Version 1.6 of the gshhs shapefiles are polygon features. You can find them at <a href="ftp://ftp.ihg.uni-duisburg.de/GIS/GISData/GSHHS/">ftp://ftp.ihg.uni-duisburg.de/GIS/GISData/GSHHS/</a><br>--<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 4:42 PM, Pablo Romero <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:romero619@hotmail.com">romero619@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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hello,<br>
I need help selecting a datasource to produce the following: a basic, high-resolution land map, showing ONLY coastlines and bodies of water. <br>
basically, Im trying to emulate a type of image tiling that I found on another site, which I believe is also being produced using mapserver, but Im unsure about which data source/shapefile is being used. <br>
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Ive ATTACHED the image. <br>
You can see that image includes a high-resolution map of the florida coast, including interior bodies of water.<br>
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Ive tried using the "admin98.shp" and "world_vector_shorelines.shp" in order to recreate these results, but these two shapefiles dont include interior bodies of water (lakes, ponds, etc.). Ive ALSO tried using the gshhs shapefiles (<a href="http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/shorelines/gshhs.html" target="_blank">http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/shorelines/gshhs.html</a>), and these *seem* like they might work, but they are broken up into separate shapefiles for coastal outline, lakes, ponds, etc., and these shapefiles are IN LINES instead of POLYGONS/POLYLINES, so I cannot figure out how to "fill" the space between "lines" with a different color in order to make the landmasses and interior bodies of water "stand out".<br>
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So, simply put, my question is: can someone please help me figure out / recommend which data source I should use in order to produce output similiar to the image Ive attached? just high-resolution coastal outline and interior bodies of water IN decimal degrees (WGS1984?), please help....<br>
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