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-Scripts to build Natural Earth ZIP archives and copy them to the servers.
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+#About
+
+Scripts to build Natural Earth ZIP archives for individual themes, scalesetsm, and packagages.
+
+TODO: and copy them to the 2 servers.
+
+**Requirements**: `Make` a generic Unix utility, to be installed.
+
+#Usage
+
+From the command line, move into the directory:
+
+    cd zips
+    
+Then run one of the make targets:
+
+    make all
+    
+Other common targets include:
+
+    make ../zips/10m_cultural/10m_cultural.zip
+	make ../zips/10m_physical/10m_physical.zip
+	make ../zips/50m_cultural/50m_cultural.zip
+	make ../zips/50m_physical/50m_physical.zip
+	make ../zips/110m_cultural/110m_cultural.zip
+	make ../zips/110m_physical/110m_physical.zip
+    make ../zips/packages/natural_earth_vector.zip
+    make ../zips/packages/Natural_Earth_quick_start/Natural_Earth_quick_start.zip
+    make clean
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