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Most Complete Topographical Map of Earth Complete

Posted by timothy on from the please-suggest-applications-below dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Kudos to NASA and the Japanese trade ministry for mapping 99% of the Earth's surface, surpassing their previous effort, with which the new data will be amalgamated. Apparently, the data will be free to download and use."

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  1. Re:Original Sources by tunapez · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Oh yeah, I see it now. Buried amidst the "See Also" and "Top Stories" noise. After a quick Goog, 1st NASA page announcing their new wonderful project available for download doesn't even link to the download page.
    lols

    Good thing they did not put the link in the story, that would have just been straight-up asinine.

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