How to draw 'English coastline' fractal?
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As far as I know, fractal, especially fractal dimension, is really related to the coastlines of countries. The fractal shape of the coastline and the border of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland as an example:
Source: The length of a coastline.
They are fractals, but not "regular" like the Mandelbrot set or the Cantor set, or the von Koch snowflake, etc.
Is there an available package/library that can draw this, like the TikZ libraries for fractals? For example, if I want to draw "fractally" the attached picture I just use something like
england [scale = 0.5] at (a);
in a tikzpicture. Is it possible?
I want the output to be really fractal.
tikz-pgf fractals
edited Dec 30 '18 at 12:47
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asked Dec 24 '18 at 13:54
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As far as I know, fractal, especially fractal dimension, is really related to the coastlines of countries. The fractal shape of the coastline and the border of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland as an example:
Source: The length of a coastline.
They are fractals, but not "regular" like the Mandelbrot set or the Cantor set, or the von Koch snowflake, etc.
Is there an available package/library that can draw this, like the TikZ libraries for fractals? For example, if I want to draw "fractally" the attached picture I just use something like
england [scale = 0.5] at (a);
in a tikzpicture. Is it possible?
I want the output to be really fractal.
tikz-pgf fractals
edited Dec 30 '18 at 12:47
TeXnician
24.6k63087
asked Dec 24 '18 at 13:54
JouleV
1,986425
I dot have any significant experience with these fractals. Nevertheless, I guess you will get more feedback if you show us what you have tried. Do you have the contour of England already in a format that can be used with TikZ? If so, please provide it. (If not, I guess that would make an independent question that you might want to ask first.)
– marmot
Dec 24 '18 at 16:51
1
I would just include a graphic, using includegraphics{graphics-file-name}, for example the picture you have in your question.
– Benjamin McKay
Dec 24 '18 at 19:00
3
Your map is actually a map of the coastline and land border of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Many people will be offended at referring to it as England. Moreover, part of it is not coastline.
– Benjamin McKay
Dec 24 '18 at 19:04
@BenjaminMcKay Yes, some part of it is not coastline, it is the border with Republic of Ireland.
– JouleV
Dec 25 '18 at 4:07
I know if I want to refer the fractal coastline (and the border as well) of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland in a document, I can use the picture attached. However, I don't have such picture for all countries in the world. For example, the reader may ask about the border of my country, which I don't have.
– JouleV
Dec 25 '18 at 4:12
|
show 2 more comments
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As far as I know, fractal, especially fractal dimension, is really related to the coastlines of countries. The fractal shape of the coastline and the border of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland as an example:
Source: The length of a coastline.
They are fractals, but not "regular" like the Mandelbrot set or the Cantor set, or the von Koch snowflake, etc.
Is there an available package/library that can draw this, like the TikZ libraries for fractals? For example, if I want to draw "fractally" the attached picture I just use something like
england [scale = 0.5] at (a);
in a tikzpicture. Is it possible?
I want the output to be really fractal.
tikz-pgf fractals
edited Dec 30 '18 at 12:47
TeXnician
24.6k63087
asked Dec 24 '18 at 13:54
JouleV
1,986425
As far as I know, fractal, especially fractal dimension, is really related to the coastlines of countries. The fractal shape of the coastline and the border of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland as an example:
Source: The length of a coastline.
They are fractals, but not "regular" like the Mandelbrot set or the Cantor set, or the von Koch snowflake, etc.
Is there an available package/library that can draw this, like the TikZ libraries for fractals? For example, if I want to draw "fractally" the attached picture I just use something like
england [scale = 0.5] at (a);
in a tikzpicture. Is it possible?
