[PLUG] GIS/Mapping Newbie - needs help.

[Rich Shepard]

On Tue, 10 Jun 2003, Jeme A Brelin wrote:

> Why don't the MANY public agencies that compile and use this kind of data
> make it available to the public?

  They do. Some charge, others don't. Oregon provides a ton of data for
free. Washington sells it through DNR (Dept. of Natural Resources). Nevada
and Idaho sell their data, too.

  At the County level you'll pay for the data. Every county now has its own
GIS, complete with staff.

  We pay for water, sewage, roads and education all provided by "guv'mint"
so why not spatial data?

Rich

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