World Wide GPS Coordinates
Some months ago, I was trying to figure out how I was going to carry all the data I needed with regards to locations on my world trip. I knew of the Calle website ( http://www.calle.com/world) which contains just about any place name on this blue spot, except for places in the US. The US is no big deal (you can use MS MapPoint), but to find exactly where Mahaxai is in Laos, you need things a bit more advanced.
I was able to burn a CD from the Calle website with all this info at a summary level (excluding the maps and underlying pages), around 560 Megs in all, or about 2.9 million place names world wide. The beauty is that each place name has a latitude and longitude. I can take the CD with me, as well as keep a data copy on my laptop (also coming on the trip). It works really sweet. Here’s a link to a demo on my website:
http://www.nohorizons.net/Argentina%20(Un).htm
I am not sure if I am doing anything illegal by copying this and using it for my own use or not. Anyone have an opinion?
Thanks,
Kevin
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Kevin
http://www.nohorizons.net
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