Maps of the world and the Netherlands (province and municipality level),
class sf
Source
https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ for World
https://happyplanetindex.org/ for World
https://www.cbs.nl/ for NLD_prov
and NLD_muni
.
Details
The default projections for these maps are Eckhart IV (World) and
Rijksdriehoekstelsel (Netherlands). See below. The projection can be changed
temporarily for plotting purposes by using the projection argument of tm_shape()
.
World
World map. The default projection for this world map is Eckhart IV
since area sizes are preserved, which is a very important property for choropleths.
NLD_prov
and NLD_muni
, maps of the Netherlands at province and municipality
level of 2013. The used projection is the Rijksdriehoekstelsel projection.
Important: publication of these maps is only allowed when citing Statistics Netherlands (CBS) and Kadaster Nederland as source.
References
Statistics Netherlands (2014), The Hague/Heerlen, Netherlands, https://www.cbs.nl/.
Kadaster, the Netherlands' Cadastre, Land Registry, and Mapping Agency (2014), Apeldoorn, Netherlands, https://www.kadaster.nl/.