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Hi Emma
 
Two possible places to look for map and geospatial data beyond the UK: Go-Geo! International Search at http://www.gogeo.ac.uk/cgi-bin/intl.cgi; and OpenStreetmap at http://www.openstreetmap.org/. Additionally your students may be go to each of the countries and check whether they have similar national mapping organisations like Ordnance Survey in GB that are making their products freely available for everyone to reuse (http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/opendata/) under the government's open data agenda.
 
Hope this helps, Samuel.
 
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From: A forum for issues related to map & spatial data librarianship [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Emma Mires
Sent: 03 February 2011 12:01
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Subject: Accessing data outside of the UK

Hi All,

 

I have recently received a query from a group of architecture students whom as part of their course will be working on high resolution maps (or digital CAD files) of cities in Europe and Asia.  I know that the Digimap resource which we subscribe to does not extend beyond the UK, but I was wondering whether anyone on the list would know of any other resources which would enable them obtain data from these areas at all?

 

I would appreciate any assistance or advice you could offer on this.

 

Many thanks in advance.

Emma

 

 

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