Questions tagged [russia]
for questions which are specific to the country of Russia
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World Map without break line at 180 Meridian (Russia) [duplicate]
I want to create a map of the world (in my case Winkel Tripel but could be Miller or Equal Earth as well) showing Russia's full extent to the right, like in this example - which might be a very common ...
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How to figure out the projection used in a map
I'd like to read in some data displayed in a map, but it's presented in a projection that it's totally unknown for me, so I have no idea how to get the CRS and transformations to georeference the ...
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Link Russian region codes and ISO 3166-2 code [closed]
Looking at the Federal subjects of Russia page on Wikipedia, I see that Russian regions are listed with a region "Code".
Looking at the ISO 3166-2:RU I see that they also have ISO codes.
The ...
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Where does the Geonames admin_code1 for Russia come from?
Looking at the data dump of post codes for Russia (country downloads | Russian download link) I can't understand what the admin_code1 corresponds to.
Looking at the ISO3166 sub regions, I see the ...
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DEM for Russia in WGS84 [closed]
I'm looking for a DEM of Russia projected in WGS84. Anyone have any ideas on where to look?
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World Mercator Projection with Chucotka region in right part? [duplicate]
How can I choose or modify World Mercator projection to display eastern part of Chucotka region in the right part of the map? I have already tried to change the parametr +lon_0, but the map looks like ...
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Finding detailed relief map of Russia?
I need to find a relief map of Russia. Where such a map can be found and downloaded?
Or how to create such a map?
I have found a site, but the scale is too small.
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Removing 180th meridian line on map of Russia?
I'm not sure how to remove the line that represents the 180th meridian (international dateline) on my polygon. I have the "Russia Country Boundary 2017" feature layer added from the Living Atlas. My ...
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Find geographic data on languages of Russia [closed]
Does anyone have any ideas for where I can get data on the number or percentage of speakers of a given language in the Russian Federation at some geographic level smaller than federal subject?
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Projection for Russia map
Any advice on which map projection to use for a map of Russia?
I am trying to project my shapefile (WGS84) but not sure which one to select. I would like to maintain equal areas.
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Creating PZ-90.02 and PZ-90.11 geodetic datum for QGIS
I would like to plot maps based on PZ-90.02 and PZ-90.11 in Russia, but in QGIS there is only PZ-90 to choose.
Can anyone explain how to create a proj4 record for these datums?
For PZ-90 proj4 looks ...
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Where can I find a free shapefile of the Soviet Union | USSR?
Where can I find a free shapefile of the Soviet Union | USSR?
Ideally, I would like to be able to open it straight-away in QGIS.
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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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Finding Historical Maps of Soviet Union circa 1940?
Anyone know where I can find a basic historical map of the Soviet Union, circa around 1940?
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Where can I find geodata for the Russian терсон-мо or терсон-ате census units? Or: can osm_admin polygons be linked to those?
I'm looking to combine Russian census data with georeferenced polygons.
This is for a research project looking into different aspects of mobility within the Republic of Саха (Sakha/Yakutsk), the ...
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Is there any shapefile (or other format) of Russia's time zones after 2014 changes?
According to for example Wikipedia, Russia changed its time zone boundaries in 2014, moving areas between existing zones and defining new ones for the Crimea area.
Is there any shapefile or other ...
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Mapping Russia - Int'l dateline splitting polygon
I am having the issue where the International Dateline is splitting a polygon I am working with. I have a layer of the "Federal Districts" of Russia, and the eastern most federal district is being "...
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Seeking polygon files corresponding to Russian Census?
My team is using the 2010 Russian Census and we'd like to have polygons that correspond to these population values. We're flexible to any sort of polygon format (shapefiles, GeoJSON, KML, etc). ...
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What will happen when Russia shuts down the GPS stations?
Russian officials are seriously talking about shutting down US GPS ground stations within their borders and Deputy Prime Minister of Russia tweeted on the subject.
What will happen to the GPS? My ...
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Searching for GIS data sources relating to the Soviet GULAG system
I'm desperately searching for GIS data related to the Soviet prison camp system, the GULAG. There are quite a few very good maps out there, but I cannot seem to find data in order to make my own. ...
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