These are the country, city and place shapefiles in the new updated world shapefiles set. They are free to download and use as you wish subject to the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 2.0 License.
Iraq
Palestine
Israel
Afghanistan
Iran
Pakistan
Burundi
Comoros
Djibouti
Each set contains the following:
* Files with 'highway' suffix describe country's highways in form of polylines and associated attributes - highway type, name, is highway oneway.
* Files with 'poi' suffix describe country's points of interest in form of points and associated attributes - name and type.
* Files with 'natural' suffix describe country's areas marked as woods, forests, parks, and water surfaces in form of polygons and their names and types.
* Files with 'administrative' suffix contain administrative boundaries including country's international boundaries.
* Files with 'location' suffix contain locations and addresses.
* Files with 'coastline' suffix contain osm coastline and water bodies extracts in form of polylines and their names.
* Files with 'water' suffix contain osm water bodies in form of polygons and their names.
I'll be adding a few a day until I've got them all done. If you have a request, be sure to let me know and I'll put it at the tops of the list.
Click here for the new world shapefiles
Mike Meuser
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Sunday, December 4, 2011
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