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Natural Earth is a public domain map dataset available at 1:10m, 1:50m, and 1:110m scales. Featuring tightly integrated geodata in ArcGIS shapefile vector and GeoTIFF raster formats. With Natural Earth you can make a variety of visually pleasing, well-crafted maps with cartography or GIS software. Check here for free GIS programs.

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