I don't have any objection to paying a reasonable fee--$16 seems a bit much for charts when topos are only $4. It's like paying a reasonable $2-5 launch fee at a public facility. There's no reason every taxpayer should pay to subsidize my full use of the facility. However, when my tax dollars ARE going into construction, upkeep, and maintenance of a facility, I would rail at having to pay the full value of my use, each time I use it. I hate paying $12 for a National Park campsite. Especially after I've already paid the entrance fee, and my tax dollars go into NPS coffers. NPS budgets have increased exponentially in the past decade, but services haven't increased at the same rate--bureaucracy has. In Glacier NP near where I live, there used to be 2.5 winter staffers...now there are close to 20--and the park is mostly closed then. I don't get it. >It is my personal opinion that NOAA should distribute >them in a raster format (tiff, jpeg?) for free. I agree--the free downloads at Mapserver are too low-rez. I wouldn't even object to a $5/map fee for a high-quality download. Paying someone $200 is too much for my hard-earned dollar, though. >Unfortunately my opinion is irrelevent on this matter. Singularly, maybe yes...but there are probably tens of thousands of people who feel the same way we do. It would torque me worse if I were a British citizen--even their tidal harmonics are Crown property. sheesh! Shawn Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Jun 07 2002 - 07:44:20 PDT
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