[Geodata] Country Boundaries

[Alexandre Leroux]

Hi Ole,

I had to look for the same recently. Here's what I found:

Digital Chart of the World
http://www.maproom.psu.edu/dcw/

Digital Chart of the World "2"
http://www.who.int/vaccines-surveillance/digitalmaplibrary/librarymapintro.htm

World Borders Dataset from thematicmapping.org
http://thematicmapping.org/downloads/world_borders.php

GADM Global Administrative Areas
http://biogeo.berkeley.edu/gadm/

WHO's SALB, "Second Administrative Level Boundaries"
http://www.who.int/whosis/database/gis/salb/salb_PO.htm


Cheers,

Alex - Slashgeo.org
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Alexandre Leroux, M.Sc., Ing.
Environnement Canada / Environment Canada
Centre météorologique canadien / Canadian Meteorological Centre
Section de la réponse aux urgences environnementales /
Environmental Emergency Response Section
alexandre.leroux at ec.gc.ca


On 04/23/09 09:58, Ole Brandenburg wrote:
> Guys,
>  
> I have been checking several GeoData sites over the past couple of days 
> but I haven't been able to find one that fits exactly what I am looking 
> for. Maybe one of you can point me into the right direction. I am 
> looking for a database (format is secondary) that contains all the 
> world's countries' boundaries (border lines) and the scale should be 
> something along the lines of 1:1000 (1 pixel = 1 kilometer) or better. 
> If anyone of you knows a provider for that kind of data, please let me know.
>  
> You can email me directly at ole at stepmap.de <mailto:ole at stepmap.de>
>  
> Thanks
> Ole