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2022-06-02: 5.2.0
GENERAL
1) Remaster the marine polygon geographic label areas, restoring missing features, and
adding additional detail based on 2002 IHO draft proposal.
- UPDATED: NATURAL_EARTH_QUICK_START
- UPDATED: 10M_PHYSICAL
- UPDATED: 50M_PHYSICAL
- UPDATED: 110M_PHYSICAL
- UPDATED: SQLite
- UPDATED: GeoJSON
- UPDATED: GeoPackage
10M_PHYSICAL
- UPDATED: ne_10m_geography_marine_polys
- Over 175 row changes to polygon geometry and attributes.
- Restored or remastered missing features, including: Bab el Mandeb, Baia d
Maputo, Bering Strait, Denmark Strait, Drake Passage, Great Barrier
Reef (again), Karskiye Strait, Korea Strait, Luzon Strait, Makassar Strait,
Puget Sound (again), Ross Sea (again), Scotia Sea, Sea of Japan (again),
St. Helena Bay, Strait of Dover, Strait of Florida (again), Strait of
Georgia (again), Strait of Gibraltar, Strait of Hormuz, Strait of Juan
de Fuca (again), and Yucatan Channel.
- Added new features primarily in Europe, South East Asia, and Southern Ocean,
including Aru Sea, Bay of Kiel, Bothnia Bay, Bothnian Sea, Celtic Sea,
Ceram Sea, Cooperation Sea, Cosmonauts Sea, D'Urville Sea, Fehmarnbelt,
Iceland Sea, Lazarev Sea, Liaodong Wan, Malacca Strait, Mawson Sea, Natuna
Sea, Riiser-Larsen Sea, Selat Sumba, Selat Sunda, Somov Sea, Sound Sea,
Storebælt, Strait of Sicily, Teluk Berau, and Teluk Bone.
- Mediterranean Sea was reworked back to two separate polygons, one each
for east and west basins, with separate ne_id and min_label values.
- Added oceanbasin and subbasin columns.
- See also: https://legacy.iho.int/mtg_docs/com_wg/S-23WG/S-23WG_Misc/Draft_2002/Draft_2002.htm
- Fixes #697 and #735
50M_PHYSICAL
- UPDATED: ne_50m_geography_marine_polys
- Same changes as ne_10m_geography_marine_polys
110M_PHYSICAL
- UPDATED: ne_110m_geography_marine_polys
- Same changes as ne_10m_geography_marine_polys
2022-05-13: 5.1.2
GENERAL
1) Add missing TLC point-of-view to ne_50m_admin_0_boundary_lines_disputed_areas theme.
2) Spelling of Londonderry/Derry populated place.
- UPDATED: NATURAL_EARTH_QUICK_START
- UPDATED: 10M_CULTURAL
- UPDATED: 50M_CULTURAL
- UPDATED: 110M_CULTURAL
- UPDATED: SQLite
- UPDATED: GeoJSON
- UPDATED: GeoPackage
10M_CULTURAL
- UPDATED: ne_10m_populated_places
- Add Londonderry/Derry name spelling and localizations
50M_CULTURAL
- UPDATED: ne_50m_admin_0_boundary_lines_disputed_areas
- Add TLC point-of-view for features needing "tender loving care"
- Fixes #722
- UPDATED: ne_50m_populated_places
- Same changes as ne_10m_populated_places
110M_CULTURAL
- UPDATED: ne_110m_populated_places
- Same changes as ne_10m_populated_places
2022-05-12: 5.1.1
- Many thanks to @mbloch for help with debugging Mapshaper <> PostGIS compatibility
GENERAL
1) Ensure "empty" text fields have minimum length of 1 char for PostGIS compatibility.
As the housekeeping DBFs are joined with the Mapshaper cracked features, the
5.y.z series would produce zero length text fields, which are valid but are
incompatible with PostGIS. A new version of Mapshaper, used here, now produces
a minimum of 1 char text length fields even if all column values are empty.
- Fixes #674
- UPDATED: NATURAL_EARTH_QUICK_START
- UPDATED: 10M_CULTURAL
- UPDATED: 50M_CULTURAL
- UPDATED: 110M_CULTURAL
- UPDATED: SQLite
- UPDATED: GeoJSON
- UPDATED: GeoPackage
- UPDATED: Housekeeping
HOUSEKEEPING
- UPDATED: NE_ADMIN_0_DETAILS
- Ensure fclass_* fields are text formatted with ~30 char length
10M_CULTURAL
- UPDATED: ne_10m_admin-0 themes, including:
ne_10m_admin_0_sovereignty
ne_10m_admin_0_countries
ne_10m_admin_0_countries_* (all point-of-views)
ne_10m_admin_0_countries_lakes
ne_10m_admin_0_map_units
ne_10m_admin_0_map_subunits
ne_10m_admin_0_scale_rank
ne_10m_admin_0_scale_rank_minor_islands
ne_10m_admin_0_disputed_areas
ne_10m_admin_0_disputed_areas_scale_rank_minor_islands
- Ensure non-zero length text fields (fclass_*)
- Fixes #674
- UPDATED: ne_10m_admin-1 themes, including:
ne_10m_admin_1_states_provinces
