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08 February 2006

MACDEM - Digital Elevation Model Sources

http://www.treeswallow.com/macdem/sources.html
DEM Files - Where to Get Them

Format Resolution Coverage
Seamless (below) 1 arcsec (~30 m)
1/3 arcsec (~10 m) U.S.
1-degree DEM (below) 3 arcsec (~100 m) U.S.
7.5-minute DEM (below) 30 m U.S.
DTED Level 0 (below) 30 arcsec (~1 km) Worldwide
GTOPO30 (USGS) 30 arcsec (~1 km) Worldwide
GLOBE (NOAA) 30 arcsec (~1 km) Worldwide
TerrainBase (NOAA)
(get .bin and .hdr file) varies Worldwide
.....


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03 February 2006

The Tiger's Trail - a 21st c. smuggling route from India to eastern Tibet

http://www.tibetinfonet.net/updates/2006/3101.htm
TibetInfoNet - www.tibetinfonet.net, Germany
Site contents:
* Introduction;
* The geography of the trade in skins of tigers and leopards;
* Operators of the trade - 1. Couriers and traders;
* Operators of the trade - 2. The syndicates;
* 'Prosperity' and the reinvention of traditions;
* PR and environmental protection - Is the tiger the winner?;
* Footnotes.

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