detailed vector world map?

[SooTyLaD]

hi guys

I'm finding it really difficult to find a really good detailed vector map of the world...

there are some free ones on wikipedia but when you zoom in it is obviously just an autotrace/livetrace of a bitmap image, just like pretty much every other one i've come across...

it is to be used in a flash animation in which you can zoom in and out so the detail needs to be there, don't mind paying for it as long as its really good.

anyone know where i could find such a thing?

 

[SourChipmunk]

http://maps.google.com

 

[Samione]

That's not vector.

 

[Inquisitor]

Wouldn't a vector image of that complexity be incredibly slow to render? Without highly complicated LOD scaling at least.

 

[SourChipmunk]

That's not vector.

Vector graphics is the use of geometrical primitives such as points, lines, curves, and shapes or polygon(s), which are all based upon mathematical equations, to represent images in computer graphics.

How is it not?

 

[Samione]

You know what I mean, he can't exactly use it can he? Unless of course you have a link to the vector file you want to share with us?

 

[SourChipmunk]

*Smacks forehead*

I misread the paragraph for some reason. Sorry about that, OP.

 

[monkeysmith]

istockphoto.com might have some...


http://www.istockphoto.com/file_clo...ividual-countries-of-the-world.php?id=4707722

$10, not sure if it's detailed enough.