[FOSS-GPS] Provision of Global Map

[Jorge Gustavo Rocha]

Hi,

You can try the following sources:

* http://gadm.org/
* http://openstreetmapdata.com/data/land-polygons

I hope it helps.

Regards,

J. Gustavo


On 03-06-2015 18:04, Dimitris Psychas wrote:
> 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.
>
>  > From: guru at unixarea.de
>  > To: foss-gps at lists.osgeo.org
>  > Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2015 18:08:43 +0200
>  > Subject: Re: [FOSS-GPS] Provision of Global Map
>  >
>  > El miércoles, 3 de junio de 2015 17:58:37 (CEST), Dimitris Psychas
>  > escribió:
>  > > Hello to everyone,
>  > >
>  > > I would like to plot the position of some stations in a global
>  > > map, for a research I am currently conducting. I would like to
>  > > know if anyone of you has any global map (empty by preference)
>  > > in shapefile format, in order to use it either in open-source
>  > > software (e.g. QGIS) or even in commercial.
>  > >
>  > >
>  >
>  > Please forgive a stupid question: What is a Global Map and shapefile
>  > format?
>  >
>  >
>  > matthias
>  >
>  >
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