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Countries by Size
# Download and Transform the 1:50m Country Shapefiles from Natural Earth
# http://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/50m-cultural-vectors/
URL = http://www.naturalearthdata.com/http//www.naturalearthdata.com/download/50m/cultural/ne_50m_admin_0_countries.zip
# Download the zip file from the Natural Earth server
ne_50m_admin_0_countries.zip:
curl -LO $(URL)
# Unzip the shapefiles
ne_50m_admin_0_countries.shp: ne_50m_admin_0_countries.zip
unzip ne_50m_admin_0_countries.zip
touch ne_50m_admin_0_countries.shp
# Convert the shapefiles to GeoJSON
countries.geojson: ne_50m_admin_0_countries.shp
ogr2ogr -f GeoJSON countries.geojson ne_50m_admin_0_countries.shp
# Convert the GeoJSON file to TopoJSON
countries.topojson: countries.geojson
topojson -p -o countries.topojson countries.geojson
# Remove source and temporary files
clean:
rm ne_50m_admin_0_countries*
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