I want the output to be really fractal.
tikz-pgf fractals
tikz-pgf fractals
edited Dec 30 '18 at 12:47
TeXnician
24.6k63087
asked Dec 24 '18 at 13:54
JouleV
1,986425
edited Dec 30 '18 at 12:47
TeXnician
24.6k63087
asked Dec 24 '18 at 13:54
JouleV
1,986425
edited Dec 30 '18 at 12:47
TeXnician
24.6k63087
edited Dec 30 '18 at 12:47
TeXnician
24.6k63087
edited Dec 30 '18 at 12:47
TeXnician
24.6k63087
24.6k63087
asked Dec 24 '18 at 13:54
JouleV
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asked Dec 24 '18 at 13:54
JouleV
1,986425
asked Dec 24 '18 at 13:54
JouleV
1,986425
1,986425
I dot have any significant experience with these fractals. Nevertheless, I guess you will get more feedback if you show us what you have tried. Do you have the contour of England already in a format that can be used with TikZ? If so, please provide it. (If not, I guess that would make an independent question that you might want to ask first.)
– marmot
Dec 24 '18 at 16:51
1
I would just include a graphic, using includegraphics{graphics-file-name}, for example the picture you have in your question.
– Benjamin McKay
Dec 24 '18 at 19:00
3
Your map is actually a map of the coastline and land border of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Many people will be offended at referring to it as England. Moreover, part of it is not coastline.
– Benjamin McKay
Dec 24 '18 at 19:04
@BenjaminMcKay Yes, some part of it is not coastline, it is the border with Republic of Ireland.
– JouleV
Dec 25 '18 at 4:07
I know if I want to refer the fractal coastline (and the border as well) of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland in a document, I can use the picture attached. However, I don't have such picture for all countries in the world. For example, the reader may ask about the border of my country, which I don't have.
– JouleV
Dec 25 '18 at 4:12
|
show 2 more comments
I dot have any significant experience with these fractals. Nevertheless, I guess you will get more feedback if you show us what you have tried. Do you have the contour of England already in a format that can be used with TikZ? If so, please provide it. (If not, I guess that would make an independent question that you might want to ask first.)
– marmot
Dec 24 '18 at 16:51
1
I would just include a graphic, using includegraphics{graphics-file-name}, for example the picture you have in your question.
– Benjamin McKay
Dec 24 '18 at 19:00
3
Your map is actually a map of the coastline and land border of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Many people will be offended at referring to it as England. Moreover, part of it is not coastline.
– Benjamin McKay
Dec 24 '18 at 19:04
@BenjaminMcKay Yes, some part of it is not coastline, it is the border with Republic of Ireland.
– JouleV
Dec 25 '18 at 4:07
I know if I want to refer the fractal coastline (and the border as well) of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland in a document, I can use the picture attached. However, I don't have such picture for all countries in the world. For example, the reader may ask about the border of my country, which I don't have.
– JouleV
Dec 25 '18 at 4:12
I dot have any significant experience with these fractals. Nevertheless, I guess you will get more feedback if you show us what you have tried. Do you have the contour of England already in a format that can be used with TikZ? If so, please provide it. (If not, I guess that would make an independent question that you might want to ask first.)
– marmot
Dec 24 '18 at 16:51
I dot have any significant experience with these fractals. Nevertheless, I guess you will get more feedback if you show us what you have tried. Do you have the contour of England already in a format that can be used with TikZ? If so, please provide it. (If not, I guess that would make an independent question that you might want to ask first.)
– marmot
Dec 24 '18 at 16:51
1
1
I would just include a graphic, using includegraphics{graphics-file-name}, for example the picture you have in your question.
– Benjamin McKay
Dec 24 '18 at 19:00
I would just include a graphic, using includegraphics{graphics-file-name}, for example the picture you have in your question.
– Benjamin McKay
Dec 24 '18 at 19:00
3
3
Your map is actually a map of the coastline and land border of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Many people will be offended at referring to it as England. Moreover, part of it is not coastline.
– Benjamin McKay
Dec 24 '18 at 19:04
Your map is actually a map of the coastline and land border of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Many people will be offended at referring to it as England. Moreover, part of it is not coastline.
– Benjamin McKay
Dec 24 '18 at 19:04
@BenjaminMcKay Yes, some part of it is not coastline, it is the border with Republic of Ireland.
