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A global, public domain map dataset available at three scales and featuring tightly integrated vector and raster data.
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Update glacier layer #607

Open willkochtitzky opened 2 years ago

willkochtitzky commented 2 years ago

It would be awesome to update the glacierated_areas layer to RGI (the global database of glaciers) https://www.glims.org/RGI/rgi60_dl.html (these are just glaciers, not the ice sheets)

Greenland Ice Sheet outlines can be found here: https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.7280/D1WT11

Antarctic Ice Sheet outlines can be found at Quantarctica: https://www.npolar.no/quantarctica/

The current glacierated_areas layer is really bad.

nvkelso commented 2 years ago

Thanks for the tips. If you want to take on updating the layer we'd love your help!

willkochtitzky commented 2 years ago

Hi Nathaniel, I am glad this might be useful. I am happy to help, but I am not sure how to. What would be the best way for me to go about helping you update this layer? Do you just want a dropbox link to all the compiled shapefiles? What is best?

ImreSamu commented 2 years ago

as I see: all data sources: "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license"