map catalogue
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topo


GLOBE color
GLOBEcolor_fast.jpg
2048 x 1024 pixels (476 K)
Assembled from National Geophysical Data Centre's 
"2 minute bathymetry/topography image selector". 
The topographic data is from the GLOBE project, and most of
the bathymetric data is from Smith and Sandwell.
(reduced to 2048 pixels horizontal resolution)
GLOBE color BIG
GLOBEcolor_slow.jpg
4096 x 2048 pixels (1542 K)
Assembled from National Geophysical Data Centre's 
"2 minute bathymetry/topography image selector". 
The topographic data is from the GLOBE project, and most of
the bathymetric data is from Smith and Sandwell.
GLOBE purple
GLOBErelief_fast.jpg
2000 x 1000 pixels (251 K)
Global Land One-kilometer Base Elevation (GLOBE)
"The GLOBE project has developed a 1-km gridded, quality-controlled global Digital Elevation Model (DEM)."
Taken from ftp://ftp.ngdc.noaa.gov/GLOBE_DEM/pictures/ (filename was GLOBALeb6colshadesmall.jpg).
(reduced to 2000 pixels horizontal resolution)
GLOBE purple BIG
GLOBErelief_slow.jpg
5400 x 2700 pixels (2112 K)
Global Land One-kilometer Base Elevation (GLOBE)
"The GLOBE project has developed a 1-km gridded, quality-controlled global Digital Elevation Model (DEM)."
Taken from ftp://ftp.ngdc.noaa.gov/GLOBE_DEM/pictures/ (filename was GLOBALeb6colshadesmall.jpg).
USGS map
USGS.jpg
1440 x 720 pixels (282 K)
From JPL's maps of the solar system.
Data Source: unknown (topo + land/ocean?)
Creator: USGS
Nice topo-like map colored by land/ocean from the USGS.
CAIDA map
caida.jpg
1280 x 640 pixels (142 K)
Taken from XGlobe & XPlanet Maps, which says:
Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis (CAIDA) at http://www.caida.org. (Taken from http://hum.amu.edu.pl/~zbzw/glob/glob7d.htm).
ocean crust age
crust-age.jpg
1528 x 764 pixels (213 K)
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Extracted from an image on this page at the NGDC. "These images were produced by the National Geophysical Data Center's Marine Geology & Geophysics Division using data compiled by R. Dietmar Muller, et al., currently at the University of Sydney. Data are available for free download from the authors' WWW Pages along with descriptive material and publication references."

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