– JouleV
Dec 25 '18 at 4:07
@BenjaminMcKay Yes, some part of it is not coastline, it is the border with Republic of Ireland.
– JouleV
Dec 25 '18 at 4:07
I know if I want to refer the fractal coastline (and the border as well) of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland in a document, I can use the picture attached. However, I don't have such picture for all countries in the world. For example, the reader may ask about the border of my country, which I don't have.
– JouleV
Dec 25 '18 at 4:12
I know if I want to refer the fractal coastline (and the border as well) of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland in a document, I can use the picture attached. However, I don't have such picture for all countries in the world. For example, the reader may ask about the border of my country, which I don't have.
– JouleV
Dec 25 '18 at 4:12
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All European countries are available:
documentclass{article}
usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
usepackage{CountriesOfEurope}
pdfmapfile{+CountriesofEurope.map}
usepackage{graphics}
begin{document}
scalebox{10}{{CountriesofEuropeFamilyGreatBritain}}
CountriesofEuropeFamily
Albania Andorra Austria Belarus Belgium Bosnia Bulgaria Croatia
Czechia Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany GreatBritain Greece
Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg
Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal
Romania Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland
end{document}
With an up-to-date system and running lualatex
documentclass{article}
usepackage{CountriesofEurope}
begin{document}
EUCountry[Scale=15,outline]{GreatBritain}
end{document}
answered Dec 25 '18 at 8:39
Herbert
270k24408717
Great! However, I think it will be better if (1) the maps are not filled and (2) there are such packages for the whole world.
– JouleV
Dec 25 '18 at 8:41
not filled is possible with the OpenType version of the font: ingofonts.de/ingofonts/downloads/iF_Countries_of_Europe.zip But you have to use own macros for the countried until I am uploading a new version to CTAN
– Herbert
Dec 26 '18 at 6:44
@Herbert without too much of the politics I see your latest "Great Britain" above includes Isle of Man which is NOT part of Europe NOR Great Britain. Equally Northern Ireland is not part of Great Britain, thus It may be better if "Great Britain" "IOM" and "Northern Ireland" are kept as separate entities
– KJO
Dec 30 '18 at 17:32
I understand your point and I will give this information to our font designer and maybe he will change it. But it is also possible that he has no time for such changes which cannot be done in a couple of minutes ...
– Herbert
Dec 30 '18 at 20:59
add a comment |
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You can recover the svg paths for the country that you are looking for (mapsvg.com, amcharts, ... or any other source).
Then you can convert it to tikz using Inkscape or SVGPaty playground (like explained in this answer).
Here is the example of Namibia extracted from the world map.
documentclass[tikz,border=7pt]{standalone}
usetikzlibrary{svg.path}
begin{document}
begin{tikzpicture}
