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Natural Earth (https://www.naturalearthdata.com/) is a GIS data package that has all the essential layers to create public domain maps available at 1:10m, 1:50m, and 1:110 million scales. Featuring tightly integrated vector and raster data, it is free for public use in any type of project. Natural Earth contains a range of vector data specifically for different map scales.
It includes the following cultural features: Administrative boundary lines (countries, states, provinces, populated places, urban areas and disputed areas), Transportation (airports, roads, railways and sea ports), Geographic lines and graticules.
For physical features, it contains a mix of Hydrography (Oceans, rivers and lakes), Terrain (Mountain peaks, major and minor islands) and Ocean (Coastlines, coral reefs and bathymetry) features.
The raster data sets consist of low-resolution grids on a global scale. These are perfect for continental or global scale base maps (Cross-blended hypsometric tints, Ocean bottom bathymetry, Shaded relief and gray Earth).
The dataset is built by volunteers from around the world and is supported by the North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS). |