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States Boundaries

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Hello, How can I download the states boundaries layer and convert it to shp file? thank you

asked 24 May '20, 10:37

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Can you explain what you mean by "states"? Do you mean "countries in the world" or "states in a particular country that has individual states" (like Australia, Germany) or something else?

(24 May '20, 10:48) SomeoneElse ♦

Sorry for the misunderstanding. I meant countries in the world. Thanks, Ohad

(24 May '20, 14:29) ohad_s

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@wambacher’s site was useful for boundaries.
See this recent query on the forum...
https://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewtopic.php?id=68844

answered 24 May '20, 16:29

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Thank you very much

(26 May '20, 08:28) ohad_s

Source code available on GitHub .