draw[fill=yellow] svg{M540.51-512.9l.6 .12 .58 .11 .66 .12 .54 .09 .13 .02 1.29-.11 .56-.07 .19-.07 .26-.2 .46-.46-.12 .01-.86-.09-.33-.13-.73-.55-.16 .07-.17 .11-.15 .04-.32-.14-.33-.16-.35-.22-.29-.22-.1-.12-.46-.45-.15-.08-.13-.03-.06 .02-.05 .2-.29 .45-.45 .6-.13 .06-.09 .02-.34-.03-.97-.17-.82-.14-1.26-.24-1.35-.2-.84-.12-.72-.03 0-.6 0-1.2 0-1.2 0-1.21 .01-1.21 0-1.22 0-1.21 0-1.22 0-1.23 0-.53-.02-.12-.42 0-.94 0-.79 0-.64 0 0-.73 0-.86 0-.87 0-.87 .01-.87 0-.87 0-.88 0-.87 0-.88 0-.66 0-.08 0-1.29 0-1.38 0-1.38 0-1.38 0-1.39 0-1.4 0-1.4 0-1.41 0-.45-.29 .01-.58-.17-.37-.23-.16-.28-.21-.16-.26-.06-.12-.14 .03-.23-.1-.17-.24-.12-.38 .04-.52 .18-.67 .05-.82-.1-.58 .05-.36 .19-.37 .11-.4 .03-.23 .08-.48 .14-.09 .24-.05 .19-.14 .19-.01 .16 .1 .12 .02 .19-.08 .27-.13 .13-.18-.01-.12 .1-.05 .21-.11 .16-.26 .17-.34-.13-.16-.18-.1-.29-.09-.14-.04-.25-.02-.17-.09-.18-.09-.07-.1 .03-.17-.07-.39-.27-.12-.14-.31 .25-.92 .97-.33 .25-.48 .59-1.06 1.83-.15 .35-.2 .88-.23 .65-.03 .37 .11 .21-.07 .29-.12 .26-.36 .33-.1 1.12-.24 .72 .05 .6-.12 .54-.01 .34 .06 .66-.2 .76-.39 .73-.36 1.06-.05 .47 .04 1.24-.07 .51 .01 .59-.14 .61-.06 .34 .1 .26 .05-.08 .11-.04 .07 .35 .01 .31-.18 .77-.39 .78-.98 1.27-.24 .49-.13 .4-1.1 1.66-.46 1.17-.33 1.01-.35 .47-1.64 3.26-.36 .51-.66 .62-.15 .21-.25 .59-.5 .79-.12 .73-.03 .83 .06 .64 .45 .07 .31 .17 .28 .01 .28-.14 .3-.01 .11 .03 .53-.02 .31 .15 .36 .15 .2 .13 .3 .14 .38 .14 .22-.01 .27-.05 .36-.06 .21-.09 .24-.3 .37-.26 .27-.17 .32-.21 .09-.08 .14-.04 .09-.02 .58 .04 .53 .02 .57 0 1.07 0 1.08 0 1.07 0 1.08 0 1.07 0 1.07-.01 1.08 0 1.07 0 .44 0 .77-.01 .8-.01 .09-.02 .09-.05 .08-.06 .28-.37 .37-.39 .3-.18 .36-.11 .34-.04 .32 .02 .53-.05 .73-.12 .77-.04 .79 .05 .56-.07 .32-.19 .33-.13 .34-.07 .45 .04 .58 .15 .49-.02 .23-.11 .13 0 .85 .16 .68 .12 1.02 .2 .84 .16 1.25 .24z};
end{tikzpicture}
end{document}
edited Dec 31 '18 at 16:36
CarLaTeX
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answered Dec 31 '18 at 16:34
Kpym
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All European countries are available:
documentclass{article}
usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
usepackage{CountriesOfEurope}
pdfmapfile{+CountriesofEurope.map}
usepackage{graphics}
begin{document}
scalebox{10}{{CountriesofEuropeFamilyGreatBritain}}
CountriesofEuropeFamily
Albania Andorra Austria Belarus Belgium Bosnia Bulgaria Croatia
Czechia Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany GreatBritain Greece
Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg
Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal
Romania Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland
end{document}
With an up-to-date system and running lualatex
documentclass{article}
usepackage{CountriesofEurope}
begin{document}
EUCountry[Scale=15,outline]{GreatBritain}
end{document}
answered Dec 25 '18 at 8:39
Herbert
270k24408717
Great! However, I think it will be better if (1) the maps are not filled and (2) there are such packages for the whole world.
– JouleV
Dec 25 '18 at 8:41
not filled is possible with the OpenType version of the font: ingofonts.de/ingofonts/downloads/iF_Countries_of_Europe.zip But you have to use own macros for the countried until I am uploading a new version to CTAN
– Herbert
Dec 26 '18 at 6:44
@Herbert without too much of the politics I see your latest "Great Britain" above includes Isle of Man which is NOT part of Europe NOR Great Britain. Equally Northern Ireland is not part of Great Britain, thus It may be better if "Great Britain" "IOM" and "Northern Ireland" are kept as separate entities
– KJO
Dec 30 '18 at 17:32
I understand your point and I will give this information to our font designer and maybe he will change it. But it is also possible that he has no time for such changes which cannot be done in a couple of minutes ...
