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Avoid over-relying on GADM in CI and normal workflow #1256

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davide-f opened this issue Dec 22, 2024 · 0 comments

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davide-f commented Dec 22, 2024 •

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The GADM is down (again) that leads to CI issues.
Rehosting GADM data is not allowed for licensing issues, but a possible solution could be to add to our CI data bundles that mimic the gadm ones but are sourced using natural earth database
https://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/110m-cultural-vectors/110m-admin-1-states-provinces/

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in a short-term perspective, the bundles can have some artificial gadm-like files built using natural earth. This solves licensing and technical problem
in a mid-term perspective, we can consider using natural earth as an alternative data sources for the shapes. Note that this source is likely appealing for commercial entities, given their more permissive licensing. If this options is adopted "fast" option 1 is likely not necessary

davide-f changed the title ~~Avoid GADM down in CI~~ Avoid over-relying on GADM in CI and normal workflow

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