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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Saying global map, I mean a digital map that depicts the whole globe. The shapefile format is a format that is supported by a lot of GIS (Geographic Information Systems) programs/packages and you can use it in order to plot some data information in a map.<br><br><div>> From: guru@unixarea.de<br>> To: foss-gps@lists.osgeo.org<br>> Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2015 18:08:43 +0200<br>> Subject: Re: [FOSS-GPS] Provision of Global Map<br>> <br>> El miércoles, 3 de junio de 2015 17:58:37 (CEST), Dimitris Psychas <br>> escribió:<br>> > Hello to everyone,<br>> > <br>> > I would like to plot the position of some stations in a global <br>> > map, for a research I am currently conducting. I would like to <br>> > know if anyone of you has any global map (empty by preference) <br>> > in shapefile format, in order to use it either in open-source <br>> > software (e.g. QGIS) or even in commercial. <br>> > <br>> > <br>> <br>> Please forgive a stupid question: What is a Global Map and shapefile <br>> format?<br>> <br>> <br>> matthias<br>> <br>> <br>> -- <br>> Sent from my Ubuntu phone<br>> http://www.unixarea.de/<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> This message is sent to you from FOSS-GPS@lists.osgeo.org mailing list.<br>> Visit http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss-gps to manage your subscription<br>> For more information, check http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS-GPS<br></div> </div></body>
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