FedGeoDay 2024 | Lightning Talk - Josh Campbell

Summary Josh Campbell gave a lightning talk at FedGeoDay 2024, introducing the World Polygons data set that was recently released after four years of work. Highlights 🌍 World Polygons data set released after four years of work 🗺️ Boundaries are crucial for foreign policy and cartographic purposes 🌐 Lines in base maps can be challenging for the US Government 🌐 World Polygons provides vertex perfect country or entity polygons 🌐 World Polygons available for download at geodata.state.gov 📊 Data set designed to be a Rosetta Stone for integrating with other country data 📥 Download includes GIS application file and styling file for easy use