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vector maps of the world

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Is there a way to create a vector map of the entire world to the same detail level as the country maps available here, or even a version available for download somewhere ?

kind regards

Andrew

asked 10 Oct '12, 13:20

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Yes, it is possible, see for example https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Kothic_JS however most of the solutions should be considered experimental at this point in time. Two of OSM-related GSOC projects from this year had related topics:

On Android devices you should look at http://code.google.com/p/mapsforge/

answered 10 Oct '12, 13:53

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edited 10 Oct '12, 13:59

Source code available on GitHub .