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National Elevation Dataset

[geography, government] Also known by the acronym NED. A digital elevation model of one arcsecond resolution distributed by the U.S. Geological Survey covering the continental United States, Hawaii, and the U.S. island territories; the resolution for Alaska's grid is two arcseconds.

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