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  • The Bay Area Shared Information Consortium (BASIC) is a California Incorporated 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization located in San Jose, California, USA, serving the San Francisco Bay Area and Monterey Bay Region of California, USA. The BASIC is a NASA Earth Science Information Partner (ESIP) Type III. The primary focus for the BASIC is applied Earth science and area and regional geographic data distribution. BASIC provides geographic information to users of the World Wide Web through our BASIC On-line Service (BOLS), "http://www.basic.org". DATA SETS: BASIC Data Sets Coverage: San Francisco Bay Area & Monterey Bay Region, CA, USA BASIC Data Set Temporal Coverage (approximate): 1981-2001 These data sets are available for preview via the BADGER Map Browser on BASIC's web site, "http://www.basic.org": * BADGER USGS Digital Orthophoto Quarter Quadrants (DOQQ), San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA * BADGER Wildflower TOPO! Topographic Maps, San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA * BADGER USGS DEMs, San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA * BADGER USGS DLGs, San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA * BADGER NOAA GCPs, San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA Note: BADGER refers to the Bay Area Digital Geo Resource Project which ended August 1997. The BADGER data sets are also available online (in limited data formats) at: "http://badger.parl.com/". The BASIC can provide the data in additional formats & offline media (CD, DAT, ZIP). A descriptive reference of these data sets is available under the Geodata Product listing on BASIC's web site: "http://www.basic.org/products.html" * Cupertino/CA High Resolution, High Resolution Aerial Orthophotos, * Cupertino, CA, USA San Jose/CA High Accuracy, High Accuracy DEM & * Orthophotos, San Jose, CA, USA Special restrictions may apply to BASIC?s satellite data, please inquire, email: geodata@basic.org, regarding: * Landsat 7 SF/CA, San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA * IKONOS SF/CA,San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA Custom GPS Data Sets (BASIC can create custom GPS data sets within the SF Bay Area, CA, USA): * Shoreline Trails MV/CA, GPS of trails at Shoreline Park, Mountain View, CA, USA SERVICES (GIS, GPS, Education, Applied Earth science): EARTH SCIENCE SERVICES > Data Analysis And Visualization * Calibration/Validation * Geographic Information Systems * Global Position Systems * Statistical Applications * Visualization/Image Processing EARTH SCIENCE SERVICES > Data Handling * Archiving * Cataloging * Data Search And Retrieval * Interoperability > Reformatting * Media Transfer * Subsetting/Supersetting * Transformation/Conversion EARTH SCIENCE SERVICES > Education/outreach -- (see GISTEP, "http://www.basic.org/body_gistep.html") * Curriculum Support > Background Information * Interactive Programs > Web-based CONTACT INFO: To contact the Bay Area Shared Information Consortium (BASIC): Mailing Address: 650 N. Winchester Blvd., Suite #4, San Jose, CA 95128 USA Phone: (408) 345-1570 Fax: (408) 345-1571 Web site:"http:// www.basic.org" Email: geodata@basic.org Note: BASIC's individual DIFs (for data sets) & SERFs (for services) are in progress. (en)

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