diablo.UUCP!cboesel (Charles Boesel) writes:  >Is there an FTP archive for United States Geological Services (USGS) >terrain data? If so, where?  Point your gopher client at merlot.welch.jhu.edu  and select the following directories:   -->  13. Search and Retrieve Software/     -->  8.  Search and Retrieve Graphics Software and Data/   And you'll see -      -->  1.  Graphics Online Bibliography (ACM SIGGRAPH)/       2.  Graphics Software and Data Archives (ftp sites)/       3.  Search All Graphics Information <?>       4.  Search Comp.graphics FAQ <?>       5.  Search Graphics Resources (Software and Data) <?>       6.  Search Pictures Utilities FAQ <?>             1.  Graphics Online Bibliography (ACM SIGGRAPH)/                Searches and archives of bibliographic database that covers               graphics literature for over a hundred years (served               by a gopher hole in Austria).             2.  Graphics Software and Data Archives (ftp sites)/                 Has links to over 70 sites around the world which               have software and/or data for computer graphics.               This can be used on its own or as a companion to the               searches found in this directory which will point you               toward software and data at various places.                             3.  Search All Graphics Information <?>           4.  Search Comp.graphics FAQ <?>           5.  Search Graphics Resources (Software and Data) <?>           6.  Search Pictures Utilities FAQ <?>                            These searches contain a wealth of information about               computer graphics, data, software, techniques etc...                3.  Search All Graphics Information <?>                     Will simply search all of the information contained                   in searches 4, 5, and 6.                4.  Search Comp.graphics FAQ <?>                    Lets you search the FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)                   from the Comp.graphics newsgroup compiled by John                   Grieggs at the JPL.                5.  Search Graphics Resources (Software and Data) <?>                    Lets you search the Grpahics Resource Listing of                   software and data provided by Nick Fotis at the                   National Technical Univ. of Athens.                6.  Search Pictures Utilities FAQ <?>                    Lets you search the FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)                   from the Alt.binaries.pixutils newsgroup compiled by                   Jim Howard at Cadence.   Select:   -->  3.  Search All Graphics Information <?>  And search for:  usgs   And you'll find out some information about USGS data availability.  Now select:     -->  2.  Graphics Software and Data Archives (ftp sites)/  and you might find the following interesting:     -->  12. Cartographic data - USGS data (Xerox)/     -->  42. Mapgen/Plotgen and more (USGS)/     -->  68. USGS Weekly Seismicity Reports (including maps - GIF)/     -->  68. USGS Earth Science Data Directory/              (This actually is a database of available data - search               it for terrain - could prove quite useful.)  One other place to look is only available by anonymous ftp at the moment -   US Geological Survey Maps  -  isdres.er.usgs.gov (130.11.48.2).   If you've never heard of gopher don't worry it's free and on the net, write me a note if you'd like information on how to get started.   Best of luck,  Dan Jacobson  danj@welchgate.welch.jhu.edu