Dear Jim, probably the OSM files for South Africa are a good point to start. Get them here:
http://download.geofabrik.de/osm/africa/south_africa_and_lesotho.shp.zip Regards, Till On 15.11.2011 11:50, Jim Brown wrote: > Hi all, I'm a newbie so this question has probably been asked before, > sorry about that... > > When I downloaded Qgis I got the Alaska map. I'd like to do my learning > on something closer to home which is Johannesburg, South Africa. Or > failing that, the Eastern Cape as shown in some of the pix in Tim > /etal'/s//Gentle Introduction. > > Can someone point me in the right direction please? For now, your > explanation will need to be in simple terms with a bit of detail if you > don't mind ;-) > > Btw, anyone in the Qgis world wanting to connect with me, my Linkedin, > Skype and BBM details are below.... > > Regards, > > *Jim Brown * > > > Click here <http://za.linkedin.com/in/jimbrownza> to go to my LinkedIn page > > Skype: jim.brownza > BBM: 23BF2088 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user -- --> GO Mobile - jetzt WebGIS auch auf Smartphones <-- ! Achtung - terrestris hat eine neue Adresse ! --------------------------------------------------------- terrestris GmbH & Co. KG Puetzchens Chaussee 56 53227 Bonn Germany Till Adams Geschaeftsfuehrung Tel: +49 (0)228 / 962 899-52 Mobile: +49 (0)151 / 25394429 Fax: +49 (0)228 / 962 899-57 [email protected] http://www.terrestris.de Amtsgericht Bonn, HRA 6835 --------------------------------------------------------- Komplementaerin: terrestris Verwaltungs GmbH vertreten durch: Hinrich Paulsen, Till Adams _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
