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    Default Looking for Real World Mapping Aids

    Helo people.

    I am trying to map an alternate world map but I am having a real hard time finding what I need to work on. I will use GIMP/CC3 to do it. What I need is a DETAILED blank world map (Earth) that have the contoours of the countrys and, prefencially of the states. The ones I find are low resolution or are outdated, or do not have contours or already have tons of info on it.

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    My final goal is to do something like this. This was the best model that I found, but it have a low resolution and the end result became very pixelated...

    GUERRA FRIA - Planisfério Político6.png

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    I think you mean "boundaries" rather than "contours" In the context of maps "contours" is usually used to mean lines used to indicate where some continuous value like elevation passes a certain value.

    Natural Earth should probably work for you, although you'll need some real geography software to work with it (at least initially) Something like QuantumGIS..

    http://www.naturalearthdata.com/down...tural-vectors/
    http://qgis.org/

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    Thank you Hai-Etlik. I will see if I can work aroud what you indicated. If I can convert it to a .png file or similar they will work great!

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