The only thing better than a map is a free map. NASA is giving away some seriously awesome free maps generated by the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM). Topography maps mean no state boundary lines, interstate divisions, or channel markers. They’re just the most richly detailed reliefs of North America I’ve ever seen.
The full TIFF version of the maps weighs in at a whopping 130.7MB. A smaller 11.37MB JPEG version still looks great. As a special bonus, NASA has a map that highlights the Mexican crater from the meteor many think killed off the dinosaurs.
You mentioned that the full download was 208Meg. The main site shows the big tiff as 130Meg. Is there a bigger map, or did I read that wrong?
Not Sure where it went! that is what I downloaded the other day, they either changed it or something sneaked in with it. Hmmm maybe I’ll download it again and see whats up.
Heidi-Ann
* Windows 2000, XP Home, or XP Professional
* Intel Pentium 3 1 ghz or AMD Athlon or higher
* 256 MB of RAM
* 3D Graphics Card
o nVidia GeForce 2 Ultra
o ATI Radeon 7500
o Intel Extreme Graphics 2
* DSL / Cable connection or faster
* 2 GB of disk space
but a lot of Fun play with this peace of Software.
Been looking for something like this.
no way would i get this picture otherwise