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8 Aug 2024 22:15:30 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Elevation maps for cities?  
From: Christoph Hormann
Date: 15 Sep 2000 12:26:18
Message: <39C24DAB.C7FC5525@schunter.etc.tu-bs.de>
Jerry wrote:
> 
> Are there any elevation maps available for cities, where the elevation
> data includes the buildings?
> 

Probably not, such a high resolution would require obtaining them from stereo
air photographs, and doing this in city areas with high buildings would probably
not lead to usable results.

> 
> Looking mainly for San Diego and Los Angeles.
> 
> And what do "1 degree", "30 minute", "10 minute", and "5 minute" mean?
> Can they be directly translated into feet/meters/kilometers?
> 
> Jerry

That means degrees of geographical coordinates, translation to km depends on
geographical latitude.  minutes are parts of degrees (1 degree=60 minutes)

Christoph

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Christoph Hormann <chr### [at] gmxde>
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