ne_10m_admin_1_states_provinces_lakes
ne_10m_admin_1_states_provinces_scale_rank
ne_10m_admin_1_states_provinces_scale_rank_minor_islands
- Ensure non-zero length text fields (fclass_*)
- Fixes #674
- UPDATED: ne_10m_admin-2 themes, including:
ne_10m_admin_2_counties
ne_10m_admin_2_counties_lakes
ne_10m_admin_2_counties_scale_rank
ne_10m_admin_2_counties_scale_rank_minor_islands
- Ensure non-zero length text fields (fclass_*)
- Fixes #674
10M_PHYSICAL
- UPDATED: ne_10m_land
- Ensure non-zero length text fields
- Fixes #674
- UPDATED: ne_10m_land_scale_rank
- Ensure non-zero length text fields
- Fixes #674
- UPDATED: ne_10m_ocean
- Ensure non-zero length text fields
- Fixes #674
- UPDATED: ne_10m_ocean_scale_rank
- Ensure non-zero length text fields
- Fixes #674
50M_CULTURAL
- UPDATED: ne_50m_admin-0 themes, including:
ne_50m_admin_0_sovereignty
ne_50m_admin_0_countries
ne_50m_admin_0_countries_lakes
ne_50m_admin_0_breakaway_disputed_areas
ne_50m_admin_0_map_units
ne_50m_admin_0_map_subunits
ne_50m_admin_0_tiny_countries
- Ensure non-zero length text fields (fclass_*)
- Fixes #674
- UPDATED: ne_50m_admin-1 themes, including:
ne_50m_admin_1_states_provinces
ne_50m_admin_1_states_provinces_lakes
- Ensure non-zero length text fields (fclass_*)
- Fixes #674
110M_CULTURAL
- UPDATED: ne_110m_admin-0 themes, including:
ne_110m_admin_0_sovereignty
ne_110m_admin_0_countries
ne_110m_admin_0_countries_lakes
ne_110m_admin_0_map_units
- Ensure non-zero length text fields (fclass_*)
- Fixes #674
- UPDATED: ne_110m_admin-1 themes, including:
ne_110m_admin_1_states_provinces
ne_110m_admin_1_states_provinces_lakes
- Ensure non-zero length text fields (fclass_*)
- Fixes #674
2022-05-04: 5.1.0
- Many thanks to @jeffdefacto for help with disputed boundaries research
GENERAL
1) Add top-level-country (TLC) point-of-view (POV) with shapefile, cleanup the existing
ISO POV, add shapefile export for ISO point-of-view, and bug fix polish for alternate
points-of-view added in v5.0.0 and v5.0.1.
- UPDATED: NATURAL_EARTH_QUICK_START
- UPDATED: 10M_CULTURAL
- UPDATED: 10M_PHYSICAL
- UPDATED: 50M_CULTURAL
- UPDATED: 50M_PHYSICAL
- UPDATED: 110M_CULTURAL
- UPDATED: 110M_PHYSICAL
- UPDATED: SQLite
- UPDATED: GeoJSON
- UPDATED: GeoPackage
- UPDATED: Housekeeping
HOUSEKEEPING
- UPDATED: NE_ADMIN_0_DETAILS
- Add TLC point-of-view for 347 top-level-countries needing "tender loving
care" – for any place that might possibly be labeled as a "country" or
"dependency" in any POV, or otherwise not contiguous with it's home
territory so needs an explanatory label. See adm0_tlc and fclass_tlc
columns, and should be paired with note_adm0 or note_brk columns to give
context to the feature's sovereignty. FCLASS_TLC values include:
Admin-0 country (eg United States), Admin-0 dependency (eg Puerto Rico),
Admin-1 region (eg England, Scotland, Wales, and Norther Ireland constituant
countries of the United Kingdom), Admin-1 states provinces (eg Martinique
with France or Alaska with United States which are both non-contiguous with
their home or "metropolitan" territory), Admin-0 lease (eg Baykonur
Cosmodrome leased to Russia), Admin-0 breakaway and disputed (eg Golan
Heights between Israel and Syria), Admin-0 claim area (eg Crimea between
Ukraine and Russia), Admin-0 indeterminant (eg Spratly Islands which is
contested and administered by many countries), Island group (eg Midway
Islands which is part of the United States Minor Outlying Islands
dependency), and Island (eg Antigua which is a component of the country
Antigua and Barbuda, or Jan Mayen which is part of the Svalbard and Jan
Mayen dependency).
- Refine ISO point-of-view properties for 249 countries, dependencies, and
"it's complicated" admin-1 (eg Taiwan and overseas French regions).
Rename adm0_a3_iso to adm0_iso as it was getting clipped to adm0_a3_is
which is a reserved 2-char country code. FCLASS_ISO values include:
Admin-0 country (eg United States), Admin-0 dependency (eg Puerto Rico),
Admin-1 states provinces (eg Taiwan), and Unrecognized (eg England).
- Add TLC (superset of ISO) and TLC_DIFF boolean columns to support the above
- Add label_x and label_y columns to support stand alone point-based labeling
- Mark Kosovo as recognized by fewer countries and by TLC (but not ISO)
- Mark Somaliland as recognized by Taiwan and TLC
(but not ISO or any other country)
- Mark Northern Cyprus as recognized by Turkey and TLC
(but not ISO or any other country)
- Mark Taiwan as recognized by itself and TLC
(but as an admin-1 by ISO)
- Adjust all existing POV with Admin-0 map unit to more fine grained values
- Add Sir Creek dispute between Pakistan and India
- Add North Boreno dispute between Malaysia and Philippines
- Provide optional grouping of separate Andaman Islands and Nicobar Islands
which form a single Admin-1 for India, needed for TLC POV
- Cleanup BRK_GROUP, NOTE_ADM0, and NOTE_BRK columns
10M_CULTURAL
- UPDATED: ne_10m_admin-0 themes, including:
ne_10m_admin_0_sovereignty
ne_10m_admin_0_countries
ne_10m_admin_0_countries_* (all point-of-views)
ne_10m_admin_0_countries_lakes
ne_10m_admin_0_map_units
ne_10m_admin_0_map_subunits
ne_10m_admin_0_scale_rank
ne_10m_admin_0_scale_rank_minor_islands
ne_10m_admin_0_boundary_lines_land
ne_10m_admin_0_boundary_lines_maritime_indicator
ne_10m_admin_0_boundary_lines_maritime_indicator_chn
ne_10m_admin_0_boundary_lines_map_units
ne_10m_admin_0_boundary_lines_disputed_areas
ne_10m_admin_0_disputed_areas
ne_10m_admin_0_disputed_areas_scale_rank_minor_islands
ne_10m_admin_0_label_points
- Add TLC point-of-view for features needing "tender loving care"
Fixes #722
- Export a POV shapefile for new TLC point-of-view
Fixes #721
- Refine ISO point-of-view properties
- Export a POV shapefile for updated ISO point-of-view
- Show more country labels earlier
Fixes #714
- Push Somalia map unit line for Puntland to min_zoom 7, same as admin-1
lines (generally the admin-1 here need updates)
- See housekeeping section above for more details
- UPDATED: ne_10m_admin-1 themes, including:
ne_10m_admin_1_states_provinces
ne_10m_admin_1_states_provinces_lakes
ne_10m_admin_1_states_provinces_scale_rank
ne_10m_admin_1_states_provinces_scale_rank_minor_islands
ne_10m_admin_1_states_provinces_lines
ne_10m_admin_1_label_points
ne_10m_admin_1_label_points_details
- Add TLC point-of-view for features needing "tender loving care"
- Refine ISO point-of-view properties
- See housekeeping section above for more details
- UPDATED: ne_10m_populated_places
- Add TLC point-of-view for features needing "tender loving care"
- Update POV for admin-0 and admin-1 capitals to match above
- Several thousand localization for Arabic, Urdu, Persian, and Chinese city
names include their region or country in error (with a non-ascii comma)
Fixes #701
- Fix Laayoune, Morocco spelling in name_en
- Shorten Frankfurt, Germany for many localizations
- Add hyphen to Wilkes-Barre
Fixes #707
- Rename Puerto Cabezas to Bilwi (Nic
Fixes #633
- Add H to Plattsburgh, New York
Fixes #572
- Wanganui New Zealand spelling
Fixes #544
- Add language-specific names for Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
Fixes #335
- Move Juina, Brazil 50 miles
Fixes #683
- Move Karlskrona, Sweden
Fixes #670
- Move Hasselt, Belgium over (it's an Admin 1 Capital)
Fixes #646
- Move Lisburn, Northern Ireland closer to Belfast
- Move couple hundred other cities to urban center (manual review)
- UPDATED: ne_10m_populated_places_simple
- Same changes as ne_10m_populated_places
10M_PHYSICAL
- UPDATED: ne_10m_geography_marine_polys
- Correct the extent of Korean Straight
Fixes #712
- Correct Japanese Inner Sea name localizations, and Wikidata ID Marine
areas: Seto Inland Sea (Japan) labeled as Scottish Inner Seas
Fixes #665
50M_CULTURAL
- UPDATED: ne_50m_admin-0 related themes, including:
ne_50m_admin_0_sovereignty
ne_50m_admin_0_countries
ne_50m_admin_0_countries_lakes
ne_50m_admin_0_tiny_countries
ne_50m_admin_0_map_units
ne_50m_admin_0_map_subunits
ne_50m_admin_0_boundary_lines_land
ne_50m_admin_0_boundary_map_units
ne_50m_admin_0_breakaway_disputed_areas
- Same changes as 10m cultural themes
- UPDATED: ne_50m_admin-1 related themes, including:
ne_50m_admin_1_states_provinces
ne_50m_admin_1_states_provinces_lakes
- Same changes as 10m cultural themes data table edits
- UPDATED: ne_50m_populated_places
- Same changes as ne_10m_populated_places
- UPDATED: ne_50m_populated_places_simple
- Same changes as ne_10m_populated_places
50M_PHYSICAL
- UPDATED: ne_50m_geography_marine_polys
- Same changes as ne_10m_geography_marine_polys
110M_CULTURAL
- UPDATED: ne_10m_admin-0 related themes, including:
ne_110m_admin_0_countries
ne_110m_admin_0_countries_lakes
ne_110m_admin_0_sovereignty
ne_110m_admin_0_tiny_countries
ne_110m_admin_0_boundary_lines_land
- Same changes as 10m cultural themes data table edits
- UPDATED: ne_110m_admin-1 related themes, including:
ne_110m_admin_1_states_provinces
ne_110m_admin_1_states_provinces_lakes
- Same changes as 10m cultural themes data table edits
- UPDATED: ne_110m_populated_places
- Same changes as ne_10m_populated_places
- UPDATED: ne_110m_populated_places_simple
- Same changes as ne_10m_populated_places
110M_PHYSICAL
- UPDATED: ne_110m_geography_marine_polys
- Same changes as ne_10m_geography_marine_polys
2022-03-17: 5.0.1
- Many thanks to @jeffdefacto for help with disputed boundaries research
GENERAL
1) Bug fix polish for alternate points-of-view (POV) added in v5.0.0 release.
- UPDATED: NATURAL_EARTH_QUICK_START
- UPDATED: 10M_CULTURAL
- UPDATED: 50M_CULTURAL
- UPDATED: 110M_CULTURAL
- UPDATED: SQLite
- UPDATED: GeoJSON
- UPDATED: GeoPackage
NATURAL_EARTH_QUICK_START
- UPDATED: - Set fallback project POV to featurecla, and default to fclass_us
- Add POV for admin-1 region labels
- Render line of control boundary more like disputed boundary
- Render indefinite boundary more like solid country boundary
HOUSEKEEPING
- UPDATED: NE_ADMIN_0_DETAILS
- Split Donbass into component states, which are recognized by Russia
- Added name translations for new disputed areas
- Ilemi Triangle note should say South Sudan not Sudan
Fixes #649
- Adds Siachen Glacier as a disputed area for most POVs
Fixes #686
- Corrected a several #N/A values in POV and name_* columns
- Other point-of-view polish and consistency checks
10M_CULTURAL
- UPDATED: ne_10m_admin-0 themes, including:
ne_10m_admin_0_sovereignty
ne_10m_admin_0_countries
ne_10m_admin_0_countries_* (all point-of-views)
ne_10m_admin_0_countries_lakes
ne_10m_admin_0_map_units
ne_10m_admin_0_map_subunits
ne_10m_admin_0_scale_rank
ne_10m_admin_0_scale_rank_minor_islands
ne_10m_admin_0_boundary_lines_land
ne_10m_admin_0_boundary_lines_disputed_areas
ne_10m_admin_0_disputed_areas
ne_10m_admin_0_disputed_areas_scale_rank_minor_islands
ne_10m_admin_0_label_points
- Ukraine's boundary POV updated for current events, leaving only Morocco
and Sweden showing two ambiguous boundaries, and all others but Russia
matching Ukraine's view of itself. Default boundary values remains same.
Fixes #698
- Ukraine's disputed Donbass split in two, recognized as countries by Russia.
Fixes #698
- Adjust Israel admin-0 line POVs for USA government policy changes in 2019
Fixes #687
- Kosovo is not recognized by India POV, and for India and Russia POVs
should instead be shown as map unit (and China as unrecognized)
Fixes #686
- Pakistan's claim into India around Junagadh and Manavadar isn't
recognized by most countries
Fixes #699
- Adds Siachen Glacier between India and Pakistan as disputed for most POVs
Fixes #686
- The 2020 ceasefire line in Azerbaijan for Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh)
had an inconsistent POV
Fixes #700
- Caspian Sea is no longer included as null props polygon in disputed themes
Fixes #690
- Increase point-of-view consistency between disputed lines and areas
- UPDATED: ne_10m_admin-1 themes, including:
ne_10m_admin_1_states_provinces
ne_10m_admin_1_states_provinces_lakes
ne_10m_admin_1_states_provinces_scale_rank
ne_10m_admin_1_states_provinces_scale_rank_minor_islands
ne_10m_admin_1_states_provinces_lines
ne_10m_admin_1_label_points
ne_10m_admin_1_label_points_details
- Disable Morocco admin-1 lines in Western Sahara for most POVs
Fixes #688
- Add Morocco admin-1 claim lines in Western Sahara
(perpetuating out of data alignments for the regions, sorry)
Fixes #688
- Kosovo admin-1 aren't recognized by India, Russia, or China POVs
Fixes #686
- Fix scalerank for Kashmir admin-1 line, and update polygon POVs
Fixes #686
- Disable Israel admin-1 lines for PS, PK, SA, BD, and ID POVs
Fixes #687
- UPDATED: ne_10m_populated_places
- Update POV for admin-0 and admin-1 capitals to match above
- UPDATED: ne_10m_populated_places_simple
- Same changes as ne_10m_populated_places
50M_CULTURAL
- UPDATED: ne_50m_admin-0 related themes, including:
ne_50m_admin_0_sovereignty
ne_50m_admin_0_countries
ne_50m_admin_0_countries_lakes
ne_50m_admin_0_tiny_countries
ne_50m_admin_0_map_units
ne_50m_admin_0_map_subunits
ne_50m_admin_0_breakaway_disputed_areas
- Same changes as 10m cultural themes
- Adjust Israel admin-0 line in Golan Heights west to actual line of control
Fixes #687
- UPDATED: ne_50m_admin-1 related themes, including:
ne_50m_admin_1_states_provinces
ne_50m_admin_1_states_provinces_lakes
- Same changes as 10m cultural themes data table edits
- UPDATED: ne_50m_populated_places
- Same changes as ne_10m_populated_places
- UPDATED: ne_50m_populated_places_simple
- Same changes as ne_10m_populated_places
110M_CULTURAL
- UPDATED: ne_10m_admin-0 related themes, including:
ne_110m_admin_0_countries
ne_110m_admin_0_countries_lakes
ne_110m_admin_0_sovereignty
ne_110m_admin_0_tiny_countries
- Same changes as 10m cultural themes data table edits
- UPDATED: ne_110m_admin-1 related themes, including:
ne_110m_admin_1_states_provinces
ne_110m_admin_1_states_provinces_lakes
- Same changes as 10m cultural themes data table edits (n/a)
- UPDATED: ne_110m_populated_places
- Same changes as ne_10m_populated_places
- UPDATED: ne_110m_populated_places_simple
- Same changes as ne_10m_populated_places
2021-12-07: 5.0.0
- Many thanks to @zerebubuth for help with disputed boundaries prototyping in Tilezen.
- Many thanks to @elliotap, @jwva, and @mizmay for research and editing of populated
places and other themes.
- Many thanks to @imresamu who continues to help with localization and Wikidata IDs.
- Many thanks to Mapdiva for contributing new admin-2 counties for United States.
GENERAL
1) Adds support for alternate points of view in admin-0 related themes with fclass_*
properties (like fclass_iso). The following country and international organizations
worldviews are supported: Argentina (ar), Bangladesh (bd), Brazil (br), China (cn),
Egypt (eg), France (fr), Germany (de), Greece (gr), India (in), Indonesia (id),
Israel (il), Italy (it), Japan (jp), Korea (ko), Morocco (ma), Nepal (np),
Netherlands (nl), Pakistan (pk), Palestine (ps), Poland (pl), Portugal (pt),
Russia (ru), Saudi Arabia (sa), South Korea (ko), Spain (es), Sweden (se),
Taiwan (tw), Turkey (tr), United Kingdom (gb), United States (us), Vietnam (vn),
and ISO (iso).
Fixes #301
2) Provides easy alternate download of ne_10m_admin_0_countries themes preassembled for
the 31 different viewpoints, like "ne_10m_admin_0_countries_arg" for Argentina.
Full list of countries: Argentina (arg), Bangladesh (bdg), Brazil (bra), China (chn),
Germany (deu), Egypt (egy), Spain (esp), France (fra), United Kingdom (gbr),
Greece (grc), Indonesia (idn), India (ind), Israel (isr), Italy (ita), Japan (jpn),
South Korea (kor), Morocco (mar), Nepal (nep), Netherlands (nld), Pakistan (pak),
Poland (pol), Portugal (prt), Palestine (pse), Russia (rus), Saudi Arabia (sau),
Sweden (swe), Turkey (tur), Taiwan (twn), Ukraine (ukr), United States (usa),
and Vietname (vnm). Does not include ISO.
Fixes #301
3) Expands the name localization added in v4.1 to 26 languages (up from 21) by adding
Farsi (fa), Hebrew (he), Persian (fa), Ukrainian (uk), Urdu (ur); and distinguishing
between original Simplified Chinese (zh) and new Traditional Chinese (zht). Localized
names in the original 21 languages have also been updated.
Fixes #302, #303, #399, #451, #533
4) Renames admin-0 Macedonia features to North Macedonia to keep up with current events.
Fixes #290.
5) Renames admin-0 Swaziland features to Eswatini to keep up with current events.
Fixes #410.
PACKAGES
- UPDATED: NATURAL_EARTH_QUICK_START
- UPDATED: 10M_CULTURAL
- UPDATED: 10M_PHYSICAL
- UPDATED: 50M_CULTURAL
- UPDATED: 50M_PHYSICAL
- UPDATED: 110M_CULTURAL
- UPDATED: 110M_PHYSICAL
- UPDATED: ALL SHP
- UPDATED: SQLite
- UPDATED: GeoJSON
- UPDATED: GeoPackage
NATURAL_EARTH_QUICK_START
- UPDATED: Natural Earth quick start kit v3 provides a QGIS3 config with project
variables that enable preferred and fallback labels for all map features
at zooms 0 thru zoom 8, with theme content compiled per zoom.
- project_language (eg: name_en) as that was confusing some people.
- Add documentation to explain how to change the language of the names in QGIS
#484, thanks @mayeulk
HOUSEKEEPING
- UPDATED: NE_ADMIN_0_DETAILS - Spreadsheet tracks admin-0 countries and other levels.
Update localized names in 24 languages (adding Hebrew, Ukranian, and Urdu).
Add fclass_* for alternate points of view.
- UPDATED Move file hosting to S3 via AWS public dataset packaging
#445, #581
TOOLS
- UPDATED: Scripts for polling Wikidata and Wikipedia for names localizations to allow
3 more languages (he, ud, uk) and updated API access. Added RegEx to strip
junk from river, lake, country, region, and populated place names.
10M_CULTURAL
- UPDATED: ne_10m_admin-0 themes, including:
ne_10m_admin_0_sovereignty
ne_10m_admin_0_countries
ne_10m_admin_0_countries_lakes
ne_10m_admin_0_map_units
ne_10m_admin_0_map_subunits
ne_10m_admin_0_scale_rank
ne_10m_admin_0_scale_rank_minor_islands
ne_10m_admin_0_boundary_lines_land
ne_10m_admin_0_boundary_lines_disputed_areas
ne_10m_admin_0_disputed_areas
ne_10m_admin_0_disputed_areas_scale_rank_minor_islands
ne_10m_admin_0_label_points
- Support disputed boundary point-of-view by adding fclass_* properties.
- Adjusts some min_zoom to the minimum for the claimants to have
coherent boundaries.
- Add more localized names, from Wikipedia and another contribution
- Add additional disputed areas
- "Holy See" is misspelled in SOV0NAME
Fixes #261, thanks @e-n-f (ericfischer)!
- Rename Macedonia to North Macedonia
Fixes #290
- Swaziland has changed there country name to - Eswatini
#410, thanks @michaeldssnts
- The scalerank for Philippines, New Zeland, Indonesia, Malaysia, and
Indonesia restored to 0 and for Cyprus to 1 to match v4.0 value.
Fixes #282, thanks @jirik!
- add disputed areas between Israel and Palestine (West Bank)
#17
- Taiwan and China POV
#331, kind regards @ghost
- Incorrect coding of Kazakhstan in sovereignty dataset adm0
#313, #354, thanks @atlight, @josh26turner
- Support points of view (worldview) for admin0 disputed areas areas adm0 disputed_area
#301
- Add more "eh" support for ISO_A2 and ISO_A3 and ISO_N3 (France, Norway)
#252, #284, #268, #348, thanks @nickpeihl, @s-fleck, @Fil, @MrGranddy
- Bir Tawil and Halaib unclaimed territories not present adm0 disputed_area
#255, thanks @tehandyb
- Adjust USA and Canada boundary between Campobello Island and Deer Island
#221, thanks @MattBlissett
- Fix incorrect UN features codes and regions adm0
#195, thanks @Toshakins
- Add disputed area Brasileira I. between Brazil and Uruguay adm0 disputed_area
#24
- add disputes between Slovenia and Croatia adm0 disputed_area
#20
- Crimea location bug adm0 disputed_area
#489, thanks @gerasimvol
- Add POV to maritime boundary indicators
#541
- Use either Czechia or Czech Republic
#569, thanks @technetium
- Update population and GDP estimates for admin-0 (Papua New Guinea)
#79, #481, thanks @kiwibrew
- Territory of Azerbaijan adm0 disputed_area
#442, thanks @elvintarverdiyev
- Improper map of Ukraine adm0
#390, #391, #401, kind regards @rshopa, @followtheblackrabbit, @Lukpawlik
- NEW: ne_10m_admin_0_boundary_lines_maritime_indicator_chn
- Support disputed boundary point-of-view by adding fclass_* properties
for this new theme showing China's 9-dash line.
- UPDATED: ne_10m_admin-1 themes, including:
ne_10m_admin_1_states_provinces
ne_10m_admin_1_states_provinces_lakes
ne_10m_admin_1_states_provinces_scale_rank
ne_10m_admin_1_states_provinces_scale_rank_minor_islands
ne_10m_admin_1_states_provinces_lines
ne_10m_admin_1_label_points
ne_10m_admin_1_label_points_details
- Support disputed boundary point-of-view
- Add more localized names, from Wikipedia and another contribution
- Update France admin-1 regions, circa 2016
Fixes #288, #429, thanks @KennethSui, @elliotap
- Missing Virginia part of Delmarva (Eastern Shore)
Fixes #269, #355, #423, thanks @DylanMoriarty, @creosotemaps,
@tmcgilligan-IAU!
- Lost minor Russian island in Admin-1 layer
Fixes #286, thanks @strezen!
- Update South Africa admin-1 for recent constitutional changes
Fixes #347, thanks @mtb-za and @MrGawsome
- India admin-1 including Telangana, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu,
Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Odisha, and Uttarakhand
Fixes #234, #393, #394, #395, #396, #441; thanks @justinelliotmeyers,
@systemcatch, @Nate-Wessel, @vishv-jeet, and @elliotap
- Langkawi island in Malaysia moved to region Kedah from Perlis
Fixes #277, thanks @MichaelChirico, @MrGawsome, and @elliotap
- Adjust New Zealand admin-1 boundary lines
Fixes #352, thanks @justinelliotmeyers
- Update name Terengganu, Malaysia
Fixes #278, thanks @MichaelChirico
- Add Ñuble Region, Chile
Fixes #346, thanks @SpockFan02
- Update name Moskovsskaya, Russia
Fixes #363, thanks @jwva
- Update China ISO 3166-2 codes
#326, thanks @nickpeihl
- Update Albania ISO 3166-2 codes
#327, thanks @nickpeihl
- NEW: ne_10m_admin-2 themes, including:
ne_10m_admin_2_counties
ne_10m_admin_2_counties_lakes
ne_10m_admin_2_counties_scale_rank
ne_10m_admin_2_counties_scale_rank_minor_islands
ne_10m_admin_2_label_points_details
ne_10m_admin_2_label_points
- Add new counties themes in USA only via an external contribution from
Mapdiva, makers of Ortelius cartography software for macOS.
Fixes #175 and #427, thanks @adiku
- Includes localized names
- UPDATED: ne_10m_airports
- Add more localized names
- Update name of Seattle-Tacoma Int'l airport
Fixes #115, thanks @almccon
- Add Haneda Airport and Suvarnabhumi Airport
Fixes #386, thanks @jingkai02, @elliotap
- Add wikidataid and name translations to airports
Fixes #463, thanks @ImreSamu, @elliotap
- Airports: Rename gps_code column name to icao_code
#235, thanks @planemad
- UPDATED: ne_10m_ports
- Add ne_id column to 10m_ports
#462, thanks @ImreSamu
- UPDATED: ne_10m_populated_places
- Add more localized names, from Wikipedia and another contribution
- Document common populated places properties
#494
- Revise column formats and delete a few column, including: DIFFASCII,
CHANGED, NAMEDIFF, DIFFNOTE, LS_MATCH, CHECKME, COMPARE, GN_ASCII,
FEATURE_CL, FEATURE_CO, ADMIN1_COD, GN_POP, ELEVATION, GTOPO30, UN_ADM0,
UN_LAT, UN_LONG, CITYALT, and wdid_score.
Fixes #5
- Many changes to default names and populations
Thanks to @mizmay, @elliotap for the edits
- Rename Capital City for Kazakhstan
Fixes #292, thanks @justinelliotmeyers!
- Burundi Capital City Update
Fixes #291, thanks @justinelliotmeyers!
- Update Palau Capital City
Fixes #295, thanks @justinelliotmeyers!
- Clean up name for Granada
Fixes #294, thanks @justinelliotmeyers!
- Add Arta, the 4th largest city in Djibouti
Fixes #296, thanks @justinelliotmeyers!
- Added new admin-1 capital of Amaravati for Andhra Pradesh in India
and adjust Hyderabad to be in the new Telangana state.
Fixes #234, thanks @justinelliotmeyers and @elliotap
- Added new admin-1 capital of Leh for Ladakh in India
Fixes #393, thanks @justinelliotmeyers and @Nate-Wessel
- Update name for Kuwait City
Fixes #483, thanks @elliotap
- Move Windsor, Ontario into Canada
Fixes #468, thanks @elliotap
- Add wikidataid to several dozen cities
Fixes #455, #458, #459, #460, #461, thanks @ImreSamu and @elliotap
- Add modern and conventional names for Puducherry, India
Fixes #454, thanks @elliotap
- Add modern and conventional names for Famagusta, Cyrpus
Fixes #452, thanks @elliotap
- Correct location of Bodø, Norway
Fixes #450, thanks @elliotap
- State-Wide Name Updates in Karnataka, India
Fixes #448, @elliotap
- Update Who's On First (WOF) concordances
Fixes #447, thanks @stepps00
- Correct names for Shijiazhuang and Xiangyang, China
Fixes #430, thanks @KennethSui
- Correct name of Sovetskaya Gavan, Russia
Fixes #428, thanks @Maxszik
- Adjust max_pop of Newcastle, Australia
Fixes #414, thanks @jwva
- Adjust max population of Korla, China
Fixes #412, thanks @jwva
- Adjust location for 2 cities in Algeria and 2 in Bhutan
Fixes #409, thanks @elliotap
- Rename Ujungpandang to Makassar, Indonesia
Fixes #398, thanks @jwva
- Correct name of Liupanshui, China
Fixes #369, thanks @jwva
- Correct spelling of Akureyri, Iceland
Fixes #366, thanks @jwva
- Adjust population of Kandalaksha, Murmansk, Russia
Fixes #359, thanks @jwva
- Adjust location of Jacunda, Brazil; Peter I Island; Dawwah, Oman
Fixes #338, thanks @elliotap
- Adjust spellings for major cities in Bangladesh
Fixes #329, thanks @elliotap
- Add Nnewi, Nigeria
#407, thanks @elliotap
- Phnom Tbeng Meanchey, Cambodian
#408, thanks @elliotap
- Set Johannesburg, South Africa as Admin-0 capital alt
#364, thanks @jwva
- Set Patra, Greece as Admin-1 capital
#368, thanks @jwva
- Spelling of Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station
#374, thanks @jwva
- Spelling of Sevastopol, Crimea
#380, thanks @jwva
- Rename Astana to Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
#292, #413, thanks @jwva, @justinelliotmeyers
- Rename Lansdowne House to Neskantaga, Canada
#333, thanks @elliotap
- Banghazi should be Benghazi
#471, thanks @almccon, @ImreSamu
- Update Chad admin 1 capitals
#293, thanks @justinelliotmeyers
- Update Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe to be Admin-1 capital
#310, thanks @justinelliotmeyers
- Update Xian, China to Admin-1 capital
#362, thanks @jwva
- Update Novi Sad, Serbia to Admin-1 capital
#367, thanks @jwva
- Update Makkah, Saudi Arabia to Admin-1 capital
#377, thanks @jwva
- Update Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar to Admin-0 capital alt
#381, thanks @jwva
- Update Shijiazhuang, China to Admin-1 capital
#383, thanks @jwva
- Update Zhengzhou, China to Admin-1 capital
#384, thanks @jwva
- Update Lagos, Nigeria to Admin-1 capital
#385, thanks @jwva
- Tomakomai, Japan is not an Admin-1 capital
#387, thanks @jwva
- Kyoto, Japan to Admin-0 capital alt, but POV to be Amin-1 capital
#388, thanks @jwva
- Dar es Salaam, Tanzania to Admin-0 capital alt
#389, thanks @jwva
- Rename El Cayo to San Ignacio, Belize
#323, thanks @stefanfis
- Add Belushya Guba, Russia
#330, thanks @elliotap
- Rename Ust-Bolsheretsk, Russia
#334, thanks @elliotap
- Update Noginsk, Russia to Historic place
#356, thanks @elliotap
- Remove Natal, Brazil as it was "here be dragons"
#358, thanks @jwva, @Andrettin
- Remove duplicate Bandar Lampung, Indonesia
#365, #336, thanks @jwva
- Downsize the rural Vila Velha, Brazil
#373, thanks @jwva, @Andrettin
- North Shore City was amalgamated into Auckland in 2010
#405, thanks @elliotap
- Update Shiquanhe (Gar), Tibet, China
#339, thanks @elliotap
- Fix Bose, China wikidataid
#406, thanks @elliotap
- Renmae Jinxi (Huludao), China
#411, thanks @jwva
- Duplicate features for Adapazarı, Turkey
#449, thanks @elliotap
- Rename Rada'a (Rida), Yemen
#453, thanks @elliotap
- Rename Saguenay (Chicoutimi), China
#419, thanks @jwva
- Add Arta, Djibouti
#296, thanks @justinelliotmeyers
- Renamed capital Ngerulmud (was Melekeok), Palau
#295, thanks @justinelliotmeyers
- Remove non-printing character from Granada's name
#294, thanks @justinelliotmeyers
- Burundi capital is now Gitega, not Bujumbura
#291, thanks @justinelliotmeyers
- UPDATED: ne_10m_populated_places_simple
- Same changes as ne_10m_populated_places.
- UPDATED: ne_10m_roads
- Fix attributes on part of I-94 in North Dakota, USA
Fixes #482, thanks @almccon, @elliotap
- Updated Ferry lines in Cancún, Mexico; Chile; Sumatra-Java, Indonesia
Fixes #357, #360, #378, thanks @jwva, @elliotap
10M_PHYSICAL
- UPDATED: ne_10m_geographic_lines
- Add more localized names
- UPDATED: ne_10m_geography_marine_polys
- Add more localized names, from Wikipedia and another contribution
- Adjusted min_zoom of Salish Sea to show earlier.
