Raster to vector conversion

My scanner will only scan in bitmap, grayscale, or color. I would like to scan a line art and wind up with a vector image. I can scan bitmap at 2400 dpi but the file is huge. Is there any way to scan the image and then convert it to vector?

John,
Two options:
1. Use the raster image as the basis for a redraw with the Pen Tool and possibly other tools depending on shape.
2. Try Autotrace/Live Trace first, and then use the raster image as the basis for a redraw with the Pen Tooland possibly other tools depending on shape.

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Matching Raster and Vector RGB color in InDesign CS3.

We print on a Durst Lambda RGB imaging device to photographic paper. All color management is done as an early bind (raster files are converted to the printer's color space and vector colors are chosen from a palette database). So basically the files must go through InDesign without any color change in raster or vector information. We have clients that require specific RGB builds for logo colors the are present in both their raster and vector files.
Color Management is set to "North American General Purpose 2" with "RGB: Preserve Embedded Profiles" selected.
1) The file is exported as a PDF 1.4, High Quality, PDF/X_None.
2) The PDF was ripped on a Cheetah RIP (Jaws level 3) with no color management on.
3) Solid raster colors such as 0-255-0 will reproduce as 0-255-1.
4) The color differences between the raster and vector are usually 1-4 points.
5) The vector is consistent as was input in the programit's only the raster that changes. When you are trying to match raster and vectors logo colors it is a killer.
However, I can go into the InDesign (or Illustrator) color settings and turn color management off (This is our current workflow). In doing this the RGB working space uses the monitor profile and "color management policies" are set to OFF. With these settings the RGB raster and vector match. The problem with this work flow is two fold:
1) We have other devices than our RGB Durst Lambda that can use the InDesign color managementVutek flat bed 3200 and grand format 3360.
2) We have had many occurrences where the custom "color management off" settings have reverted back to the default "North American General Purpose 2"without any intervention.
I have tried this with different RIP's with the same results.
Does anyone have an idea to create a simple PDF workflow and keep the color information consistent?
Program: InDesign CS3 5.0.2
Platform: Mac OS 10.5.2
Computer: G5 tower with 4 gigs of RAM

I believe that setting is an old Illustrator setting that has been saved to effectively turn the color management off. The monitor profile effects the image displayedit doesn't effect the color transform.
Anyway, the color management I want to use is the "North American General Purpose 2".
To reiterate:
The procedure:
1) The file is exported as a PDF 1.4, High Quality, PDF/X_None.
2) The PDF was ripped on a Cheetah RIP (Jaws level 3) with no color management on.
The Problem:
3) Solid raster colors such as 0-255-0 will reproduce as 0-255-1It changes from the original raster color placed in InDesign.
4) The color differences between the raster and vector are usually 1-4 points.
5) The vector is consistent as was input in the programit's only the raster that changes. When you are trying to match raster and vectors logo colors it is a killer.
To summarize, the color of the raster file will change from the original that was place into the documenteven though nothing was selected in InDesign that would change the color (i.e. profile conversion to an output profile or a transparency effect used). The change is slightbut there.

Raster and vector..Photoshop to Illustrator

I created a logo in Photoshop (it is now a raster image), now need to enlarge it and have it printed on Tshirts and signs. Can I transfer it to Illustrator making it a Vector file, or does it need to be created in Illustrator to be a Vector file?

Kristi,
The difference between raster and vector graphics is far more than just resolution dependence. That's just one aspect. Just as important--even moreso in textile screen printing--is that vector artwork is built from objects. This makes all the difference in the world wihen it comes to practical production needs for "logos" and for screen printing.
For example: Okay, suppose the raster image of the "logo" is oversampled enough to avoid pixelation (which is actually less of an issue with screen printing) when enlarged to the size needed for the T-shirt. Someone's making a blunderbuss statement like "you can then color separate it" isn't even beginning to think through the practical requirements of the reproduction process. Yes, you can print color separations from a raster image. But what kind of separations do you get? Assuming a CMYK or RGB raster image, you'll get halftone dots. Halftone dots are inherently problematic in screen printing. Most common screen printing assumes line art and spot color, not contone art separated to halftones.
There are methods for creating raster artwork in Photoshop which will result in color separations suitable for spot color and screen printing separations, but it's far more involved than just designing in CMYK or RGB and then making some automagic "conversion." It requires just as much forethought and understanding of the process as building it correctly as vector artwork.
To advise you correctly, one has to know more about the specific situation in question regarding the specific original artwork and the capabilities of the screen printing house re halftones and color separations.
A similar set of considerations apply to signs (which you also mention.)
Trust me: If your focus is "logos" destined for screen printing and/or signage, and you intend to make it your standard workflow to create the original artwork in Photoshop and then use Illustrator as some kind of automagic "conversion" utility when you think you need vector graphics--then you are very much barking up the wrong tree, and are creating untold problems for yourself before you even start.
JET

Find raster Image & Vector image in adobe indesign using apple script?

