[OSM-dev] Map of the whole world, starting with europe

[Martin Spott]

Frederik Ramm wrote:

> >    Where can I get free data that would show reasonable coastlines of europe
> >    and the US.
> 
> If you don't want to zoom in too much, then use
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VMAP0

VMap0 coastlines are pretty bad, even worse than the rest of the VMap0
dataset. If you're looking for reasonable coastline data, then visit
the GSHHS pages:

  http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/wessel/gshhs/

Cheers,
	Martin.
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