Land polygons
Polygons for all land areas in the world, ie. continents and islands. Optionally, large polygons are split into smaller overlapping chunks that are easier and faster to work with.
Description
The data has been derived from OpenStreetMap ways tagged with natural=coastline. Ways are assembled into polygons and then split. Some errors in the OSM data are repaired in the process. Learn more about the coastline processing...
Where polygons have been split they overlap slightly to help avoiding rendering artefacts at the seams.
Variants
- Large polygons are available as complete polygons or split into smaller polygons.
- The data is available in WGS84 and Mercator projection.
See also
Water polygons · CoastlinesDownload
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Projection: WGS84 (Large polygons not split) |
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Projection: WGS84 (Large polygons are split, use for larger scales) |
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| Download | Format: Shapefile,
Projection: Mercator (Large polygons not split) |
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| Download | Format: Shapefile,
Projection: Mercator (Large polygons are split, use for larger zoom levels) |
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Projection: Mercator (Large simplified polygons not split, use for zoom level 0-9) |
License
Data is copyright OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the ODbL. More...
Notes
The coastline in OpenStreetMap is often broken. The update process will try to repair it, but this does not always work. If the OSM data can't be repaired automatically, the data here will not be updated.