– Herbert
Dec 30 '18 at 20:59
add a comment |
9
All European countries are available:
documentclass{article}
usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
usepackage{CountriesOfEurope}
pdfmapfile{+CountriesofEurope.map}
usepackage{graphics}
begin{document}
scalebox{10}{{CountriesofEuropeFamilyGreatBritain}}
CountriesofEuropeFamily
Albania Andorra Austria Belarus Belgium Bosnia Bulgaria Croatia
Czechia Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany GreatBritain Greece
Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg
Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal
Romania Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland
end{document}
With an up-to-date system and running lualatex
documentclass{article}
usepackage{CountriesofEurope}
begin{document}
EUCountry[Scale=15,outline]{GreatBritain}
end{document}
answered Dec 25 '18 at 8:39
Herbert
270k24408717
Great! However, I think it will be better if (1) the maps are not filled and (2) there are such packages for the whole world.
– JouleV
Dec 25 '18 at 8:41
not filled is possible with the OpenType version of the font: ingofonts.de/ingofonts/downloads/iF_Countries_of_Europe.zip But you have to use own macros for the countried until I am uploading a new version to CTAN
– Herbert
Dec 26 '18 at 6:44
@Herbert without too much of the politics I see your latest "Great Britain" above includes Isle of Man which is NOT part of Europe NOR Great Britain. Equally Northern Ireland is not part of Great Britain, thus It may be better if "Great Britain" "IOM" and "Northern Ireland" are kept as separate entities
– KJO
Dec 30 '18 at 17:32
I understand your point and I will give this information to our font designer and maybe he will change it. But it is also possible that he has no time for such changes which cannot be done in a couple of minutes ...
– Herbert
Dec 30 '18 at 20:59
add a comment |
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All European countries are available:
documentclass{article}
usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
usepackage{CountriesOfEurope}
pdfmapfile{+CountriesofEurope.map}
usepackage{graphics}
begin{document}
scalebox{10}{{CountriesofEuropeFamilyGreatBritain}}
CountriesofEuropeFamily
Albania Andorra Austria Belarus Belgium Bosnia Bulgaria Croatia
Czechia Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany GreatBritain Greece
Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg
Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal
Romania Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland
end{document}
With an up-to-date system and running lualatex
documentclass{article}
usepackage{CountriesofEurope}
begin{document}
EUCountry[Scale=15,outline]{GreatBritain}
end{document}
answered Dec 25 '18 at 8:39
Herbert
270k24408717
All European countries are available:
documentclass{article}
usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
usepackage{CountriesOfEurope}
pdfmapfile{+CountriesofEurope.map}
usepackage{graphics}
begin{document}
scalebox{10}{{CountriesofEuropeFamilyGreatBritain}}
CountriesofEuropeFamily
Albania Andorra Austria Belarus Belgium Bosnia Bulgaria Croatia
Czechia Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany GreatBritain Greece
Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg
Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal
Romania Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland
end{document}
With an up-to-date system and running lualatex
documentclass{article}
usepackage{CountriesofEurope}
begin{document}
EUCountry[Scale=15,outline]{GreatBritain}
end{document}
answered Dec 25 '18 at 8:39
Herbert
270k24408717
edited Dec 28 '18 at 13:13
answered Dec 25 '18 at 8:39
Herbert
270k24408717
answered Dec 25 '18 at 8:39
Herbert
270k24408717
answered Dec 25 '18 at 8:39
Herbert
270k24408717
270k24408717
Great! However, I think it will be better if (1) the maps are not filled and (2) there are such packages for the whole world.
