I am looking for border polygons from World War I (from 1914-1918). Is there a resource out there that maintains this kind of information?
- 3Please provide more detail. What area of the world? I imagine that borders in Europe or Africa or Asia may be available, but from different sources. Also, I think you are likely to find paper maps that could be digitized as a good starting point.Get Spatial– Get Spatial2012-09-06 21:24:10 +00:00Commented Sep 6, 2012 at 21:24
- @GetSpatial Country borders for Europe and the surrounding region would be very useful. In the context of the first World War.aaronfarr– aaronfarr2012-09-06 21:30:57 +00:00Commented Sep 6, 2012 at 21:30
- can you use rastermaps too or do you need to use vector-maps only?Kurt– Kurt2012-09-07 05:46:13 +00:00Commented Sep 7, 2012 at 5:46
- @kurt Vector would definitely be preferableaaronfarr– aaronfarr2012-09-07 20:59:33 +00:00Commented Sep 7, 2012 at 20:59
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- Disclaimer can be found here: library.thinkquest.org/C006628/GIS.htmlRayner– Rayner2012-09-07 16:34:34 +00:00Commented Sep 7, 2012 at 16:34
- This may also be useful: gis.stackexchange.com/questions/17137/…Rayner– Rayner2012-09-07 16:36:28 +00:00Commented Sep 7, 2012 at 16:36
- thanks for the link. This is an excellent resource for more than just 1914. It has a wide range shape files across many centuries. These do, however, seem rather rough as though hand drawn. Best option so far but perhaps there are more accurate ones out there?aaronfarr– aaronfarr2012-09-07 21:02:29 +00:00Commented Sep 7, 2012 at 21:02
euroatlas has detailled shapefiles for europe 1900, unfortunately not free, but there is a free sample, so that you can check the quality of the data. infos and download of sample: http://shop.euratlas.com/maps_gis/gis_1900.html
the IEG-maps offer good raster-maps free for personal use: e.g. europe 1914 http://www.ieg-maps.uni-mainz.de/mapsp/mappEu914Serie1.htm and http://www.ieg-maps.uni-mainz.de/mapsp/mappEu914Serie2.htm. there are also more detailled maps for diffferent parts of europe, e.g. central-europe 1914 http://www.ieg-maps.uni-mainz.de/mapsp/map914ME.htm
