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ESRI Shapefile for EU-25 NUTS-1 and NUTS-2

4 messages · Roger Bivand, Greg Snow, stefan.duke at gmail.com

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stefan.duke at gmail.com
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Dear All,

I am looking for *.shp files for the whole EU covering NUTS-1 and
NUTS-2 level. There have been older posts about that, but these links
are already outdated. I assume that those files should  be available
at the Eurostat homepage. But I have rarely seen such an intelligible
web site (I even failed to register as a user to get access to the
support section).

I assume that such files should be easily and freely available. If I
am wrong, please correct me. If I am right, please send me a link.

Thanks for any suggestions!
Best,
Stefan
Roger Bivand
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On Wed, 27 May 2009, stefan.duke at gmail.com wrote:

            

      
      
      
    

        
Something like:

http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/region_cities/introduction

-> See also (upper right) GISCO

-> Geodata (left navbar) -> Reference

-> click on Administrative units/Statistical units top left in main pane

or directly:

http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/gisco/popups/references/Administrative units and Statistical units1

though you are right, it isn't easy to find. The 2003 offerings are only 
in personal geodatabase format, the 2006 in both shapefile and personal 
geodatabase format.

            

      
      
      
    

        
You are wrong, but the link is there. Note the conditions. There is a 
loooooong running campaign to convince European public mapping agencies to 
free their data, with little effect so far. Nationally, the statistics 
agencies are better at releasing boundary files than the mapping agencies. 
Your assumption is rational, but things take time.

Hope this helps,

Roger

            

      
      
      
    

        

      
      
    

        

  
    

      
      
    

  


  


      

    

    

      
      

        


  

        

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This site:

http://www.cloudmade.com/

has shape files based on the open street map project (http://www.openstreetmap.org/).

I don't know if the maps have the correct level of detail that the original poster wanted, but they are licensed under a creative commons license.

Hope this helps,

  
    

      
      
    

  


  


      

    

    

      
      

        


  

        

      stefan.duke at gmail.com
    

    

      
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Thanks a lot! That is very helpful!

BTW is there something I could do to support the campaign (e.g.write
an email to my MP)?

        
On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 7:45 PM, Greg Snow <Greg.Snow at imail.org> wrote: