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Started by jessz , Feb 21 2012 12:11 AM

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jessz
Posted 21 February 2012 - 12:11 AM

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I'm trying to use National Hydrography Dataset data for a map, but I can't get anything to read the files. I have MAPublisher and Global Mapper, but neither seems to work. On the NHD website, they mention that there are shapefiles available, but I can't find them anywhere. Any ideas?

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Posted 21 February 2012 - 03:05 AM

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Quick googling lead me to this page which contains links to download the shapefiles...
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Posted 22 February 2012 - 08:46 AM

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You can get the NHD from http://datagateway.nrcs.usda.gov/. You can order by state or county, and the 3rd step lets you specify the format, including shapefile.
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