Westeros basemap (westeros.json) - license and credits
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westeros.json is the basemap of the "westeros" and "westeros-tapestry" map
styles on movingpolygons.com. It is an adaptation of the "Game of Thrones Shape Files".

Credits
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- GIS map files: cadaei (Cartographers' Guild), with legends and geometry
  fixed in gvSIG by the gvSIG Association (released 2016-05-20).
- Based on the map of Westeros created by Tear of the Cartographers' Guild
  (http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?t=6683), updated and
  extended in 2012 by theMountainGoat
  (http://www.sermountaingoat.co.uk/map/index.php) with Essos, Sothoryos,
  Ibben and the Summer Isles, based in part on the speculative world map by
  Werthead (www.thewertzone.blogspot.com). Some locations positioned after
  the maps drawn by Other-in-Law.
- Re-released with re-classified locations by Patrick Triest (2017-08-28):
  https://cdn.patricktriest.com/shapefiles/game_of_thrones_shapes.zip
- A Song of Ice and Fire, this map and all its locations are copyright
  George R.R. Martin (www.georgerrmartin.com).

Moving Polygons is not affiliated with or endorsed by George R.R. Martin,
HBO, or any of the authors above.

License
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The source data, westeros.json, and every map drawn on the "westeros" or
"westeros-tapestry" style are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
3.0 Unported License:
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

- Attribution: credit cadaei, theMountainGoat and Tear, with copyright
  attributed to George R.R. Martin, and link to the license.
- NonCommercial: you may not use the material for commercial purposes.
  Maps made with these styles can never be sold, used in advertising, or
  offered as part of a paid product or service.
- ShareAlike: adaptations must be shared under the same license.

"This map was created as a fan project and may be used in other fan based
projects under the terms of the Creative Commons license."

Changes made to the source
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Made by scripts/basemap/build_westeros_basemap.py in the Moving Polygons
repository:
- geometry repaired, simplified (0.008 degrees) and coordinates rounded to
  3 decimals;
- all layers merged into one GeoJSON file, each feature tagged with a kind;
- continents and islands merged into one land shape;
- region, realm and continent names placed as label points; forest and
  mountain names taken from the Regions layer only;
- "The orange Shore" capitalised; unnamed and empty locations dropped.