World map showing both recognized countries and disputed areas

[stephanielingemann]

I am looking for a global shapefile that allows you do show data for all disputed areas (like Waziristan, Spratlay Islands, Kahsmir, etc.). Do you have any idea where I can find a shapefile with not only the recognized countries but all disputed territories as well? Or is it possible to merge the disputed area shapefile with a Admin 0 – Countries shapefile?

Thanks a lot for any helpful input!

Stephanie

[Nathaniel]

Stephanie,

The admin-0 counties and the admin-0 disputed areas polygons are designed to work with each other (layer the disputed areas on top of the countries at the same time).

Admin 0 – Breakaway, Disputed Areas

There are usually notes on the disputed area features saying who administers and who claims (can be multiple claims).

That said, the 2.0.0 release candidate 2 version of the disputed areas has been updated with more features:

http://kelsocartography.com/blog/?p=4246

And specifically: http://kelsocartography.com/downloads/gis/2012/natural_earth/ne_2.0.0_rc2/natural_earth_2.0.0_rc2_vector/ne_10m_admin_0_disputed_areas_2.0.0_rc2.zip

[stephanielingemann]

Dear Nathaniel,

thanks for your reply. I am wondering how I can use them (admin-0 counties and the admin-0 disputed areas polygons) together? I am working with statplanet and I can only upload one shapefile. Thanks again for your help.

Stephanie

[Nathaniel]

Try QGIS: http://qgis.org

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