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Neatness counts with Natural Earth Vector. For example, Natural Earth Vector comes in ESRI shapefile format, the Geographic projection, and WGS datum, which are de facto standards for vector geodata. Unlike other map data intended for scientific analysis or military mapping, Natural Earth Vector is designed to meet the needs of mainstream production cartographers.
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We developed a world base map data suitable for making a variety of visually pleasing, well-crafted maps. They include Leo Dillon, Hans van der Maarel, Will Pringle, Craig Molyneaux, Melissa Katz-Moye, Laura McCormick, Scott Zillmer and fellow staff at XNR Mapping. The core team grew to include Tanya Buckingham, who coordinates data attributing by Ben Coakley, Kevin McGrath and Sarah Bennett at the University of Wisconsin Cartography Lab Dick Furno as populated places guru Nick Springer as the website developer and Lou Cross as NACIS liaison.Ī cast of consultants, many regulars on the discussion forum, assisted with place names for various world regions. Expanding and improving on this foundation has been our chief activity. The kernel for the 1:10 million data was a compilation by Patterson for the Physical Map of the World, consisting of coastlines, rivers, lakes, and physical feature labels. The 1:50 million and 1:110 million-scale data comes from bases developed by Dick Furno and additional staff at the Washington Post for quick turnaround newspaper mapping- the Washington Post Legal Department kindly granted us permission to use these data. Following the path of least resistance, the idea was to repurpose existing data that we already had as an integrated world dataset at three map scales. Nathaniel Vaughn Kelso and Tom Patterson began working on the project in late 2008. Making Natural Earth Vector is a collaboration involving many volunteer NACIS members. Natural Earth Vector fills this oft-overlooked but important niche.
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Large mapping organizations that release public domain data, such as the US Geological Survey, are not mandated to create small-scale map data for a small user community that includes mapmaking shops, publishers, web mappers, academics, and students-in other words, typical NACIS members. The lack of good small-scale map data is not surprising. They contain few data layers, usually only a coast and country polygons, which may not be in register with each other or modern satellite imagery. Small-scale map datasets of the world do exist, but they have their problems.įor example, most are crudely generalized-Chile’s fjords are a noisy mess, the Svalbard archipelago is a coalesced blob, and Hawaii has disappeared into the Pacific two million years ahead of schedule. Many cartographers working under tight project deadlines must use manually digitalized bases instead. In a time when the web is awash in interactive maps and free, downloadable vector data, such as Digital Chart of the World and VMAP, mapmakers are forced to spend time sifting through a confusing tangle of poorly attributed data. Natural Earth Vector solves a problem that many NACIS members face: finding vector data for making publishable-quality small-scale maps. Second, we include many features missing from people’s mental map of the world in the hope of improving overall geographic literacy. To this end, Natural Earth Vector includes both cultural and physical features and builds on Tom Patterson’s Natural Earth raster data, first introduced in 2005. Find an error? Log it via the Corrections system.įirst, to give cartographers an off-the shelf solution for creating small-scale world, regional, and country maps.
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This is a NACIS and MapGiving co-branded product with assistance from the University of Wisconsin-Madison cartography lab, Florida State University, and others.ĭo you have a new theme to contribute to Natural Earth? Great! Please follow these data creation guidelines so it fits in with the rest of the project.
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Tom and I are pleased to announce the immediate availability of Natural Earth, free vector and raster map data at 1:10m, 1:50m, and 1:110m scales.