Hi, You can try the following sources:
* http://gadm.org/ * http://openstreetmapdata.com/data/land-polygons I hope it helps. Regards, J. Gustavo On 03-06-2015 18:04, Dimitris Psychas wrote:
Saying global map, I mean a digital map that depicts the whole globe. The shapefile format is a format that is supported by a lot of GIS (Geographic Information Systems) programs/packages and you can use it in order to plot some data information in a map. > From: g...@unixarea.de > To: foss-gps@lists.osgeo.org > Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2015 18:08:43 +0200 > Subject: Re: [FOSS-GPS] Provision of Global Map > > El miércoles, 3 de junio de 2015 17:58:37 (CEST), Dimitris Psychas > escribió: > > Hello to everyone, > > > > I would like to plot the position of some stations in a global > > map, for a research I am currently conducting. I would like to > > know if anyone of you has any global map (empty by preference) > > in shapefile format, in order to use it either in open-source > > software (e.g. QGIS) or even in commercial. > > > > > > Please forgive a stupid question: What is a Global Map and shapefile > format? > > > matthias > > > -- > Sent from my Ubuntu phone > http://www.unixarea.de/ > _______________________________________________ > This message is sent to you from FOSS-GPS@lists.osgeo.org mailing list. > Visit http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss-gps to manage your subscription > For more information, check http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS-GPS _______________________________________________ This message is sent to you from FOSS-GPS@lists.osgeo.org mailing list. Visit http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss-gps to manage your subscription For more information, check http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS-GPS
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