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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Dear J. Gustavo,<br><br>thank you very much.<br><br>Best regards,<br>Dimitris V. Psychas<br><br><div>> Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2015 21:22:33 +0100<br>> From: jgr@di.uminho.pt<br>> To: foss-gps@lists.osgeo.org<br>> Subject: Re: [FOSS-GPS] Provision of Global Map<br>> <br>> Hi,<br>> <br>> You can try the following sources:<br>> <br>> * http://gadm.org/<br>> * http://openstreetmapdata.com/data/land-polygons<br>> <br>> I hope it helps.<br>> <br>> Regards,<br>> <br>> J. Gustavo<br>> <br>> <br>> On 03-06-2015 18:04, Dimitris Psychas wrote:<br>> > Saying global map, I mean a digital map that depicts the whole globe.<br>> > The shapefile format is a format that is supported by a lot of GIS<br>> > (Geographic Information Systems) programs/packages and you can use it in<br>> > order to plot some data information in a map.<br>> ><br>> > > 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<br>> > subscription<br>> > > For more information, check http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS-GPS<br>> ><br>> ><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>> ><br>> <br>> J. Gustavo<br>> -- <br>> Jorge Gustavo Rocha<br>> Departamento de Informática<br>> Universidade do Minho<br>> 4710-057 Braga<br>> Tel: +351 253604480<br>> Fax: +351 253604471<br>> Móvel: +351 910333888<br>> skype: nabocudnosor<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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