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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">Hello, Torsten. I think the 16 german federal states (lander) are available as a shapefile in lots of different places. Here is one example:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>That is a shapefile (compressed) with 16 polygons, and you also have the population and extension of each one. You have to open it with some GIS application. Where do you want to draw that map?</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>Regards,</DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>Juan Lucas</DIV>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>De:</B> talk-bounces@openstreetmap.org en nombre de Torsten Mohr<BR><B>Enviado el:</B> jue 30/04/2009 19:20<BR><B>Para:</B> OSM Talk<BR><B>Asunto:</B> Re: [OSM-talk] German Shapefile, federal states?<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>Ouch, that's bad.<BR><BR>i thought they'd contain some actual data, size implied that.<BR><BR>I wonder if anybody knows a way to render the 16 German federal states<BR>(Bundesländer)? Actually that's what i want to do in the end..<BR><BR>Is there a way to find out what is in a Shapefile? Like that i can write<BR>filters like<BR><BR><Filter>[CNTRY_NAME] = 'Germany'</Filter><BR><BR>in world_boundaries_m? Is there a way to find this out from a<BR>Shapefile?<BR><BR><BR>Thanks for any hints,<BR>Torsten.<BR><BR><BR><BR>Am Mittwoch, 29. April 2009 23:06:18 schrieb Frederik Ramm:<BR>> Hi,<BR>><BR>> Torsten Mohr wrote:<BR>> > has anybody got some experience with the Shapefiles at:<BR>> > <A href="http://dataservice.eea.europa.eu/dataservice/metadetails.asp?id=760">http://dataservice.eea.europa.eu/dataservice/metadetails.asp?id=760</A><BR>><BR>> All I can see are shapefiles that contain a reference grid - no actual<BR>> geodata?<BR>><BR>> Bye<BR>> Frederik<BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>talk mailing list<BR>talk@openstreetmap.org<BR><A href="http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk">http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk</A><BR></FONT></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>