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World Elevation and Seafloor Data
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on Thursday January 05, @01:26PM
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Vector One has a story on CleanTOPO2, a world elevation and seafloor data set. From the blog entry : CleanTOPO2 is a seafloor and world elevation dataset that has been cleaned. The improved version, through the work of Tom Patterson of the US National Park Service, is based on Shuttle Radar Topographic Mapping (SRTM30) data. It can be downloaded at Shadedrelief.com.
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