Version 1.6 of the gshhs shapefiles are polygon features. You can find them at ftp://ftp.ihg.uni-duisburg.de/GIS/GISData/GSHHS/ --
On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 4:42 PM, Pablo Romero <[email protected]> wrote: > hello, > I need help selecting a datasource to produce the following: a basic, > high-resolution land map, showing ONLY coastlines and bodies of water. > basically, Im trying to emulate a type of image tiling that I found on > another site, which I believe is also being produced using mapserver, but Im > unsure about which data source/shapefile is being used. > > Ive ATTACHED the image. > You can see that image includes a high-resolution map of the florida coast, > including interior bodies of water. > > Ive tried using the "admin98.shp" and "world_vector_shorelines.shp" in > order to recreate these results, but these two shapefiles dont include > interior bodies of water (lakes, ponds, etc.). Ive ALSO tried using the > gshhs shapefiles (http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/shorelines/gshhs.html), and > these *seem* like they might work, but they are broken up into separate > shapefiles for coastal outline, lakes, ponds, etc., and these shapefiles are > IN LINES instead of POLYGONS/POLYLINES, so I cannot figure out how to "fill" > the space between "lines" with a different color in order to make the > landmasses and interior bodies of water "stand out". > > So, simply put, my question is: can someone please help me figure out / > recommend which data source I should use in order to produce output similiar > to the image Ive attached? just high-resolution coastal outline and interior > bodies of water IN decimal degrees (WGS1984?), please help.... > > P.Romero > > ------------------------------ > It's the same Hotmail(R). If by "same" you mean up to 70% faster. Get your > account > now.<http://windowslive.com/online/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_broad1_122008> > > _______________________________________________ > mapserver-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users > >
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