[R-sig-Geo] ESRI Shapefile for EU-25 NUTS-1 and NUTS-2

[stefan.duke at gmail.com]

Thanks a lot! That is very helpful!

BTW is there something I could do to support the campaign (e.g.write
an email to my MP)?


On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 7:45 PM, Greg Snow <Greg.Snow at imail.org> wrote:
> This site:
>
> http://www.cloudmade.com/
>
> has shape files based on the open street map project (http://www.openstreetmap.org/).
>
> I don't know if the maps have the correct level of detail that the original poster wanted, but they are licensed under a creative commons license.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> --
> Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D.
> Statistical Data Center
> Intermountain Healthcare
> greg.snow at imail.org
> 801.408.8111
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: r-sig-geo-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch [mailto:r-sig-geo-
>> bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of Roger Bivand
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 5:22 AM
>> To: stefan.duke at gmail.com
>> Cc: r-sig-geo at stat.math.ethz.ch
>> Subject: Re: [R-sig-Geo] ESRI Shapefile for EU-25 NUTS-1 and NUTS-2
>>
>> On Wed, 27 May 2009, stefan.duke at gmail.com wrote:
>>
>> > Dear All,
>> >
>> > I am looking for *.shp files for the whole EU covering NUTS-1 and
>> > NUTS-2 level. There have been older posts about that, but these links
>> > are already outdated. I assume that those files should  be available
>> > at the Eurostat homepage. But I have rarely seen such an intelligible
>> > web site (I even failed to register as a user to get access to the
>> > support section).
>>
>> Something like:
>>
>> http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/region_cities/intro
>> duction
>>
>> -> See also (upper right) GISCO
>>
>> -> Geodata (left navbar) -> Reference
>>
>> -> click on Administrative units/Statistical units top left in main
>> pane
>>
>> or directly:
>>
>> http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/gisco/popups/refere
>> nces/Administrative units and Statistical units1
>>
>> though you are right, it isn't easy to find. The 2003 offerings are
>> only
>> in personal geodatabase format, the 2006 in both shapefile and personal
>> geodatabase format.
>>
>> >
>> > I assume that such files should be easily and freely available. If I
>> > am wrong, please correct me. If I am right, please send me a link.
>>
>> You are wrong, but the link is there. Note the conditions. There is a
>> loooooong running campaign to convince European public mapping agencies
>> to
>> free their data, with little effect so far. Nationally, the statistics
>> agencies are better at releasing boundary files than the mapping
>> agencies.
>> Your assumption is rational, but things take time.
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>>
>> Roger
>>
>> >
>> > Thanks for any suggestions!
>> > Best,
>> > Stefan
>> >
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>> Roger Bivand
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>> of
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