– JouleV
Dec 25 '18 at 8:41
not filled is possible with the OpenType version of the font: ingofonts.de/ingofonts/downloads/iF_Countries_of_Europe.zip But you have to use own macros for the countried until I am uploading a new version to CTAN
– Herbert
Dec 26 '18 at 6:44
@Herbert without too much of the politics I see your latest "Great Britain" above includes Isle of Man which is NOT part of Europe NOR Great Britain. Equally Northern Ireland is not part of Great Britain, thus It may be better if "Great Britain" "IOM" and "Northern Ireland" are kept as separate entities
– KJO
Dec 30 '18 at 17:32
I understand your point and I will give this information to our font designer and maybe he will change it. But it is also possible that he has no time for such changes which cannot be done in a couple of minutes ...
– Herbert
Dec 30 '18 at 20:59
add a comment |
Great! However, I think it will be better if (1) the maps are not filled and (2) there are such packages for the whole world.
– JouleV
Dec 25 '18 at 8:41
not filled is possible with the OpenType version of the font: ingofonts.de/ingofonts/downloads/iF_Countries_of_Europe.zip But you have to use own macros for the countried until I am uploading a new version to CTAN
– Herbert
Dec 26 '18 at 6:44
@Herbert without too much of the politics I see your latest "Great Britain" above includes Isle of Man which is NOT part of Europe NOR Great Britain. Equally Northern Ireland is not part of Great Britain, thus It may be better if "Great Britain" "IOM" and "Northern Ireland" are kept as separate entities
– KJO
Dec 30 '18 at 17:32
I understand your point and I will give this information to our font designer and maybe he will change it. But it is also possible that he has no time for such changes which cannot be done in a couple of minutes ...
– Herbert
Dec 30 '18 at 20:59
Great! However, I think it will be better if (1) the maps are not filled and (2) there are such packages for the whole world.
– JouleV
Dec 25 '18 at 8:41
Great! However, I think it will be better if (1) the maps are not filled and (2) there are such packages for the whole world.
– JouleV
Dec 25 '18 at 8:41
not filled is possible with the OpenType version of the font: ingofonts.de/ingofonts/downloads/iF_Countries_of_Europe.zip But you have to use own macros for the countried until I am uploading a new version to CTAN
– Herbert
Dec 26 '18 at 6:44
not filled is possible with the OpenType version of the font: ingofonts.de/ingofonts/downloads/iF_Countries_of_Europe.zip But you have to use own macros for the countried until I am uploading a new version to CTAN
– Herbert
Dec 26 '18 at 6:44
@Herbert without too much of the politics I see your latest "Great Britain" above includes Isle of Man which is NOT part of Europe NOR Great Britain. Equally Northern Ireland is not part of Great Britain, thus It may be better if "Great Britain" "IOM" and "Northern Ireland" are kept as separate entities
– KJO
Dec 30 '18 at 17:32
@Herbert without too much of the politics I see your latest "Great Britain" above includes Isle of Man which is NOT part of Europe NOR Great Britain. Equally Northern Ireland is not part of Great Britain, thus It may be better if "Great Britain" "IOM" and "Northern Ireland" are kept as separate entities
– KJO
Dec 30 '18 at 17:32
I understand your point and I will give this information to our font designer and maybe he will change it. But it is also possible that he has no time for such changes which cannot be done in a couple of minutes ...
– Herbert
Dec 30 '18 at 20:59
I understand your point and I will give this information to our font designer and maybe he will change it. But it is also possible that he has no time for such changes which cannot be done in a couple of minutes ...
– Herbert
Dec 30 '18 at 20:59
add a comment |
4
You can recover the svg paths for the country that you are looking for (mapsvg.com, amcharts, ... or any other source).
Then you can convert it to tikz using Inkscape or SVGPaty playground (like explained in this answer).
