[Tutor] theory: geography and python

[Nathan Smith]

Hi there,


thanks a lot for this!


Nathan

On 25/02/2022 17:14, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Feb 2022 22:35:53 +0000, Nathan Smith <nathan-tech at hotmail.com>
> declaimed the following:
>
>> Is there an industry standard for this sort of thing to get the shapes
>> of countries semi accurate in terms of coordinates and borders? What
>> sources should be looked at?
>>
> 	Rather out-of-date by now but the CIA World Databank II had been
> commonly used.
>
> https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dcia%2Bworld%2Bdatabank%2BII&data=04%7C01%7C%7Cb5389b1849aa4c55d8ee08d9f882770d%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637814061488668137%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=Mvr%2BBTOV%2Blh67qDFswB%2FNxQ%2FXNi1jfwokfCF81AQQok%3D&reserved=0
>
> 	I'm sure there are more modernized sources (WDB likely still has West &
> East Germany, along with the Berlin air corridors), but they may be as part
> of some $$$ GIS package.
>
>
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Best Wishes,

Nathan Smith, BSC


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