Find raster Image & Vector image in adobe indesign using apple script?

Find raster Image & Vector image in adobe indesign using apple script?

Raster to Vector help with Live Trace

Hello All,
When I convert a raster to vector with Live Trace the result is great but I want to reduce the number of points so I get less layers when I import it into Painter. Can anyone advise on how to do this?
Rayne

Jacob Bugge wrote:
I know nothing about Painter. Is it from the same company as is Worst?
Jacob...
Shame! I would have thought that, at the very least, you knew that Painter existed! Oh! Woe is the world, woe is the world!!

Photoshop Script Black and White Raster to Vector

I do not have AI Adobe for I do not want to spend the money and have to learn an other complex Adobe application. I'm no artist either. However at rimes I wanted to have AI live trace feature to change black and white line drawing into vector graphics. AI creates EPS files with embedded vectors. And can export the vector to Photoshop. Though Photoshop opens EPS as raster layers I find that EPS file created from tracing black and white lines and artwork with programs like potrace that use curves to create black vector shapes. That when these are opened in Photoshop as Black layer with transparency. When these layers transparency are loaded as a selection and the selections converted to path. I find the path are extremely good.
Potrace is a cross platform open source program packages available for many operating systems. Windows (32 bit) and (64 bit), Mac OS X (Intel), Mac OS X (universal),Linux (32 bit) and (64 bit), Linux (Alpha), Linux (Sparc64), Sun Solaris (Sparc), Sun Solaris (i386), Sun Solaris (x86_64), FreeBSD (i386), NetBSD (i386), OpenBSD (i386), AIX and AROS (i386). Potrace is a command line command. So it can be use started with options and passed a file from bat files and scripts. Potrace requires No instillation. All the needed potrace requited files just need to be place into a folder and potrace run from that folder as the current directory.
So a created a Photoshop script that more or less uses potrace like a Photoshop Plug. The script define a custom shape for the current active document using potrace and add a new shape layer using the new defined custom shape as the top layer. The script also toggle off the other visible layers so you just see the shape layer. You can use alt click on the shape layer visibility icon to toggle the other layer visibility so you can see how well it matches the document.
I'm a windows user so the Photoshop script I wrote though in javascript will most likely only run on a windows platform because of my use of windows features its command line start command and file system conventions. I'm quite sure a Mac variant could created. Here is screen capture showing how well the defile shape matches up and a link to the script. You would need to download potrace to use it and fix the vars in the script that point to potrace. http://www.mouseprints.net/old/dpr/potrace.jsx

Good day!
Please check out the chapter "Automation" in the Reference.
If the task can be recorded as a plain Action it can be applied to multiple Files for example via File > Automate > Batch or File > Scripts > Image Processor.
Regards,
Pfaffenbichler

Enlarging raster vs vector Objects

as i understand it vector objects should enlarge without losses, while
raster objects pixilate on enlargement.
In this image
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/6178/triangleswithrastercz0.gif the
top triangle is raster. The bottom one is vector. Otherwise the two
are identical. I stretched both about 15 fold using transform. They
are identical. If you magnify them to 800 times actual size the
pixilation is the same. So, the raster image enlarged exactly the
same as the vector image??????

On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:15:26 -0700, [email protected]
wrote:
>Plus...don't forget that the monitor screen you're looking at...and the printer you're printing to...render their result on a grid of pixels/dots as well.
>
>The difference is that scaling a vector graphic re-renders the same mathematical formula at the new size, whereas scaling a raster requires pixel-based interpolation, which must either throw pixels away, (scaling down), or manufacture new pixels, (scaling up).
Somehow I'm not being clear. I understand the difference between
vector and raster objects/images. My point is, theoretically upsizing
a vector image should give a different (better/cleaner/smoother )
result than resizing a raster image. Yet, in my example upsampling
by a factor of 15 times showed no difference.

