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Alternatives to Shapefiles as open-source, cross platform dataset types [closed]
I am working on software that is very ESRI oriented, but a future version will likely not be using ESRI software. It uses Shapefiles and Geodatabases. I'm planning on getting all of my data to ...
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Seeking shapefile of city boundaries in US?
Where can I find a shapefile that contains boundaries for the major cities in the United States?
I have tried the census website but could not find anything.
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Seeking Free Shapefile of European Countries?
I do not seem to be able to find a free shapefile of the European countries. This is the kind of map I am looking to populate with my own data using ESRI ArcGIS:
The Eurostat website only seems to ...
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Is there a public shapefile with the London Underground stations and lines?
Is there a public shapefile containing the stations and lines of the London Underground? I've been doing some intensive searching but I can only find the coordinates of the stations, or the lines in ...
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Looking for postal areas for Germany
Does anyone of you know how and where I can download postal area districts of Germany in shapefiles (download free of charge if possible).
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City shapefile for free
I am looking for a simple point shapefile which indicates where the cities of the world are.
I cannot seem to find one which is free of charge and meets my requirements.
Ive got this one: http://...
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update one shapefile attribute table with values from another dbf table
I try to explain here what I am trying to do:
I have one shapefile and one independent dbf table with the same fields. In the dbf table all the fields are populated but in the shapefile attribute ...
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Looking for USDA plant hardiness zone shapefile
Given that this is a USDA resource I really thought that it would be available online somewhere, but for the life of me I cannot find a shapefile for the USDA plant hardiness zones anywhere. Does ...
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Finding municipal-level administrative boundary data for India? [duplicate]
Does anyone know how to find a shapefile with boundaries of Indian municipalities?
I have tehsil boundaries as for year 2001, but I would like boundaries of municipalities and, ideally, also ...
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Seeking Historical GIS datasets?
I've been looking for a while for Historical GIS datasets. In a lot of places (also in answers here at Stack Exchange), people are referring to a great dataset at ThinkQuest, which contains shapefiles ...
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Shapefiles for U.S. Area Codes (NANP)
I have a bunch of telephone numbers (just the area codes), and I'd like to geolocate them and make a map, but I haven't had too much luck googling for shapefiles for Area Codes. Surely these are in ...
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Seeking polygon shapefile of countries, states and islands?
As often happens, the hardest part of GIS is to come up with clean shapefile with an attribute table.
I need to create a choropleth map, but all I have is this:
Domicile,Captives
New Zealand,24
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Seeking urban area shapefiles for France, Germany and Belgium?
I'm trying to make a map like this for the Low Countries/Rhineland, where I basically show how spread out all the urban areas would be there if the urban areas had similar densities to American urban ...
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Identify this state outline file
Some time back, I came across a site that was offering sets of US state outlines that were intended to be attractive/artistic rather than geographically accurate. I only have this copy of the outline ...
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What is the best way to store Flickr's Shapefiles Public Dataset in SQL Server 2008?
I'm wanting to import specific locations from the Flickr Shapefile Dataset into SQL Server would like to know what is the best way to store the data in SQL Server 2008?
Link the the 1.0 Dataset: http:...
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Where can I download a free dataset containing major ports across the world?
I am working on an analysis and would like to incorporate major maritime ports from across the world. Some initial searching turned up a dataset produced by General Dynamics, however it will be ...
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Where can I find a shapefile for the coastline of North America?
I am looking for a shapefile representing the coastlines of North America, such as something like this:
http://www.diva-gis.org/gdata
Does anyone have any suggestions?
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UK regional shape map with Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
We have obtained boundary line data for England from the Office for National Statistics portal, which displays English regions like:
We want boundary line data for regions within the United Kingdom. ...
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Seeking shapefile of all Montreal Neighborhoods
I am trying to map out Montreal and was wondering if there is already an existing polygon shapefile of all the neighborhoods. Here is a link to a perfect example of what I am looking for.
http://en....
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Seeking "Official" delineation of North American mountain ranges?
I need to subset mosaics of remotely sourced data to the extents of several prominent North American mountain ranges, starting with the Sierra Nevada. After searching for the boundaries of the range ...
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Dividing Earth into continent polygons
Is there a simple (low res is fine) polygonal data set that divides the entirety of Earth's surface into continents, with no overlap and no area excluded?
Specifically: North America, South America, ...
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GIS storage format for better performance - Android device
We have developed an android application which loads different eco-zones and does geo-fencing based on current GPS location.
We have converted a shapefile to KML, then to JSON format, for loading in ...
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Seeking shapefile of hexagons that covers world?
I'd like a persistent .shp that covers the world in hexagons (preferably of a decently small area)–does anybody know where I could find something like this, or perhaps what software I could use to ...
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Now that NationalAtlas.Gov is retired/removed, where is the largest source of public shapefiles for the USA?
I used nationalatlas.gov for many years, downloading various shapefiles regarding water, roads, boundaries, environmental factors, and more. NationalAtlas.gov was a central public site that many GIS ...
