Re: [Paddlewise] FW: Copying legally . . .

From: R. Walker <rww_at_mailbox.neosoft.com>
Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 18:07:06 +0000
> Do you have any idea how big a file a scanned two-foot by three-foot
> chart would require at 300 dpi? A quick calculation shows that to be
> 77,760,000 pixels!

Which is why USGS has their topos distributed on CDROM, not the
web.  Maybe a day will come when the internet can push a 77 meg
file for individual use, but we are a ways away from that.

Besides at $3 or so a copy, CDROM is the correct distribution and
storage method for such files.
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