AI effects: Feather versus gaussian blur? which is raster or vector?

i`m looking at feathering versus blurring. both in illustrator effect drop down menu.
from what I I understand the blur/gaussian blur under photoshop effects (in illustrator) will pixelate the edge gradation, but the illustrator effect "feather, will keep it vector, is this correct?
from sample here they both look the same to me, and I noticed the feather effect was gaussian blurring the edge anyway to produce its result,,
from what I can see I should be able to make either of these as large as a billboard and they would both still be smooth gradients? or would the gaussian blur result in pixelation unless I had the vector object sized correctly in the document in the first place to suit the billboard.
what I am trying to ask is how do they work,
my take is the AI "feather" will allow resizing of the vector object shape to any size and not be pixelated on print output,
where as the gaussian blur PS effect, you would need to make sure your object is correctly sized on the correct document size to ensure that it prints smoothly.
any feedback is good,....

wildbirdsketch,
actually can I confirm, both produce a raster gradation to soften the edge, so its no longer vector once you apply a blur or feather correct?
It is, but with raster effects.
asking because if I create a blur/feather, I will have to consider the resolution or not as again I`m assuming no because each time I resize the object the effect recalculates itself as necessary to create the right blur and resolution for that size.?
As long as you keep the Effect>Document Raster Effect Settings the same, the resolution of raster effects will remain the same,
and when these vector objects print (in general for AI), i`ve never known, do they print as Vector or does the RIP turn them all into raster anyway?
Indeed.
just confused on this, I`m guessing their only vector while in illustrator, but once going through the printer it will all be raster via the RIP if thats correct,
Indeed.
its just that vector allows you to scale it to the required output size prior to print and have it print crisply without having to focus on resolution or resampling methods correct?
Indeed.

Raster to vector converstion help

I am running illustrator 10 on a G4 running OS10.39.
I have a tiff file in illustrator that I would like to convert to a vector file.
Does anyone know how Illus. 10 can do this or of a download I can use that will do the conversion.
Thank you in advance
Johanna

VectorMagic is an online service you would be best to do this that way. there is a feature called auto trace in v.10 but not very helpful.

Can anyone help me with raster to vector and transparent background?

In Photoshop CS3 I created a three dimensional logo (beveled, drop shadow, etc.) and want to covert it to an Illustrator vector file (and then to an EPS) with no white background. When I "open" the flattened .psd file (that has no background) in Illustrator it does come in without a background but when I convert it to a vector file via "Live Trace" it adds a white background whether I keep the drop shadow or not. How do I make a vector file and save it as an EPS in order to import it into an inDesign layout without a white background showing up? I followed a couple of videos on YouTube but they were always demonstrated with a flat, one or two color logo. This logo will be used with and without a drop shadow ... can you even vector a drop shadow? Any help or tutorials you can point me to would be greatly appreciated.

If your intent was to create a vector logo, you should have created it in illustrator not photoshop. That said, if it is a simple logo, live trace can be used, but it can also generate a lot of unwanted vector shapes that normally are not needed. If there is any complexity to your logo use the pen tool to trace instead of live trace. You can then control how the shapes are created.
But to answer your question if you open the properties panel for live trace you will find a check box for removing the white background.

Vector data for photoshop ?

Is it possibile to turn a simple black and white grapghic into a vector file to use on my sillouette vynle Cameo cutter?

How did you make out?
If you search the Web search using the google search I gave you can find some raster to vector conversion programs. The Free GNU one I found and use is called "potrace". Was not too hard to script with Photoshop. All I do use program's default settings. Pass potrace a file and it creates a EPS file by default. Most likely EPS files are perfect for Adobe illustrator but I don't have illustrator. Photoshop opens potrace
Encapsulated PostScript files as a raster layer however potrace used Bezier curves in the esp file so loading the layers transparency as a selection, converting it to a path and defining a custom shape works quite well. The script take just a few seconds to run. How good the custom shape is depends on the original artwork. Here is a couple examples using artwork I found using google images. To see the screen capture right click it and open link in a new browser window or tab ans scale to full size.

