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The UK and world masters are generated from Natural Earth public-domain vector data. They contain no screenshots, web map tiles, Google Maps, OpenStreetMap tiles, Ordnance Survey data or proprietary imagery.
Datasets and projections
- UK: Natural Earth 1:10m Admin 0 Countries and Map Subunits (5.1.1), Populated Places (5.1.2), and Rivers and Lake Centerlines (5.0.0).
- World: Natural Earth 1:50m Admin 0 Countries (5.1.1) and Land (4.0.0).
- UK projection: Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area, centred on 54.5°N, 4°W.
- World projection: Equal Earth (EPSG:8857), not Web Mercator.
Licence and attribution
Natural Earth places all its raster and vector map data in the public domain. It permits commercial use, adaptation and printing. Attribution is optional; Calcademy includes it on every map: “Made with Natural Earth. Adapted for The Homeschool Almanac.”
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