This data set is coming from the following instutions: This data is in the public domain, provided custodians are acknowledged, please refer to the source of the data for distribution instructions --------------------------------------------- ETOPO2 Global 2-Minute Gridded Elevation Data Data: Land Elevations and Ocean Bathymetry For full information about ETOPO2, including searching, extraction, display capabilities, please see http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/fliers/01mgg04.html Technical contact: Dr. Peter W. Sloss (303) 497-6119 peter.w.sloss@noaa.gov --------------------------------------------- Countries boudaries Extracted from FreeGIS Worlddata These sample geodata have been extracted from VMAP Level0 R3. To avoid the raster grids the original data has been processed by grass by reclassifying an dissolving all polygons. The result is polygon data set with boundaries of most of the countries of the world. The data has been modified to be in the [0 360] range and fit ETOPO2 License ------- The FreeGIS worlddata are licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). This will perhaps be changed in future versions when a better licence which is better suitable for free geodata becomes available. Copyright (c) 2004 by Intevation GmbH, Authors: Silke Reimer -------------------------------------------- World Cities http://www.mappinghacks.com/data/ The cities file has been modified to fit [0 360] and some capitals have been added.