Openstreetmap.org is as close as you'll get. I'd be surprised if they have shapes for
cities beyond just lat/lon point data, but they should have shapes data for zips,
counties, states and countries if I recall correctly.
-----Original Message-----
From: vegivamp@stripped [mailto:vegivamp@stripped] On Behalf Of Johan De Meersman
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 7:59 AM
To: viraj
Cc: mysql@stripped
Subject: Re: map polygon data for popular us cities
On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 11:30 AM, viraj <kalinga@stripped> wrote:
> dear list,
> where can i find a list of map polygons for united states cities? any
> open database? or tool to obtain correct coordinates?
>
A bit offtopic here, but I suspect that most such databases will be
proprietary and thus payable through the nose. Have a look at the
OpenStreetMap project, I suspect their database might be accessible under
some open license.
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