Inserting a long XML document into XMLType

I'm trying to load the following document into an XMLType column in 10.2. I've tried every example I can find and can push the data into CLOBs using the Java work around just fine (http://www.oracle.com/technology/sample_code/tech/java/codesnippet/xmldb/HowToLoadLargeXML.html).
Can anyone provide a solution or let me know if there is a limitation please?
Given the table;
SQL> describe xmltable_1
Name Null? Type
DOC_ID NUMBER
XML_DATA XMLTYPE
How do I load this data into 'XML_DATA'?
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<onlink>\\OIS23\C$\Files\Working\Metadata\world\cities.shp</onlink>
</citeinfo>
</citation>
<descript>
<abstract>World Cities contains locations of major cities around the world. The cities include national capitals for each of the countries in World Countries 1998 as well as major population centers and landmark cities. World Cities was derived from ESRI's ArcWorld database and supplemented with other data from the Rand McNally New International Atlas</abstract>
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<cntpos>unknown</cntpos>
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<state>FL</state>
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<country>US</country>
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<procdesc>Stable-based positives were produced from the original reproduction negatives (up to 35 per ONC sheet). These were digitized either through a scanning-raster to vector conversion or hand digitized into vector form. The vector data was then tagged with attribute information using ARC-INFO software. Transformation to geographic coordinates was performed using the projection graticules for each sheet. Digital information was edge matched between sheets to create large regional datasets. These were then subdivided into 5 x 5 degree tiles and converted from ARC/INFO to VPF. The data was then pre-mastered for CD-ROM. QC was performed by a separate group for each step in the production process.</procdesc>
<procdate>199112</procdate>
<proccont>
<cntinfo>
<cntorgp>
<cntorg>Environmental Systems Research Institute</cntorg>
</cntorgp>
<cntpos>Applications Division</cntpos>
<cntaddr>
<addrtype>mailing and physical address</addrtype>
<address>380 New York St.</address>
<city>Redlands</city>
<state>CA</state>
<postal>92373</postal>
<country>US</country>
</cntaddr>
<cntvoice>909-793-2853</cntvoice>
<cntfax>909-793-5953</cntfax>
</cntinfo>
</proccont>
</procstep>
<procstep>
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<procdate>199402</procdate>
<srcprod>EROS data</srcprod>
<proccont>
<cntinfo>
<cntorgp>
<cntorg>USGS Eros Data Center</cntorg>
</cntorgp>
<cntpos></cntpos>
<cntaddr>
<addrtype>mailing and physical address</addrtype>
<address></address>
<city>Sioux Falls</city>
<state>SD</state>
<postal></postal>
<country>US</country>
</cntaddr>
<cntvoice></cntvoice>
<cntfax></cntfax>
</cntinfo>
</proccont>
</procstep>
<procstep>
<procdesc>The Eros data (raster files) were converted to vector polygon, splined (remove stairstepping), thinned (all ploygons under 2km2 were deleted), and tied to existing DCW polygons (water bodies, built-up areas). The resulting file was tiled and converted to a VPF Vegetation coverage for use in the DCW. All processing was performed using ARC-INFO software.</procdesc>
<procdate>199412</procdate>
<srcprod>VMap-0 Vegetation Coverage</srcprod>
<proccont>
<cntinfo>
<cntorgp>
<cntorg>Geonex</cntorg>
</cntorgp>
<cntpos></cntpos>
<cntaddr>
<addrtype>mailing and physical address</addrtype>
<address>8950 North 9th Ave.</address>
<city>St. Petersburg</city>
<state>FL</state>
<postal>33702</postal>
<country>US</country>
