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    2 There is support for satellite images from the NASA now!
    3 You need GpsDrive version >=2.08
    4 
    5 To get the maps you have 2 choices:
    6 
    7 The new maps can be found at:
    8 
    9 21600x21600 East Hemisphere
   10   ftp://veftp.gsfc.nasa.gov/bluemarble/land_shallow_topo_east.tif
   11 
   12 21600x21600 West Hemisphere
   13   ftp://veftp.gsfc.nasa.gov/bluemarble/land_shallow_topo_west.tif
   14 
   15 
   16 ======================================================================
   17 1) From the original site (only gzip compressed)
   18 
   19 Goto 
   20 http://mirrors.arsc.edu/nasa/Blue_Marble_2002/
   21 
   22 If you are west, download 
   23   MOD09A1.W.interpol.cyl.retouched.topo.3x21600x21600.gz 
   24 
   25 if you are east, download
   26   MOD09A1.E.interpol.cyl.retouched.topo.3x21600x21600.gz 
   27 
   28 If you are in England or West Europe, you need both files, 
   29 because they have to overlap.
   30 
   31 
   32 
   33 2) Download it via ED2k Link (bzip2 compressed):
   34 
   35 ed2k://|file|top_nasamap_east.raw.bz2|379972653|7312437945bd47ccf0b2a0c3452d5836|/
   36 ed2k://|file|top_nasamap_west.raw.bz2|226307352|13ab6e8a6e014fa23bb83db25855bb71|/
   37 
   38 This files have a uncompressed size of 1.4GB each and are in raw RGB format.
   39 The bzip2 compressed files are 363MB (east) and 216MB (west) in size.
   40 
   41 
   42 3) Check if files are available from geotorrent.org
   43    http://www.geotorrent.org/
   44 
   45 ======================================================================
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   47 
   48 How to install the maps:
   49 
   50 create a directory ~/.gpsdrive/nasamaps
   51 unzip the files (gunzip filename)
   52 
   53 Move the file(s) into this directory and rename it
   54 
   55 rename MOD09A1.E.*   to top_nasamap_east.raw 
   56 and/or
   57 rename MOD09A1.W.*   to top_nasamap_west.raw
   58 
   59 You can use this maps with GpsDrive >=2.08pre7
   60 
   61 
   62 
   63 The smaller maps (1280x1024) which GpsDrive needs, are created on the
   64 fly from this maps (which have a resolution of 21600*21600). So you
   65 get a map for every position on the world.
   66 
   67 To see the map, you have to select "Topo map" in the "Shown map type"
   68 field and perhaps unselect "Street map".
   69 
   70 MAP OF THE WORLD
   71 ================
   72 
   73 GpsDrive >=2.08 includes now the file top_GPSWORLD.jpg which is
   74 shown if you use GpsDrive the first time and no maps are downloaded
   75 yet.
   76 
   77 To use this map at a later time, copy it into your maps directory,
   78 
   79 RENAME it i.e to top_world.jpg
   80 and add this entry to your map_koord.txt file:
   81 
   82 top_world.jpg 0.00000 0.00000 88226037
   83 
   84 or for german locale (and all that have a comma as decimal point):
   85 top_world.jpg 0,00000 0,00000 88226037
   86 
   87 
   88 From the map source:
   89 ====================
   90 
   91 You find the project page at
   92 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/BlueMarble/
   93 
   94 When using these datasets please give credits to:
   95 -------------------------------------------------
   96 Author: 
   97 Reto Stöckli, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, <stockli (at) cyberlink.ch>
   98 
   99 Address of correspondance:
  100 Reto Stöckli                    Phone:  +41 (0)1 271 8463
  101 NASA GSFC/ SSAI                 Email:  stockli (at) cyberlink.ch
  102 Landenbergstr. 16a              Web:    http://visibleearth.nasa.gov
  103 8037 Zürich Switzerland                 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov
  104 
  105 Supervisors: 
  106 Fritz Hasler and David Herring, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
  107 
  108 Funding:
  109 This project was realized under the SSAI subcontract 2101-01-027 (NAS5-01070)
  110