[R-sig-Geo] Shapefiles

Bjarke Christensen Bjarke.Christensen at sydbank.dk
Thu Feb 19 13:14:25 CET 2009


Marius Fredheim:
>Do you have any suggestions on where it is best to search for
>Shapefiles for the Nordic countries? Preferably on a postcode level,
>but anything will do.

I don't know about a postcode level file, but http://www.fao.org/geonetwork
has a dataset called GAUL (Global Administrative Unit Layers), containing
the whole world at country level and at two subnational administrative
levels. It's for non-commercial purposes only.



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