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+N K,nvkelso2,localhost,28.05.2012 21:15,file:///Users/nvkelso2/Library/Application%20Support/OpenOffice.org/3;
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+populated_places_from_10m_to_50m_and_110m.sh
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+#admin_0_details.xls
+
+The ~400 admin-0 scaleRank map sub-units that are dissolved repeatedly and joined with the attributes in this file.
+
+#themes_versions.xls
+
+The ~240 themes that make up Natural Earth their versions, and how they relate to the website, the zips, and basic stats.
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diff --git a/housekeeping/ne_point_themes_from_10m_to_50m_and_110m.sh b/housekeeping/ne_point_themes_from_10m_to_50m_and_110m.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# POPULATED PLACES
+
+#10m simple- populated places
+ogr2ogr -overwrite -sql "SELECT SCALERANK, NATSCALE, LABELRANK, FEATURECLA, NAME, NAMEPAR, NAMEALT, DIFFASCII, NAMEASCII, ADM0CAP, CAPALT, CAPIN, WORLDCITY, MEGACITY, SOV0NAME, SOV_A3, ADM0NAME, ADM0_A3, ADM1NAME, ISO_A2, NOTE, LATITUDE, LONGITUDE, CHANGED, NAMEDIFF, DIFFNOTE, POP_MAX, POP_MIN, POP_OTHER, GEONAMEID, MEGANAME, LS_NAME, LS_MATCH, CHECKME FROM ne_10m_populated_places WHERE natlscale >= 5 ORDER BY natlscale" ne_10m_populated_places_simple.shp ne_10m_populated_places.shp
+
+#50m full - populated places
+# “SCALERANK” <= 4 Or "FEATURECLA" = 'Admin-0 capital' Or "FEATURECLA" = 'Admin-0 capital alt' Or "FEATURECLA" = 'Admin-0 region capital' Or "FEATURECLA" = 'Admin-1 region capital' Or "FEATURECLA" = 'Scientific station'
+ogr2ogr -overwrite -sql "SELECT * FROM ne_10m_populated_places WHERE natlscale >= 5 ORDER BY natlscale" ne_50m_populated_places.shp ne_10m_populated_places.shp
+#50m simple - populated places
+ogr2ogr -overwrite -sql "SELECT SCALERANK, NATSCALE, LABELRANK, FEATURECLA, NAME, NAMEPAR, NAMEALT, DIFFASCII, NAMEASCII, ADM0CAP, CAPALT, CAPIN, WORLDCITY, MEGACITY, SOV0NAME, SOV_A3, ADM0NAME, ADM0_A3, ADM1NAME, ISO_A2, NOTE, LATITUDE, LONGITUDE, CHANGED, NAMEDIFF, DIFFNOTE, POP_MAX, POP_MIN, POP_OTHER, GEONAMEID, MEGANAME, LS_NAME, LS_MATCH, CHECKME FROM ne_10m_populated_places WHERE natlscale >= 5 ORDER BY natlscale" ne_50m_populated_places_simple.shp ne_10m_populated_places.shp
+
+#110m full - populated places
+# “SCALERANK” <= 1 Or "FEATURECLA" = 'Admin-0 capital' Or "FEATURECLA" = 'Admin-0 capital alt'
+ogr2ogr -overwrite -sql "SELECT * FROM ne_10m_populated_places WHERE natlscale >= 5 ORDER BY natlscale" ne_110m_populated_places.shp ne_10m_populated_places.shp
+#110m simple - populated places
+ogr2ogr -overwrite -sql "SELECT SCALERANK, NATSCALE, LABELRANK, FEATURECLA, NAME, NAMEPAR, NAMEALT, DIFFASCII, NAMEASCII, ADM0CAP, CAPALT, CAPIN, WORLDCITY, MEGACITY, SOV0NAME, SOV_A3, ADM0NAME, ADM0_A3, ADM1NAME, ISO_A2, NOTE, LATITUDE, LONGITUDE, CHANGED, NAMEDIFF, DIFFNOTE, POP_MAX, POP_MIN, POP_OTHER, GEONAMEID, MEGANAME, LS_NAME, LS_MATCH, CHECKME FROM ne_10m_populated_places WHERE natlscale >= 5 ORDER BY natlscale" ne_110m_populated_places_simple.shp ne_10m_populated_places.shp
+
+
+# AIRPORTS
+
+#50m airports
+ogr2ogr -overwrite -sql "SELECT * FROM ne_50m_airports WHERE SCALERANK <= 4 ORDER BY SCALERANK" ne_50m_airports.shp ne_10m_airports.shp
+
+#110m airports
+ogr2ogr -overwrite -sql "SELECT * FROM ne_110m_airports WHERE SCALERANK <= 1 ORDER BY SCALERANK" ne_110m_airports.shp ne_10m_airports.shp
+
+
+# PORTS
+
+#50m ports
+ogr2ogr -overwrite -sql "SELECT * FROM ne_50m_ports WHERE SCALERANK <= 4 ORDER BY SCALERANK" ne_50m_ports.shp ne_10m_ports.shp
+
+#110m ports
+ogr2ogr -overwrite -sql "SELECT * FROM ne_110m_ports WHERE SCALERANK <= 1 ORDER BY SCALERANK" ne_110m_ports.shp ne_10m_ports.shp
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