Most OpenStreetMap maps use the Natural Earth boundary data for showing national boundaries at the lowest zoom levels. On
http://www.imagico.de/map/boundaries_download_en.php you can now find a replacement for that based on OSM data and simplified specifically for the common web map zoom levels. Also the maritime boundaries are trimmed to where they are actually useful. Some more background information is available on http://blog.imagico.de/rendering-boundaries/ and a simple map showing the data on http://maps.imagico.de/#map=3/55.0/0.0&r=coastline&o=7&ui=0 -- Christoph Hormann http://www.imagico.de/ _______________________________________________ dev mailing list dev@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev