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World
Datasets marked with an asterisk are not available for direct download.
| Name | Features | File Type | Year | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Admin boundaries (1st level subdivs) | polygons | shapefile | 2013 | admin.zip |
| Airports | points | shapefile | 2013 | airports.zip |
| Cities | points | shapefile | 2013 | cities.zip |
| Continents | lines | shapefile | 2013 | continent_ln.zip* |
| Continents | polygons | shapefile | 2013 | continent.zip |
| Contours | lines | shapefile | 2013 | contours.zip |
| Country boundaries | polygons | shapefile | 2008 | cntry08.zip |
| Country boundaries (generalized) | polygons | shapefile | 2013 | country.zip |
| Drainage | lines | shapefile | 2013 | drainage.zip |
| Gazetter | points | shapefile | 2013 | gaz.zip |
| Lakes | polygons | shapefile | 2012 | lakes.zip |
| Lat and long grid | lines | shapefile | 2013 | latlong.zip |
| Linear water | lines | shapefile | 2013 | hydrolines.zip |
| Named latitudes and longitudes | lines | shapefile | 2013 | geogrid.zip |
| Populated places | polygons | shapefile | 2013 | pop_places.zip |
| Railroads | lines | shapefile | 2013 | railroads.zip |
| Regions | lines | shapefile | 2013 | region_ln.zip* |
| Regions | polygons | shapefile | 2013 | region.zip |
| Rivers | lines | shapefile | 2013 | rivers.zip |
| Roads | lines | shapefile | 2013 | roads.zip |
| Time zones | polygons | shapefile | 2013 | timezone.zip |
| Urban areas | polygons | shapefile | 2013 | urban_area.zip |
| UTM zones | polygons | shapefile | 2013 | utmzone.zip |
| Water bodies | polygons | shapefile | 2013 | hydropolys.zip |
| World 30 degree lat/long grid | polygons | shapefile | 2013 | world30.zip |
| World Wildlife Federation Maritime Areas | polygons | shapefile | 2013 | wwf_mar.zip* |
| World Wildlife Federation Territories | polygons | shapefile | 2013 | wwf_terr.zip* |
Europe
| Name | Features | File Type | Year | File Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cities | points | shapefile | 2008 | cities.zip* |
| Countries | polygons | shapefile | 2008 | country.zip* |
| Ferry routes | lines | shapefile | 2008 | ferries.zip* |
| Major lakes | polygons | shapefile | 2008 | mjrlakes.zip* |
| Major rivers | polygons | shapefile | 2008 | mjrrivers.zip* |
| Major roads | lines | shapefile | 2008 | mjrroads.zip* |
| Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (country level) | polygons | shapefile | 2013 | nuts0.zip* |
| Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (subdiv 1) | polygons | shapefile | 2013 | nuts1.zip* |
| Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (subdiv 2) | polygons | shapefile | 2013 | nuts2.zip* |
| Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (subdiv 3) | polygons | shapefile | 2013 | nuts3.zip* |
| Places | points | shapefile | 2008 | places.zip* |
| Provinces (1st level subdivs) | polygons | shapefile | 2008 | prov1.zip* |
| Provinces (2nd level subdivs) | polygons | shapefile | 2008 | prov2.zip* |
| Provinces (3rd level subdivs) | polygons | shapefile | 2008 | prov3.zip* |
| Railroads | lines | shapefile | 2008 | rails.zip* |
| Railroad stations | points | shapefile | 2008 | rr_stns.zip* |
| Roads | lines | shapefile | 2008 | roads.zip* |
| Urban areas | polygons | shapefile | 2008 | urban.zip* |
| Water | polygons | shapefile | 2008 | water.zip* |
Mexico
| Name | Features | File Type | Year | File Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Administrative areas (2nd level subdivs) | polygons | shapefile | 2008 | admin.zip* |
| Cities | points | shapefile | 2008 | city.zip* |
| Contours | lines | shapefile | 2008 | contours.zip* |
| Hydrography | polygons | shapefile | 2008 | hydro_p.zip* |
| Hydrography | lines | shapefile | 2008 | hydro_l.zip* |
| Railroads | lines | shapefile | 2008 | rails.zip* |
| Roads | polygons | shapefile | 2008 | roads.zip* |
| States (1st level subdivs) | polygons | shapefile | 2008 | states.zip* |
| Urban areas | polygons | shapefile | 2008 | urban.zip* |
Canada
| Name | Features | File Type | Year | File Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Area codes | polygons | shapefile | 2006 | areacode.zip* |
| First Nations land | polygons | shapefile | 2006 | indnrsrv.zip* |
| Major cities | points | shapefile | 2006 | mjcities.zip* |
| Major roads | lines | shapefile | 2006 | mjrroads.zip* |
| Municipalities (3rd level level subdivs) | polygons | shapefile | 2006 | municplt.zip* |
| National parks | polygons | shapefile | 2006 | natlpark.zip* |
| Postal codes (centroids) | points | shapefile | 2006 | postal.zip* |
| Provinces (1st level subdivs) | polygons | shapefile | 2006 | province.zip* |
| Provincial parks | polygons | shapefile | 2006 | provpark.zip* |
| Railroads | lines | shapefile | 2006 | rails.zip* |
| Regional municipalities (2nd level subdivs) | polygons | shapefile | 2006 | regnmuni.zip* |
| Rural cities | points | shapefile | 2006 | rurcities.zip* |
| Urban cities | points | shapefile | 2006 | urbcities.zip* |
| Water | polygons | shapefile | 2006 | water.zip* |