</cntaddr>
<cntvoice>813-578-0100</cntvoice>
<cntfax>813-577-6946</cntfax>
</cntinfo>
</proccont>
</procstep>
<procstep>
<procdesc>Data was translated from VPF format to ArcInfo Coverage format. The coverages were then loaded into a seamless ArcSDE layer.</procdesc>
<procdate>02152001</procdate>
<proccont>
<cntinfo>
<cntorgp>
<cntorg>Geodesy Team, Harvard University</cntorg>
</cntorgp>
<cntemail>[email protected]</cntemail>
</cntinfo>
</proccont>
</procstep>
</lineage>
</dataqual>
<spdoinfo>
<direct>Vector</direct>
<ptvctinf>
<sdtsterm>
<sdtstype>Complete chain</sdtstype>
</sdtsterm>
<sdtsterm>
<sdtstype>Label point</sdtstype>
</sdtsterm>
<sdtsterm>
<sdtstype>GT-polygon composed of chains</sdtstype>
</sdtsterm>
<sdtsterm>
<sdtstype>Point</sdtstype>
</sdtsterm>
<vpfterm>
<vpflevel>3</vpflevel>
<vpfinfo>
<vpftype>Node</vpftype>
</vpfinfo>
<vpfinfo>
<vpftype>Edge</vpftype>
</vpfinfo>
<vpfinfo>
<vpftype>Face</vpftype>
</vpfinfo>
</vpfterm>
</ptvctinf>
</spdoinfo>
<spref>
<horizsys>
<geograph>
<latres>0.000000</latres>
<longres>0.000000</longres>
<geogunit>Decimal degrees</geogunit>
</geograph>
<geodetic>
<horizdn>D_WGS_1984</horizdn>
<ellips>WGS_1984</ellips>
<semiaxis>6378137.000000</semiaxis>
<denflat>298.257224</denflat>
</geodetic>
</horizsys>
<vertdef>
<altsys>
<altdatum>Mean Sea Level</altdatum>
<altunits>1.0</altunits>
</altsys>
</vertdef>
</spref>
<eainfo>
<detailed>
<enttyp>
<enttypl>
lc.pat</enttypl>
</enttyp>
<attr>
<attrlabl>FID</attrlabl>
<attrdef>Internal feature number.</attrdef>
<attrdefs>ESRI</attrdefs>
<attrdomv>
<udom>Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.</udom>
</attrdomv>
</attr>
<attr>
<attrlabl>Shape</attrlabl>
<attrdef>Feature geometry.</attrdef>
<attrdefs>ESRI</attrdefs>
<attrdomv>
<udom>Coordinates defining the features.</udom>
</attrdomv>
</attr>
<attr>
<attrlabl>AREA</attrlabl>
<attrdef>Area of feature in internal units squared.</attrdef>
<attrdefs>ESRI</attrdefs>
<attrdomv>
<udom>Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.</udom>
</attrdomv>
</attr>
<attr>
<attrlabl>PERIMETER</attrlabl>
<attrdef>Perimeter of feature in internal units.</attrdef>
<attrdefs>ESRI</attrdefs>
<attrdomv>
<udom>Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.</udom>
</attrdomv>
</attr>
<attr>
<attrlabl>LC#</attrlabl>
<attrdef>Internal feature number.</attrdef>
<attrdefs>ESRI</attrdefs>
<attrdomv>
<udom>Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.</udom>
</attrdomv>
</attr>
<attr>
<attrlabl>LC-ID</attrlabl>
<attrdef>User-defined feature number.</attrdef>
<attrdefs>ESRI</attrdefs>
</attr>
<attr>
<attrlabl>LCAREA.AFT_ID</attrlabl>
</attr>
<attr>
<attrlabl>LCPYTYPE</attrlabl>
<attrdef>Land cover poygon type</attrdef>
<attrdefs>NIMA</attrdefs>
<attrdomv>
<edom>
<edomv>1</edomv>
<edomvd>Rice Field</edomvd>
</edom>
<edom>
<edomv>2</edomv>
<edomvd>Cranberry bog</edomvd>
</edom>
<edom>
<edomv>3</edomv>
<edomvd>Cultivated area, garden</edomvd>
</edom>
<edom>
<edomv>4</edomv>
<edomvd>Peat cuttings</edomvd>
</edom>
<edom>
<edomv>5</edomv>
<edomvd>Salt pan</edomvd>
</edom>
<edom>
<edomv>6</edomv>
<edomvd>Fish pond or hatchery</edomvd>
</edom>
<edom>
<edomv>7</edomv>
<edomvd>Quarry, strip mine, mine dump, blasting area</edomvd>
</edom>
<edom>
<edomv>8</edomv>
<edomvd>Oil or gas</edomvd>
</edom>
<edom>
<edomv>10</edomv>
<edomvd>Lava flow</edomvd>
</edom>
<edom>
<edomv>11</edomv>
<edomvd>Distorted surface area</edomvd>
</edom>
<edom>
<edomv>12</edomv>
<edomvd>Unconsolidated material (sand or gravel, glacial moraine)</edomvd>
</edom>
<edom>
<edomv>13</edomv>
<edomvd>Natural landmark area</edomvd>
</edom>
<edom>
<edomv>14</edomv>
<edomvd>Inundated area</edomvd>
</edom>
<edom>
<edomv>15</edomv>