Fixes #41, thanks @MrGawsome and @almccon
- Merged polygons for Mediterranean Sea and for Ross Sea
Fixes #319, thanks @jbusecke and @MrGawsome
- Changed default name of New Schawbenland to New Swabia
Fixes #236, thanks @Maxszik and @MrGawsome
- UPDATED: ne_10m_geography_regions_elevation_points
- Add more localized names, from Wikipedia and another contribution
- Harney Peak to Black Elk Peak, South Dakota, USA
Fixes #438, thanks @almccon, @elliotap
- Bring consistency to Mount vs Mt. and Peak vs Pk.
Fixes #439, thanks @almccon, @elliotap
- Correct spelling of Pico Cristóbal Colón, Colombia
Fixes #382, thanks @jwva, @elliotap
- UPDATED: ne_10m_geography_regions_points
- Add more localized names, from Wikipedia and another contribution
- Correct spelling of Cabo de Sao Vicente, Portugal
Fixes #376, thanks @jwva, @elliotap
- UPDATED: ne_10m_geography_regions_polys
- Add more localized names, from Wikipedia and another contribution
- Around 200 features had the same ne_id in error (1159104649), each feature
now has it's own unique ID.
Fixes #527, thanks @MrGawsome
- Update name for "Ryükyü Islands" island polygon in physical label areas
Fixes #397, thanks @jwva, @elliotap
- Make Haida Gwaii physical label names consistent (Queen Charlotte Islands)
Fixes #260, thanks @pinakographos, @elliotap
- UPDATED: ne_10m_lakes
- Add more localized names, from Wikipedia and another contribution
- Split Lynx Lake and Whitefish Lake into two separate features in Canada
Fixes #425, thanks @elliotap
- Rename Napaktulik Lake (from Takijuq Lake) and update Wikidat ID
Fixes #426, thanks @elliotap and @MrGawsome
- Updated Aral Sea geometry to smaller North Aral Sea, South Aral Sea
and Barsakelmes Lake, and Aralkum Desert Playa.
Fixes #337, thanks @elliotap and @MrGawsome
- Changed default name of Pskoyskoye Ozero to Lake Pskov
Fixes #236, thanks @Maxszik and @MrGawsome
- Move Lop Nur to historic lakes, and extend it's modern playa
Fixes #341, thanks @elliotap and @MrGawsome
- Remove Kabalebo reservoirs as they were never built
Fixes #342, thanks @elliotap, @kevinventullo, @MrGawsome
- Lake Wielkie Jeziora Mazurskie has poor tracing
#488, thanks @matkoniecz
- Fix Smallwood Reservoir, Canada poor tracing, thanks Tom Patterson
- Fix Presa Miguel Alemán, Mexico poor tracing, thanks Tom Patterson
- Fix Lago Gatum, Panama poor tracing, thanks Tom Patterson
- Fix Lake Gordon, Australia poor tracing, thanks Tom Patterson
- Fix Lake Pedder, Australia poor tracing, thanks Tom Patterson
- NEW: ne_10m_lakes_australia
- Add Australia supplemental hydro (lakes, rivers, default lakes, default rivers)
#475, thanks Tom Patterson
- UPDATED: ne_10m_lakes_europe
- Add more localized names
- UPDATED: ne_10m_lakes_historic
- Add more localized names
- Move Lop Nur to historic lakes, and extend it's modern playa
Fixes #341, thanks @elliotap and @MrGawsome
- UPDATED: ne_10m_lakes_north_america
- Add more localized names
- Update North American supplemental hydro (lakes, rivers, default lakes, default rivers)
#474, thanks Tom Patterson
- UPDATED: ne_10m_playas
- Add more localized names, from Wikipedia and another contribution
- Updated Aral Sea geometry to smaller North Aral Sea, South Aral Sea
and Barsakelmes Lake, and Aralkum Desert Playa.
Fixes #337, thanks @elliotap and @MrGawsome
- Move Lop Nur to historic lakes, and extend it's modern playa
Fixes #341, thanks @elliotap and @MrGawsome
- UPDATED: ne_10m_rivers_lake_centerlines
- Add more localized names, from Wikipedia and another contribution
- Broken river in Alaska
Fixes #308, thanks @pinakographos and @MrGawsome
- Unified Deep Water System of European Russia
Fixes #500, thanks @MrGawsome and @Maxszik
- Kama needs a more important scale rank
Fixes #14, thanks @MrGawsome and MaxS
- Sheksna hydro min_zoom fixes
Fixes #340 by @elliotap and @Maxszik
- Extend Huang to Bo Hai, and Luan and Nakdon rivers
Fixes #375, thanks @jwva and @MrGawsome
- UPDATED: ne_10m_rivers_lake_centerlines_scale_rank
- Add more localized names, from Wikipedia and another contribution
- NEW: ne_10m_rivers_australia
- Add Australia supplemental hydro (lakes, rivers, default lakes, default rivers)
#475, thanks Tom Patterson
- UPDATED: ne_10m_rivers_europe
- Add more localized names
- UPDATED: ne_10m_rivers_north_america
- Add more localized names
- Update linework for split Lynx Lake and Whitefish Lake in Canada
Fixes #425, thanks @elliotap
50M_CULTURAL
- UPDATED: ne_50m_admin-0 related themes, including:
ne_50m_admin_0_sovereignty
ne_50m_admin_0_countries
ne_50m_admin_0_countries_lakes
ne_50m_admin_0_map_units
ne_50m_admin_0_map_subunits
- Support disputed boundary point-of-view
- Add more localized names, from Wikipedia and another contribution
- Add Tuvalu polygon to 50M dataset adm0
#511, thanks @Bonurbe
- UPDATED: ne_50m_admin_0_tiny_countries
- Add more localized names
- UPDATED: ne_50m_admin_0_breakaway_disputed_areas
ne_50m_admin_0_breakaway_disputed_areas_scale_rank
- Support disputed boundary point-of-view