nvkelso/natural-earth-vector resource
A global, public domain map dataset available at three scales and featuring tightly integrated vector and raster data. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
23/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5337
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 863
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2187 stars · 418 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Natural Earth Vector is a public domain global map dataset available at 1:10m, 1:50m, and 1:110m scales, distributed as ESRI shapefiles with UTF-8 encoding and rich cartographic attributes. It is designed for production cartographers and GIS users to make clean, small-scale world maps, with tightly integrated raster data available in a companion repository.
Use cases
- download public domain world basemap data for cartography
- get country borders and coastlines as shapefiles for a map
- make small-scale thematic maps with QGIS or ArcGIS
- find clean global vector data for a web map
- add rivers, lakes, and populated places to a visualization
- use free map data without licensing restrictions in a commercial project
When to choose
- you need ready-to-use, well-attributed global vector data at small scales
- you want public domain data with no attribution or permission requirements
- you need consistently generalized and aligned layers for cartographic production
When to avoid
- you need high-resolution, large-scale or survey-grade geodata
- you need data intended for scientific analysis or military-grade precision
- you need raster imagery rather than vector layers (see the companion raster repo)
Facets
dataset · maturity stable
geospatial data-visualization graphics data-visualization cross-platform public-domain shapefile cartography gis map-data vector-data maps geospatial
6 sources
- readme: https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector · fetched 2026-08-28 · 49afb6a960d4
- homepage: https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 16d04a3f4064
- site_page: https://www.naturalearthdata.com/features · fetched 2026-08-29 · cb09c024d2bc
- site_page: https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about · fetched 2026-08-29 · 37cbc9b8ac00
- site_page: https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/contributors · fetched 2026-08-29 · fbfddc7de01d
- site_page: https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use · fetched 2026-08-29 · f2e5e94f7619
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| nvkelso/natural-earth-vector | main | 23 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="nvkelso/natural-earth-vector")
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