<edomvd>Undifferentiated wetlands</edomvd>
</edom>
<edom>
<edomv>99</edomv>
<edomvd>None</edomvd>
</edom>
</attrdomv>
</attr>
<attr>
<attrlabl>TILE_ID</attrlabl>
<attrdef>VPF Format tile ID</attrdef>
<attrdefs>NIMA</attrdefs>
</attr>
<attr>
<attrlabl>FAC_ID</attrlabl>
</attr>
</detailed>
<overview>
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<eadetcit>Entities (features) and Attributes for DCW are fully described in: Department of Defense, 1992, Military Specification Digital Chart of the World (MIL-D-89009): Philadelphia, Department of Defense, Defense Printing Service Detachment Office.</eadetcit>
</overview>
</eainfo>
<distinfo>
<distrib>
<cntinfo>
<cntorgp>
<cntorg>NIMA</cntorg>
</cntorgp>
<cntpos>ATTN: CC, MS D-16</cntpos>
<cntaddr>
<addrtype>mailing and physical address</addrtype>
<address>6001 MacArthur Blvd.</address>
<city>Bethesda</city>
<state>MD</state>
<postal>20816-5001</postal>
<country>US</country>
</cntaddr>
<cntvoice>301-227-2495</cntvoice>
<cntfax>301-227-2498</cntfax>
</cntinfo>
</distrib>
<distliab>None</distliab>
<stdorder>
<digform>
<digtinfo>
<formname>VPF</formname>
<formverd>19930930</formverd>
<formspec>Military Standard Vector Product Format (MIL-STD-2407). The current version of this document is dated 28 June 1996. Edition 3 of VMap-0 conforms to a previous version of the VPF Standard as noted. Future versions of VMap-0 will conform to the current version of VPF Standard.</formspec>
<transize>0.172</transize>
</digtinfo>
<digtopt>
<offoptn>
<offmedia>CD-ROM</offmedia>
<recfmt>ISO 9660</recfmt>
</offoptn>
</digtopt>
</digform>
<fees>Not Applicable</fees>
</stdorder>
</distinfo>
<distinfo>
<distrib>
<cntinfo>
<cntorgp>
<cntorg>USGS Map Sales</cntorg>
</cntorgp>
<cntaddr>
<addrtype>mailing address</addrtype>
<address>Box 25286</address>
<city>Denver</city>
<state>CO</state>
<postal>80225</postal>
<country>US</country>
</cntaddr>
<cntvoice>303-236-7477</cntvoice>
<cntfax>303-236-1972</cntfax>
</cntinfo>
</distrib>
<distliab>None</distliab>
<stdorder>
<digform>
<digtinfo>
<transize>0.172</transize>
</digtinfo>
</digform>
<fees>$82.50 per four disk set</fees>
<ordering>For General Public: Payment (check, money order, purchase order, or Government account) must accompany order.
Make all drafts payable to Dept. of the Interior- US Geological Survey.
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</stdorder>
</distinfo>
<distinfo>
<distrib>
<cntinfo>
<cntorgp>
<cntorg>Geodesy Team, Harvard University</cntorg>
<cntper>Geodesy Team</cntper>
</cntorgp>
<cntemail>[email protected]</cntemail>
</cntinfo>
</distrib>
<resdesc>Geodesy layer</resdesc>
<distliab>None</distliab>
<stdorder>
<digform>
<digtinfo>
<formname>SHP</formname>
<transize>0.172</transize>
</digtinfo>
<digtopt>
<onlinopt>
<computer>
<networka>
<networkr>geodesy.harvard.edu</networkr>
</networka>
</computer>
</onlinopt>
</digtopt>
</digform>
<fees>none</fees>
</stdorder>
<availabl>
<timeinfo>
<sngdate>
<caldate>1992</caldate>
</sngdate>
</timeinfo>
</availabl>
</distinfo>
<metainfo>
<metd>20010226</metd>
<metc>
<cntinfo>
<cntorgp>
<cntorg>Geodesy Team</cntorg>
<cntper>REQUIRED: The person responsible for the metadata information.</cntper>
</cntorgp>
<cntvoice>REQUIRED: The telephone number by which individuals can speak to the organization or individual.</cntvoice>
<cntemail>[email protected]</cntemail>
</cntinfo>
</metc>
<metstdn>FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata</metstdn>
<metstdv>FGDC-STD-001-1998</metstdv>
<mettc>local time</mettc>
<metextns>
<onlink>http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html</onlink>
<metprof>ESRI Metadata Profile</metprof>
</metextns>
</metainfo>
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