<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>There is a large amount of data (>6000 datasets) to download for free from GeoCommons, <a href="http://finder.geocommons.com"><a href="http://finder.geocommons.com">http://finder.geocommons.com</a></a></div><div><br></div><div>You can get Shapefile or KML for use in OpenLayers.</div><div><br></div><div>Andrew<br><br></div><div><br>On Nov 13, 2008, at 8:38 AM, "Feng Wong" <<a href="mailto:feng.wong08@gmail.com">feng.wong08@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">I<br>
<br>Hello all,<br>I asked this question from openlayers list and been advised to send the same question to geodata list. Here is my question<br><br>I am a newbie to the mapping application and I need your help. I am using openlayers and with the help of so many examples and extensive API, I am progressing very well. But, I have one request regarding data. I do not know where can I get free global raw data that can use to run my application offline; i.e downloading to my local computer and being able to use it without connecting to the internet. Could you please give me some pointers to where I can download and use the data locally. Another question I have is how extensive is this data? If I can get countries/states/regional boundaries, that would be sufficient for my application. Also, if there are any premium data as well, I would like to get the pointers for their sites.<br>
<br><br>Thanks again,<br><font color="#888888">Feng<br></font></span>
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