Here is the example of Namibia extracted from the world map.
documentclass[tikz,border=7pt]{standalone}
usetikzlibrary{svg.path}
begin{document}
begin{tikzpicture}
draw[fill=yellow] svg{M540.51-512.9l.6 .12 .58 .11 .66 .12 .54 .09 .13 .02 1.29-.11 .56-.07 .19-.07 .26-.2 .46-.46-.12 .01-.86-.09-.33-.13-.73-.55-.16 .07-.17 .11-.15 .04-.32-.14-.33-.16-.35-.22-.29-.22-.1-.12-.46-.45-.15-.08-.13-.03-.06 .02-.05 .2-.29 .45-.45 .6-.13 .06-.09 .02-.34-.03-.97-.17-.82-.14-1.26-.24-1.35-.2-.84-.12-.72-.03 0-.6 0-1.2 0-1.2 0-1.21 .01-1.21 0-1.22 0-1.21 0-1.22 0-1.23 0-.53-.02-.12-.42 0-.94 0-.79 0-.64 0 0-.73 0-.86 0-.87 0-.87 .01-.87 0-.87 0-.88 0-.87 0-.88 0-.66 0-.08 0-1.29 0-1.38 0-1.38 0-1.38 0-1.39 0-1.4 0-1.4 0-1.41 0-.45-.29 .01-.58-.17-.37-.23-.16-.28-.21-.16-.26-.06-.12-.14 .03-.23-.1-.17-.24-.12-.38 .04-.52 .18-.67 .05-.82-.1-.58 .05-.36 .19-.37 .11-.4 .03-.23 .08-.48 .14-.09 .24-.05 .19-.14 .19-.01 .16 .1 .12 .02 .19-.08 .27-.13 .13-.18-.01-.12 .1-.05 .21-.11 .16-.26 .17-.34-.13-.16-.18-.1-.29-.09-.14-.04-.25-.02-.17-.09-.18-.09-.07-.1 .03-.17-.07-.39-.27-.12-.14-.31 .25-.92 .97-.33 .25-.48 .59-1.06 1.83-.15 .35-.2 .88-.23 .65-.03 .37 .11 .21-.07 .29-.12 .26-.36 .33-.1 1.12-.24 .72 .05 .6-.12 .54-.01 .34 .06 .66-.2 .76-.39 .73-.36 1.06-.05 .47 .04 1.24-.07 .51 .01 .59-.14 .61-.06 .34 .1 .26 .05-.08 .11-.04 .07 .35 .01 .31-.18 .77-.39 .78-.98 1.27-.24 .49-.13 .4-1.1 1.66-.46 1.17-.33 1.01-.35 .47-1.64 3.26-.36 .51-.66 .62-.15 .21-.25 .59-.5 .79-.12 .73-.03 .83 .06 .64 .45 .07 .31 .17 .28 .01 .28-.14 .3-.01 .11 .03 .53-.02 .31 .15 .36 .15 .2 .13 .3 .14 .38 .14 .22-.01 .27-.05 .36-.06 .21-.09 .24-.3 .37-.26 .27-.17 .32-.21 .09-.08 .14-.04 .09-.02 .58 .04 .53 .02 .57 0 1.07 0 1.08 0 1.07 0 1.08 0 1.07 0 1.07-.01 1.08 0 1.07 0 .44 0 .77-.01 .8-.01 .09-.02 .09-.05 .08-.06 .28-.37 .37-.39 .3-.18 .36-.11 .34-.04 .32 .02 .53-.05 .73-.12 .77-.04 .79 .05 .56-.07 .32-.19 .33-.13 .34-.07 .45 .04 .58 .15 .49-.02 .23-.11 .13 0 .85 .16 .68 .12 1.02 .2 .84 .16 1.25 .24z};
end{tikzpicture}
end{document}
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You can recover the svg paths for the country that you are looking for (mapsvg.com, amcharts, ... or any other source).
Then you can convert it to tikz using Inkscape or SVGPaty playground (like explained in this answer).
