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Get the full scoop at [NaturalEarthData.com](http://naturalearthdata.com)
Get the full scoop at [NaturalEarthData.com](http://naturalearthdata.com)
_No, really! This readme is a poor substitute for the live site._
#About Natural Earth Vector
Natural Earth is a public domain map dataset available at 1:10m, 1:50m, and 1:110 million scales. Featuring tightly integrated vector and raster data, with Natural Earth you can make a variety of visually pleasing, well-crafted maps with cartography or GIS software.
Natural Earth was built through a collaboration of many [volunteers](http://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/contributors/) and is supported by [NACIS](http://www.nacis.org/) (North American Cartographic Information Society), and is free for use in any type of project (see our [Terms of Use](http://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use/) page for more information).
[Get the Data »](http://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads)
![Convenience](http://www.naturalearthdata.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/home_image_11.png)
#Convenience
Natural Earth solves a problem: finding suitable data for making small-scale maps. In a time when the web is awash in geospatial data, cartographers are forced to waste time sifting through confusing tangles of poorly attributed data to make clean, legible maps. Because your time is valuable, Natural Earth data comes ready-to-use.
![Neatness Counts](http://www.naturalearthdata.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/home_image_21.png)
#Neatness Counts
The carefully generalized linework maintains consistent, recognizable geographic shapes at 1:10m, 1:50m, and 1:110m scales. Natural Earth was built from the ground up so you will find that all data layers align precisely with one another. For example, where rivers and country borders are one and the same, the lines are coincident.
![GIS Atributes](http://www.naturalearthdata.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/home_image_32.png)
#GIS Attributes
Natural Earth, however, is more than just a collection of pretty lines. The data attributes are equally important for mapmaking. Most data contain embedded feature names, which are ranked by relative importance. Other attributes facilitate faster map production, such as width attributes assigned to river segments for creating tapers.
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Natural Earth is maintained by Nathaneiel V. KELSO (@nvkelso) and Tom Patterson.