[OSM-talk] Fw: Updated, more detailed international bdy. shapefiles (US Dept. of State Office of the Geographer)
Of interest to those of us working on boundaries. Some recent updates geographers at US State. -Mikel * Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron - Forwarded Message - >Sent: Friday, June 7, 2013 5:10 PM >Subject: Updated, more detailed international bdy. shapefiles (US Dept. of >State Office of the Geographer) > > > > >All, > > I have you all on my list of folks interested in detailed international >boundary lines.* > > An update to our worldwide Large Scale International Boundaries (LSIB >version 5) can be found as of today at http://HIU.state.gov (under “data”, >down near the bottom (“June 2013 LSIB v. 5”, 17mb.)) This data set is in the >public domain; no restrictions on its use. It includes update such as an >approximation of last month’s ICJ ruling on Burkina Faso-Niger’s boundary. > > Also, after many requests, Kate Schaefer (in our sister “HIU” branch) and >I put together last fall a worldwide country polygon file as well, which most >closely matches the Sept. 2012 version (LSIB4b) of our international lines. >It is posted in the same place. > > We’re fortunate in this office (intact here at DoS since 1921) to have or >have easy access to voluminous maps, treaties, and other international >boundary information from the past 150 years. We are also fortunate that our >colleagues in DoD (NGA) and in the UK (DGC) have been researching and >digitizing international boundaries since the late 1990’s; we continue to work >closely today. That’s given us a pretty good head start on quality control >for the world’s 320-some international land boundaries. > > Considering the caveats in the attached doc (i.e., we follow US govt. >policies; certainly anyone else using this data set can change it to conform >to their own policies), we always welcome from professional geographers like >yourselves any corrections, suggestions, questions on international land (not >maritime!) boundaries, their history, alignments, lengths, etc. > >all the best, >Dave > >*if that’s not or no longer the case, let me know > > > > > Large Scale International Boundaries-LSIB overview.doc Description: Large Scale International Boundaries-LSIB overview.doc ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Fw: Updated, more detailed international bdy. shapefiles (US Dept. of State Office of the Geographer)
Anyone planning on using this data in OSM, please remember to follow all guidelines on imports, and if you're in the US, to join the US import committee. Thanks, - Serge On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 9:09 AM, Mikel Maron wrote: > Of interest to those of us working on boundaries. Some recent updates > geographers at US State. > -Mikel > > * Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron > > - Forwarded Message - > Sent: Friday, June 7, 2013 5:10 PM > Subject: Updated, more detailed international bdy. shapefiles (US Dept. of > State Office of the Geographer) > > All, > > I have you all on my list of folks interested in detailed international > boundary lines.* > > An update to our worldwide Large Scale International Boundaries (LSIB > version 5) can be found as of today at http://HIU.state.gov (under “data”, > down near the bottom (“June 2013 LSIB v. 5”, 17mb.)) This data set is in > the public domain; no restrictions on its use. It includes update such as > an approximation of last month’s ICJ ruling on Burkina Faso-Niger’s > boundary. > > Also, after many requests, Kate Schaefer (in our sister “HIU” branch) > and I put together last fall a worldwide country polygon file as well, which > most closely matches the Sept. 2012 version (LSIB4b) of our international > lines. It is posted in the same place. > > We’re fortunate in this office (intact here at DoS since 1921) to have > or have easy access to voluminous maps, treaties, and other international > boundary information from the past 150 years. We are also fortunate that > our colleagues in DoD (NGA) and in the UK (DGC) have been researching and > digitizing international boundaries since the late 1990’s; we continue to > work closely today. That’s given us a pretty good head start on quality > control for the world’s 320-some international land boundaries. > > Considering the caveats in the attached doc (i.e., we follow US govt. > policies; certainly anyone else using this data set can change it to conform > to their own policies), we always welcome from professional geographers like > yourselves any corrections, suggestions, questions on international land > (not maritime!) boundaries, their history, alignments, lengths, etc. > > all the best, > Dave > > *if that’s not or no longer the case, let me know > > > > > > ___ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
[OSM-talk] Fw: Updated, more detailed international bdy. shapefiles (US Dept. of State Office of the Geographer)
Of interest to those of us working on boundaries. Some recent updates geographers at US State. -Mikel * Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron - Forwarded Message - >Sent: Friday, June 7, 2013 5:10 PM >Subject: Updated, more detailed international bdy. shapefiles (US Dept. of >State Office of the Geographer) > > > > >All, > > I have you all on my list of folks interested in detailed international >boundary lines.* > > An update to our worldwide Large Scale International Boundaries (LSIB >version 5) can be found as of today at http://HIU.state.gov (under “data”, >down near the bottom (“June 2013 LSIB v. 5”, 17mb.)) This data set is in the >public domain; no restrictions on its use. It includes update such as an >approximation of last month’s ICJ ruling on Burkina Faso-Niger’s boundary. > > Also, after many requests, Kate Schaefer (in our sister “HIU” branch) and >I put together last fall a worldwide country polygon file as well, which most >closely matches the Sept. 2012 version (LSIB4b) of our international lines. >It is posted in the same place. > > We’re fortunate in this office (intact here at DoS since 1921) to have or >have easy access to voluminous maps, treaties, and other international >boundary information from the past 150 years. We are also fortunate that our >colleagues in DoD (NGA) and in the UK (DGC) have been researching and >digitizing international boundaries since the late 1990’s; we continue to work >closely today. That’s given us a pretty good head start on quality control >for the world’s 320-some international land boundaries. > > Considering the caveats in the attached doc (i.e., we follow US govt. >policies; certainly anyone else using this data set can change it to conform >to their own policies), we always welcome from professional geographers like >yourselves any corrections, suggestions, questions on international land (not >maritime!) boundaries, their history, alignments, lengths, etc. > >all the best, >Dave > >*if that’s not or no longer the case, let me know > > > > >___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
