WHATs NEW at the SDTS FTP Site Updated 4/17/97 Many directories are now tarred/zipped to ease downloading. The tools to untar and unzip are available in /pub/sdts/software/tools for those who might not have these installed already. (4/16/97) A new version of FIPS123 has been released-- Version 1.04. This contains many bug fixes---like cleaning up memory leaks. Makefiles for Unix and a SDTS Transfer to be used as test data are now included in the distribution. (4/14/97) FTP site cleanup -- files and directories that were no longer relevant have been deleted. The datasets on the site have been updated with the latest, when possible. (4/7/97) Many Powerpoint presentations that are used for SDTS training have been added to the Articles directory. ( 96) The SDTS Technical Users Manual was added to the Articles directory. ( 96) Many of the articles were converted to PDF format for distribution. ( 96) ===================== Minor modifications to the ANSI version of the SDTS documents has been posted to standard/latest_draft. (12/13/95) A new version of the SDTS-CSP, version 2.05, has been uploaded to: /pub/sdts/software/prelim/SDTS-CSP-2.05.tar.gz (12/11/95) A new version of the SDTS DEM Mount Saint Helens, Washington has been placed in /pub/sdts/datasets/raster/dem/MtStHelens. (12/11/95) Powerpoint files used at SDTS workshops have been added to the articles subdirectory. These presentations offer general SDTS information. (12/11/95) A new DRAFT copy of the SDTS standard is available, in standard/latest_draft. This version has been formatted according to the ANSI style guide. This version also includes SDTS Part 5, Raster Profile. NOTE: This version has NOT been approved for use; IT IS A DRAFT. This version is currently proceeding through the FIPS, ANSI and ISO approval process. (11/21/95) The SDTS FTP site has moved to a new location of sdts.er.usgs.gov (144.47.162.236) (06/14/96) and the mailing address is now: SDTS Task Force, MS 82121 U.S. Geological Survey 1400 Independence Road Rolla, MO 65401 and the internet mail box remains as: sdts@usgs.gov (7/5/95) DATA IS AVAILABLE !!! USGS 100K data is available in SDTS/TVP on the Internet. Visit the sales site at http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/doc/edchome/ndcdb/ndcdb.html or ftp://edcftp.cr.usgs.gov/pub/data/DLG/100K for data files. (6/20/95) The sample GRASS transfers have been updated to correct a few minor errors. A new "Streams" transfer is available. The sample TIGER transfers have been updated to correct a few minor errors. (12/20/94) The directory for conformance testing information has been reorganized and renamed from conf_test to conform. Tables which provide information on TVP field and subfield requirements for each module have been added. These are used by TVP conformance testing software and may be useful references for developers of SDTS encoders and decoders. (10/28/94) A World Wide Web (WWW) home page for SDTS is available for browsing at file://sdts.er.usgs.gov/pub/sdts/www/html/sdtshome.html (10/6/94) An SDTS TVP decoder and encoder for GRASS is available in directory ftp://moon.cecer.army.mil/grass/incoming. The following files are available: sdts.README - readme file sdts_uguide.ps - GRASS-SDTS User Guide, in Postscript format sdts.tar.Z - source code for GRASS-SDTS programs and FIPS 123 Library, man pages, sample SDTS datasets (10/6/94) Slightly modified versions of the DLG-3 SDTS transfers have been placed under sdts/datasets/tvp/dlg3. These correct a few minor problems. (10/6/94) Test points for conformance testing of Topological Vector Profile encoders and decoders are being developed. Test points for TVP transfers have been developed and testing software is currently under development. The final transfer test points and draft encoder and decoder test points can be found in the sdts/conf_test directory. Comments are welcome. (8/29/94) Sample datasets created with the GRASS public domain GIS have been placed under sdts/datasets/tvp/grass. (8/29/94) The Topological Vector Profile (TVP) has been completed. NIST will soon be printing a new version of the SDTS, FIPS 173-1, which includes the TVP as Part 4. The final version (version 1.0, dated June 10, 1994) can be found in the sdts/standard directory in files with names beginning with "part4". (Note that this version contains minor editorial changes to the December 20, 1993 version.) (6/16/94) The DLG-3 sample datasets under sdts/datasets/tvp/dlg3 have been updated. If you retrieved these datasets prior to 5/9/94 there may be a problem in how repeating fields are represented in spatial object modules. (5/9/94) Prototype DLG-E data sets have been developed and are located under sdts/datasets/tvp/dlge. (5/5/94) A new draft version of the Raster Profile (2/1/94 version) is located under sdts/standard in files named "rpfeb94". (3/25/94) There is a new release of the FIPS 123 Function Library, version 1.0.3 under sdts/software/fips123. (3/11/94)