34.1545, Qs: In search of GIS or other geographic data or images to develop maps of scripts/writing systems

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LINGUIST List: Vol-34-1545. Wed May 17 2023. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 34.1545, Qs: In search of GIS or other geographic data or images to develop maps of scripts/writing systems

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Date: 17-May-2023
From: Paul Fallon [pfallon at umw.edu]
Subject: In search of GIS or other geographic data or images to develop maps of scripts/writing systems


Dear Colleagues,

I am directing an undergraduate research team that is developing an
online, searchable database of the world's writing systems.
One feature we would like to add is maps indicating the geographic
space where a given script is used.

Does anyone know of any sharable raw GIS data we could use to make our
own maps, or a source that allows creative-commons/public domain maps
that we could display on our web page, now under development? Our
modest budget does not allow for any pricey licensing fees.

Please share any leads with me at pfallon at umw.edu.

Thank you in advance.

Paul Fallon
Assoc. Prof. of Linguistics
Dept. of English and Linguistics
University of Mary Washington
Fredericksburg VA 22401

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics
                     General Linguistics
                     Writing Systems




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