I get the same error Tom gets:
. ssc desc usmaps
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package usmaps from http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/u
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<stuff deleted>
(type -ssc install usmaps- to install)
. net get usmaps
checking usmaps consistency and verifying not already installed...
unexpected end of file
could not copy http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/u/usmaps.do
(no action taken)
r(612);
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Kit Baum
Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2004 7:44 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: st: Re: net get usmaps
On Dec 23, 2004, at 2:33 AM, Tom wrote:
> . net get usmaps
> checking usmaps consistency and verifying not already installed...
> could not copy http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/u/usmap.zip
> (no action taken)
> - --Break--
> r(1);
>
No idea why you're having problems with this: indeed "ssc install" does
not work, since there is no ado-file to install for this package. But
"ssc desc" followed by "net get" works for me:
TITLE
'USMAPS': module to provide US state map coordinates for tmap
DESCRIPTION/AUTHOR(S)
This package contains several Stata datafiles with US state
geocode coordinates for use with Pisati's tmap package (Stata
Journal, 4:4, 2004). A do-file illustrates their usage.
KW: maps
KW: states
KW: GIS
KW: geocodes
Distribution-Date: 20041216
Author: Scott Merryman, Risk Management Agency, USDA
Support: email [email protected]
ANCILLARY FILES (type net get usmaps)
usmaps.do
usmap.zip
usW_MW_Emap.zip
------------------------------------------------------------------------
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(type -ssc install usmaps- to install)
. net get usmaps
checking usmaps consistency and verifying not already installed...
copying into current directory...
copying usmaps.do
copying usmap.zip
copying usw_mw_emap.zip
ancillary files successfully copied.
The files are large, but not that large. Scott had first provided a
single zip-file and I suggested that he break it up into two files to
make them easier to download.
Kit Baum, Boston College Economics
http://ideas.repec.org/e/pba1.html
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