User:Tillman/Natural Earth

Natural Earth is a public domain map dataset available at 1:10 million (1 cm = 100 km), 1:50 million, and 1:110 million map scales. Featuring tightly-integrated vector and raster data, with Natural Earth one can make a variety of visually pleasing, well-crafted maps with all commonly-used cartography and GIS software. Natural Earth is designed to meet the needs of experienced cartographers using a variety of software applications.

Natural Earth was built through a collaboration of many volunteers and is supported by NACIS (The North American Cartographic Information Society), and is free for public use in any type of project.

Public domain data and software
All versions of Natural Earth raster and vector map data on the Natural Earth website are in the public domain. Anyone may use the maps in any manner, including modifying the content and design. The primary authors, Tom Patterson and Nathaniel Vaughn Kelso, and all other contributors, renounce all financial claim to the maps and invite others to use them for personal, educational, and commercial purposes.