[PLUG] Mapinfo and other GIS on Linux...

[Russell Senior]

>>>>> "Roderick" == Roderick A Anderson <raanders at acm.org> writes:

Russell> What I really want to see is demo of taking some useful,
Russell> available data like a USGS DEM, and doing something
Russell> interesting and cool with it, like visualizing a topography.
Russell> I've seen some really cool screen shots, but have no idea how
Russell> to reproduce them.  Such a demo would give me a clue about
Russell> operational details.

Roderick> If your wallet can take the hit there is a very excellent
Roderick> book out now.  Translated from German but very few 'odd'
Roderick> sentences.  [...]

... and the name of the book is???  Was it _Open Source GIS: A GRASS
GIS Approach_?  If so, I have it already.  

I want to see someone download a DEM (that I am interested in) and
plot it.  I couldn't find that example in the book.


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