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UK coastline shapefile?
I'm looking for a shapefile for the coastline of the UK.
I'm guessing the Ordnance Survey 'geo-portal' is the best place to get this, but whenever I go to the Ordnance Survey site I get the shakes. (...
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US Voting precinct data
I am looking for a source for data to determine voting precinct boundaries in the United States. My thought is that they might be on the Census website but under a name that doesn't make it obvious.
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Free data with good accuracy of Europe and Mediterranean
I'm searching for free data like Europe's coastline and Mediterranean island's names etc. but with good precision. I found some shp file from this site
http://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/
but ...
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Seeking cities boundaries of Canada
I would like to download Canadian cities' borders as shapefiles for clipping satellite imagery for several cities. I could find the US city borders as "Urban Areas" in the following page: ...
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Map of russia's administrative divisions
I'm looking for a map of the administrative divisions of Russia, on a rather local level. In Seeking polygon files corresponding to Russian Census? is presented a map on different levels, the most ...
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Where can I download all 3,141 County US Polygons clipped with high resolution shoreline data?
After having done quite a bit of research I have been unable to find a single shapefile download which includes all of the current 3,141 counties with their associating data clipped with the highest ...
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Finding shapefiles of pipeline data?
Does anyone know where I can get or find shapefiles for pipelines (USA location)? Preferably free as I've never done pipelines before and I'm meeting a client next week that is doing pipeline work.
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How to transfer data from spreadsheet into shapefile?
I am looking at Deprivation in the UK and there is some good data in the form of spreadsheets on this website http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/corporate/statistics/indices2010
I would like ...
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Getting 8 digit watersheds for USA
Is there an alternative source for 8-digit (vector shapefiles) US watersheds?
The USDA link is down and they are not responsive to my query for getting the data:
https://gdg.sc.egov.usda.gov/
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California State Parcel Data
I am looking for California state parcel data such as owner name, no. of stories, year built etc., for each parcel. I can get to the level that I can browse them in property appraiser site but don't ...
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Seeking spatial data for very specific administrative boundaries in Ontario
I was wondering if anyone might know where I can download the rectangular administrative boundaries shown in the image below. I have highlighted one of them in red. On the image, you can see that ...
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Detailed Bathymetric/Bathymetry contour data (0-200M)
I am looking for free Bathymetric contour data in shapefile format for depths between 0-200 meters for North America. I prefer contours at 10 meter increments, but will take whatever I can get.
I ...
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World map shapefile including disputed areas
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 ...
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Looking for GeoJSON describing French departments?
Is there any place where I could find a GeoJSON describing the borders of the French departments, or do I have to convert a shapefile?
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Postal code shapefile for france?
Can anyone tell me of an open source where I can get the shapefile for France at a postal code level?
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How can I identify lines that intersect a certain raster layer area?
How do I identify certain roads ( of a line shapefile) that intersect with a layer that is produced from the reclassify tool (for raster data)? I am trying to identify which roads specifically are in ...
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Global shipping network datasets for download?
Does anyone know if global shipping routes for free download (preferably ESRI shapefile) exist? I would need them for my research only as a background presentation on the world image. They can be ...
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Searching for UN regions/sub-regions shapefile
for a visualisation project I need the boundaries of the UN regions as defined here : http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49regin.htm
That's 21 polygons for the sub-regions.
I have been looking ...
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Public shp file showing Berlin subway entrances?
I was inspired by someone else's work to try finding the Berlin property farthest from a subway station. In order to do that, I will need two things:
First, I need a shapefile of all the building ...
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Sites with recreational shapefiles for United States?
Do you know of any sites that I could find some recreational shapefiles?
An example would be shapefiles of golf courses, ski resorts, or maybe baseball fields in the United States?
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Are there any shapefiles for a simple road network of the UK that are similar to Google Maps?
I wish to add a shapefile to ArcMap that displays a road network which is similar to what you may find on Google Maps. I don't require a detailed Ordnance Survey map, just the roads.
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Why is shapefile non recognised in the dataset?
Do CartoDB datasets accept .shp files for the geometry?
I should use them to build a map but I can't do it. Can you help me?
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Republic of Ireland country boundary shapefiles
Does anyone know where I can get shapefiles for the country border of the Republic of Ireland?
Ideally I would like these to be in British National Grid (BNG) projection, as I have to show these on ...
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Shapefiles for US city and Zip level
I already have the information for US states and Counties. I have the information in the JSON files. I want the information for ALL US city and Zip Code information.
I can't really navigate the US ...
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Need second-level subdivisions (Counties) for the United Kingdom
I am working on a map that requires second-level subdivisions for the United Kingdom, looking for these in shapefile format. These would be county-level subdivisions. I've done a lot of searching at ...
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Looking for Shapefile of Island Names
A lot of Island nations, like Japan and Indonesia, have many islands within the same country. Other islands, like Borneo are part of multiple countries. I am looking for a shapefile that gives the ...
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