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diff --git a/geography/xrmap/DESCR b/geography/xrmap/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..a82bf1d06e5 --- /dev/null +++ b/geography/xrmap/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +Xrmap is an GPL'd user-friendly X program which can be used to generate +accurate images of small or bigger portions of the Earth. The main data +source is the CIA World Data Bank II. +The CIA_WDB2 consists of vector descriptions of coastlines and islands, +political boundaries, major and minor rivers, glaciers, lakes, canals, +reefs, etc. The accuracy of the data is at best 1" of arc, approximately +30 meters at the Equator -- in fact all recorded points are given by +integer coordinates representing seconds of arc. |