topic Re: Great Lakes polygon shapefile in Mapping Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/great-lakes-polygon-shapefile/m-p/356904#M3865 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><STRONG><A href="https://vectormap.net/free-maps-in-the-shape-formats-shapefiles/">Here is the FREE downloadable archive</A></STRONG> (we drawn)&nbsp;&nbsp;</P><P style="color: #333333; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem;">This is the full map (shapefiles in zip archive) of the GREAT LAKES – US and CA<BR /><STRONG style="font-weight: bold;">Water File – Lakes and Rivers (polygons) – 2020<BR /></STRONG>List of the files in this archive:</P><OL style="color: #333333; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem 2.5rem;"><LI style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem;">great_lakes_us_ca.prj</LI><LI style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem;">great_lakes_us_ca.cpg</LI><LI style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem;">great_lakes_us_ca.dbf</LI><LI style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem;">great_lakes_us_ca.shp</LI><LI>great_lakes_us_ca.shx</LI></OL><P><STRONG><A href="https://vectormap.net/free-maps-in-the-shape-formats-shapefiles/">Great Lakes Shapefile (free download) = 64 MB ZIP</A></STRONG></P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 13 Aug 2020 23:09:56 GMT KirillShrayber 2020-08-13T23:09:56Z Great Lakes polygon shapefile https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/great-lakes-polygon-shapefile/m-p/356900#M3861 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I have searched high and low and I cannot find a Great Lakes polygon shapefile anywhere. All I have found available online are the polyline boundaries of the lakes and they are too complex to be converted to a polygon. I can't seem to download them from the USGS Seamless Viewer. I tried to extract them from the template maps provided in ArcMap but I can't seem to do that, either. Does anyone have any idea where I might find these shapefiles? I appreciate any assistance!</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 05 Jun 2012 17:07:58 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/great-lakes-polygon-shapefile/m-p/356900#M3861 JuliaSmith 2012-06-05T17:07:58Z Re: Great Lakes polygon shapefile https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/great-lakes-polygon-shapefile/m-p/356901#M3862 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Look at Esti Data &amp; Maps and StreetMap USA DVD.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>There's Lakes layer (with .sdc extension) in folder ...\usa\hydro</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>You can also download Lakes from </SPAN><A href="http://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/10m-physical-vectors/">http://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/10m-physical-vectors/</A><SPAN> with better data accuracy than Esri data.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 06 Jun 2012 06:17:19 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/great-lakes-polygon-shapefile/m-p/356901#M3862 MarcinGasior 2012-06-06T06:17:19Z Re: Great Lakes polygon shapefile https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/great-lakes-polygon-shapefile/m-p/356902#M3863 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thank you for the tip about the Natural Earth website (<A href="http://www.naturalearthdata.com/" title="http://www.naturalearthdata.com/">Natural Earth</A> )!</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 09 Mar 2016 21:28:00 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/great-lakes-polygon-shapefile/m-p/356902#M3863 NathanWorkman 2016-03-09T21:28:00Z Re: Great Lakes polygon shapefile https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/great-lakes-polygon-shapefile/m-p/356903#M3864 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>This site has Great Lakes and GL Watershed shapefiles<BR /><A class="link-titled" href="https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/530f8a0ee4b0e7e46bd300dd" title="https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/530f8a0ee4b0e7e46bd300dd">Great Lakes and Watersheds Shapefiles - ScienceBase-Catalog</A>&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 14 Mar 2018 16:31:41 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/great-lakes-polygon-shapefile/m-p/356903#M3864 TaylerSchweigel 2018-03-14T16:31:41Z Re: Great Lakes polygon shapefile https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/great-lakes-polygon-shapefile/m-p/356904#M3865 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><STRONG><A href="https://vectormap.net/free-maps-in-the-shape-formats-shapefiles/">Here is the FREE downloadable archive</A></STRONG> (we drawn)&nbsp;&nbsp;</P><P style="color: #333333; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem;">This is the full map (shapefiles in zip archive) of the GREAT LAKES – US and CA<BR /><STRONG style="font-weight: bold;">Water File – Lakes and Rivers (polygons) – 2020<BR /></STRONG>List of the files in this archive:</P><OL style="color: #333333; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem 2.5rem;"><LI style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem;">great_lakes_us_ca.prj</LI><LI style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem;">great_lakes_us_ca.cpg</LI><LI style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem;">great_lakes_us_ca.dbf</LI><LI style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem;">great_lakes_us_ca.shp</LI><LI>great_lakes_us_ca.shx</LI></OL><P><STRONG><A href="https://vectormap.net/free-maps-in-the-shape-formats-shapefiles/">Great Lakes Shapefile (free download) = 64 MB ZIP</A></STRONG></P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 13 Aug 2020 23:09:56 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/great-lakes-polygon-shapefile/m-p/356904#M3865 KirillShrayber 2020-08-13T23:09:56Z