Both the coordinate and the rectangular graphical method are working fine
today, though as Jerry notes the initial drawing of the map before you zoom
is very slow. Always has been so far as I know.
73, Pete N4ZR
At 10:12 AM 3/26/2009, K4SAV wrote:
>I just tried it. Its working but it's moving at the speed of dial-up
>for loading the pages. You may have to allow pop-ups for the website,
>at least temporarily.
>
>Jerry, K4SAV
>
>Here are the steps I used:
>
>1. Website: http://seamless.usgs.gov/index.php
>2. press: "View and Download United States Data"
>3. wait - it took a long time to load this page, don't know why
>4. Under Elevation, make sure NED Shaded Relief 1 arc second is checked,
> also GTOP060 Color Shaded Relief is checked
>5. under Downloads press: "Define Download Area by Coordinates"
>6. In new window, enter box for coordinates. Replace SS.SS with 0
>(that's a zero)
> In the past I have found that if you add an area that is too large,
>the system will hang.
> I used a box 12 by 12 arc minutes.
>7. press: "Add Area"
>8. In new window: press "Modify Data Request"
>9. wait, it's slow to load. There should be a progress bar at the
>bottom of the page.
>10. New window, scroll down and change ArcGrid to GeoTiff, make sure
>NED 1 arc second is selected
>11. Scroll to bottom of page and press: "Save Changes & Return to Summary"
>12. wait - it's slow to load the page
>13. Now back to the down load page, press "Download"
>14 wait, New window, wait - My download didn't start automatically. I
>had to press the "here" link to retrieve it
>15. Then I get the pop-up to save the file to a location.
>-----------------
>
>Dubovsky, George wrote:
> > Has anyone successfully downloaded map information (for HFTA) in GeoTIFF
> > format from seamless.usgs.gov recently, like this week? I have been
> > trying all week to get a download, but the process always hangs at the
> > same place. I have tried IE7 and Firefox, on two different networks. The
> > opening page of the usgs site mentions download difficulties in BIL and
> > GridFloat formats (whatever they are), but they say nothing about
> > GeoTIFF. I can download in the standard ArcGrid format every time, but I
> > don't think I can use the info in that format. I talked to a fellow at
> > usgs in CO, I have sent an inquiry to the server folks in SD, but so
> > far, no joy.
> >
> >
> >
> > Any hints?
> >
> >
> >
> > 73,
> >
> >
> >
> > geo - n4ua
> >
> >
>
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