[postgis-users] polygons/geometry files for European provinces?

[guido lemoine]

Joseph


Not all European countries have provinces, and the term "province" may have different meanings in different countries, both politically and geographically.
A common terminology is NUTS regions (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomenclature_of_Territorial_Units_for_Statistics), which may be what you are looking for.
Alternatively, try openstreetmap, which has administrative boundaries up to municipality level for many European countries.


Guido






On 04/10/15, Joseph Spenner  <joseph85750 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Does anyone have a good source of polygon shapes which represent European countries/provinces?
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> https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/items?q=&filter=tags%3DGeologic+province
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> I'm looking for the provinces which can be displayed at a site such as:
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> Thanks!
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> Regards,
> Joseph Spenner
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