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Downloading Map of Botswana

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How do I download the map of Botswana for use on the Andoid and Windows operating systems. I am a developer working on Business Intelligence software project using VB.Net.

The map should have tags for specific geographical zones so that I will be able to attach and display figures/statics associated with that area.

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asked 14 Aug '16, 13:38

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edited 15 Aug '16, 09:20

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You can download an extract of OpenStreetMap data for Botswana for example here http://download.geofabrik.de/africa/botswana.html

It could be that the shapefile (.shp) format extract might already be enough if you are simply looking for administrative areas (as far as they have been added). If you are looking for different äreas it probably makes sense to determine if OSM actually has the data you are looking for.

Outside of that it really depends on what kind of geo/gis library you are goign to be using (I'm afraid I have no idea about VB and no idea if there is any support for geographic information). See https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Frameworks for a list of perhaps relevant software.

answered 14 Aug '16, 14:55

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edited 14 Aug '16, 16:25

Thanks very much Simon. This has been of great help. It will certainly get me started.

(14 Aug '16, 15:36) Simboti

If you only need "geographical zones", and by that you mean administrative divisions, you could also use this tool: https://wambachers-osm.website/boundaries/

(16 Aug '16, 11:56) joost schouppe

Source code available on GitHub .