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Re: quick question to get me started on mapping [message #72130]

Fri, 06 August 2010 09:03

mankoff
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On Aug 6, 8:44 am, a <oxfordenergyservi...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> Any idea if there are more detailed datasets out there that I can for
> example
>
> ; Overplot coastline data:
> MAP_CONTINENTS, /CITIES, COLOR=black
>
> or some topographic color data so the maps look more professional?
>
> And if the xyouts are too close to each other then the text overlaps.
> I imagine writing something to stop this is going to be pretty hard
> unless it exists already?
>
> Cheers
>
> Russ

It exists in the form of Google Earth. Put your data there, and if
things are clustered together GE will take care of it. You can also
use their Level of Detail so that things (dis)appear at a given zoom
level(s).

-k.

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