BalticSea:Countries: Difference between revisions

Countries
Layer Info
Category	Management
SubCategory	Governance
Editable	No
Data type	Polygons
Types or Values
	Denmark
	Estonia
	Finland
	Germany
	Latvia
	Lithuania
	Poland
	Russia
	Sweden

Revision as of 13:40, 5 July 2021

Description

Countries from the Baltic Sea

MSP Challenge

The countries' layer symbolizes the land masses around the sea basin.

Information about each country can be viewed by clicking on the 'i' icon (see image below) on each country, this is information retrieved from wikipedia and other non-official sources as well as common knowledge.

Country information example for Baltic Sea

Data Source

Adapted from Natural Earth countries' and lakes' layers (version 4.0.0).

Creation Date

15 October 2017

Methodology

The source countries' layer was combined with the source lakes layer and the geometries were simplified. In the course of the simplification process some smaller areas (islands) were removed.

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 ===Data Source===
-Adapted from <nowiki>http://www.naturalearthdata.com</nowiki>
+Adapted from [https://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/50m-cultural-vectors/ Natural Earth] countries' and [https://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/50m-physical-vectors/ lakes]' layers  (version 4.0.0).
-===Last Update===
+===Creation Date===
-January 2017
+October 2017
 ===Methodology===
-This layer was obtained by combined the countries layer with the lakes layer and simplifying geometries. In the course of the isimplifcation process some smaller areas (islands) were removed.
+The source countries' layer was combined with the source lakes layer and the geometries were simplified. In the course of the simplification process some smaller areas (islands) were removed.
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