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Rebuilding Natural Earth: A Public Preview of Version 6 - Nathaniel V. Kelso, Tom Patterson

Rebuilding Natural Earth: A Public Preview of Version 6 Nathaniel V. Kelso, Kelso Cartography; Tom Patterson, U.S. National Park Service (retired) In 2021, we announced plans to rebuild Natural Earth, a popular source for open map data. Just as musicians remix their best albums, we’ve redrawn geometries to have more precision and alignment with modern terrain models, and are introducing a more detailed feature compilation to bridge the zoom gap in global base maps when pairing with OpenStreetMap. Hydrography serves as the foundation of this work, building up from coastline and interior drainages including tapering. Eighteen months later, with countless hours from many volunteers, we are pleased to present a public preview of Natural Earth v6, including updated bathymetry, lakes, glaciers, and ice shelves. We will also review draft populated places and administrative boundary changes. This presentation was made at the 2023 annual meeting of the North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS). For more information on NACIS, check out http://NACIS.org.