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Why doesn't IDL know the borders of Kazakhstan? [message #68772]

Fri, 04 December 2009 12:36

MarioIncandenza
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Registered: February 2005

Senior Member

Not wishing to cause an international diplomatic incident, does anyone
have a substitute for the MAP_CONTINENTS,/COUNTRIES procedure? The
country boundaries that IDL draws have significant gaps in Central
Asia, that really damage the aesthetic appeal of the maps.

--Edward H.

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Re: Why doesn't IDL know the borders of Kazakhstan? [message #68955 is a reply to message #68772]

Sun, 06 December 2009 18:07

Andrew Cool
Messages: 219
Registered: January 1996

Senior Member

On Dec 6, 9:15 am, Ed Hyer <ejh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Dec 4, 1:08 pm, David Fanning <n...@dfanning.com> wrote:
>
>> The GSHHS data base:
>
>> http://www.dfanning.com/map_tips/gshhs.html
>
> I am a fan of your GSHHS tools for some maps, especially when small
> islands are involved. I wish there was something like it for political
> boundaries.

Ed,

Have a look at my Astronomy weather map
site :- http://www.skippysky.com.au/Europe/

SkippySky uses the ESRI World admin shapefile.

Cheers,

Andrew Cool

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