Admin 0 – Boundary Lines

Posted in 10m-cultural-vectors on September 14th, 2009 by Nathaniel – Comments Off on Admin 0 – Boundary Lines
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Country boundaries on land and offshore

Natural Earth shows de facto boundaries by default according to who controls the territory, versus de jure. Adjusted to taste which boundaries are shown, hidden, and how they are rendered using the fclass_* properties paired with the POV worldview polygons above.

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Admin 0 – Breakaway, Disputed Areas

Posted in 10m-cultural-vectors, Featured on Homepage on September 14th, 2009 by Nathaniel – 1 Comment
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Kashmir to the Elemi Triangle, ~100 features

Natural Earth shows de facto boundaries by default according to who controls the territory, versus de jure. Adjusted to taste which boundaries are shown, hidden, and how they are rendered using the fclass_* properties paired with the POV worldview polygons above.

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Admin 1 – States, Provinces

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Over 4,500 internal administrative divisions of countries

Natural Earth shows de facto boundaries by default according to who controls the territory, versus de jure. Adjusted to taste which boundaries are shown, hidden, and how they are rendered using the fclass_* properties paired with the POV worldview polygons above.

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Admin 2 – Counties

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Internal sub-administrative divisions of countries (limited to United States)

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Populated Places

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City and town points, from Tokyo to Wasilla, Cairo to Kandahar

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Antarctic Ice Shelves

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Year-round ice shelves fringing Antarctica.

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Glaciated Areas

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glaciated_thumbIncludes glaciers and recently de-glaciated areas.

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Bathymetry

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Nested polygons for each depth created from SRTM Plus.

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Geographic lines

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geog_thumbTropical and polar circles, equator, and International Date Line.

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Graticules

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Grids at 1, 5, 10, 15, 20, and 30° intervals. Includes WGS84 bounding box.

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