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October 10, 2017
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Previewing Natural Earth version 4 and demo of a vector tile can opener plugin for QGIS.

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October 10, 2017

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Transcript

  1. Back to the Desktop Nathaniel V. KELSO @kelsoscorner Mapzen NACIS

    2017 • Montréal

  2. zoom 0 Bubble Wrap (Mapzen)

  3. zoom 0 + ice caps - country lines - ocean

    labels Natural Earth (version 4)

  4. zoom 1

  5. zoom 1 + world localities + names of big
 countries

    + ice caps

  6. zoom 2

  7. + big river lines + sea labels + physical labels

    + more world localities + names of big countries + ice caps & glaciers - less lakes zoom 2

  8. zoom 3

  9. + big roads + big river lines + sea labels

    + physical labels + more world localities + names of big regions + ice caps & glaciers - less lakes zoom 3

  10. zoom 4

  11. + big roads + big river lines + sea labels

    + physical labels + more world localities + ice caps & glaciers + tropic lines zoom 4

  12. zoom 5

  13. + big river lines & labels + sea labels +

    physical labels + big mountain peaks, capes + tropic lines zoom 5

  14. zoom 6

  15. + big river lines & labels + regional lakes +

    sea labels + physical labels & capes + big mountain peaks + more regional localities + road shields zoom 6

  16. zoom 7

  17. + big river lines & labels + regional lakes +

    physical labels & capes + big mountain peaks + more regional localities + more road shields zoom 7

  18. + big river lines & labels + regional lakes +

    sea labels + physical labels & capes + big mountain peaks + more regional localities + more road shields zoom 7

  19. One more thing…

  20. + name_zh zoom 7

  21. + name_ru zoom 7

  22. + wikidataid zoom 7

  23. Through the looking glass…

  24. + OSM from zoom 8+
 (stop using Natural Earth land

    and water) zoom 8
  25. None
  26. None
  27. None

  28. zoom 7

  29. None
  30. None
  31. None

  32. zoom 7

  33. None

  34. zoom 7

  35. zoom 14

  36. zoom 14

  37. zoom 14

  38. None
  39. None

  40. ¿Questions?