[FOSS-GPS] Provision of Global Map

[Dimitris Psychas]

Dear J. Gustavo,

thank you very much.

Best regards,
Dimitris V. Psychas

> Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2015 21:22:33 +0100
> From: jgr at di.uminho.pt
> To: foss-gps at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: Re: [FOSS-GPS] Provision of Global Map
> 
> 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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