoba.ca
GET rec-travel/00index rec-travel/north_america/canada/ontario/toronto

You can have as many filenames as you want on the line, but you can have
only one GET command per message.  You can also list the available files
by including a line "DIR directory-name-1 directory-name-2 ..."; again,
you can have as many directory-names on the line as you want but only one
DIR command per message.  Files are returned as unix shell archives; if you
want the plain uuencoded versions, include a line "PLAINMAIL" in your
message.  Files are always uuencoded and large files are sent in multiple
parts.  Send the message "HELP" for more information.
--
Brian Lucas                   Just once, I'd like to meet someone on the
<[e-mail]>    net who *does* speak for their company....
<[e-mail]>