Here is the example of Namibia extracted from the world map.
documentclass[tikz,border=7pt]{standalone}
usetikzlibrary{svg.path}
begin{document}
begin{tikzpicture}
draw[fill=yellow] svg{M540.51-512.9l.6 .12 .58 .11 .66 .12 .54 .09 .13 .02 1.29-.11 .56-.07 .19-.07 .26-.2 .46-.46-.12 .01-.86-.09-.33-.13-.73-.55-.16 .07-.17 .11-.15 .04-.32-.14-.33-.16-.35-.22-.29-.22-.1-.12-.46-.45-.15-.08-.13-.03-.06 .02-.05 .2-.29 .45-.45 .6-.13 .06-.09 .02-.34-.03-.97-.17-.82-.14-1.26-.24-1.35-.2-.84-.12-.72-.03 0-.6 0-1.2 0-1.2 0-1.21 .01-1.21 0-1.22 0-1.21 0-1.22 0-1.23 0-.53-.02-.12-.42 0-.94 0-.79 0-.64 0 0-.73 0-.86 0-.87 0-.87 .01-.87 0-.87 0-.88 0-.87 0-.88 0-.66 0-.08 0-1.29 0-1.38 0-1.38 0-1.38 0-1.39 0-1.4 0-1.4 0-1.41 0-.45-.29 .01-.58-.17-.37-.23-.16-.28-.21-.16-.26-.06-.12-.14 .03-.23-.1-.17-.24-.12-.38 .04-.52 .18-.67 .05-.82-.1-.58 .05-.36 .19-.37 .11-.4 .03-.23 .08-.48 .14-.09 .24-.05 .19-.14 .19-.01 .16 .1 .12 .02 .19-.08 .27-.13 .13-.18-.01-.12 .1-.05 .21-.11 .16-.26 .17-.34-.13-.16-.18-.1-.29-.09-.14-.04-.25-.02-.17-.09-.18-.09-.07-.1 .03-.17-.07-.39-.27-.12-.14-.31 .25-.92 .97-.33 .25-.48 .59-1.06 1.83-.15 .35-.2 .88-.23 .65-.03 .37 .11 .21-.07 .29-.12 .26-.36 .33-.1 1.12-.24 .72 .05 .6-.12 .54-.01 .34 .06 .66-.2 .76-.39 .73-.36 1.06-.05 .47 .04 1.24-.07 .51 .01 .59-.14 .61-.06 .34 .1 .26 .05-.08 .11-.04 .07 .35 .01 .31-.18 .77-.39 .78-.98 1.27-.24 .49-.13 .4-1.1 1.66-.46 1.17-.33 1.01-.35 .47-1.64 3.26-.36 .51-.66 .62-.15 .21-.25 .59-.5 .79-.12 .73-.03 .83 .06 .64 .45 .07 .31 .17 .28 .01 .28-.14 .3-.01 .11 .03 .53-.02 .31 .15 .36 .15 .2 .13 .3 .14 .38 .14 .22-.01 .27-.05 .36-.06 .21-.09 .24-.3 .37-.26 .27-.17 .32-.21 .09-.08 .14-.04 .09-.02 .58 .04 .53 .02 .57 0 1.07 0 1.08 0 1.07 0 1.08 0 1.07 0 1.07-.01 1.08 0 1.07 0 .44 0 .77-.01 .8-.01 .09-.02 .09-.05 .08-.06 .28-.37 .37-.39 .3-.18 .36-.11 .34-.04 .32 .02 .53-.05 .73-.12 .77-.04 .79 .05 .56-.07 .32-.19 .33-.13 .34-.07 .45 .04 .58 .15 .49-.02 .23-.11 .13 0 .85 .16 .68 .12 1.02 .2 .84 .16 1.25 .24z};
end{tikzpicture}
end{document}
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You can recover the svg paths for the country that you are looking for (mapsvg.com, amcharts, ... or any other source).
Then you can convert it to tikz using Inkscape or SVGPaty playground (like explained in this answer).
Here is the example of Namibia extracted from the world map.
documentclass[tikz,border=7pt]{standalone}
usetikzlibrary{svg.path}
begin{document}
begin{tikzpicture}
draw[fill=yellow] svg{M540.51-512.9l.6 .12 .58 .11 .66 .12 .54 .09 .13 .02 1.29-.11 .56-.07 .19-.07 .26-.2 .46-.46-.12 .01-.86-.09-.33-.13-.73-.55-.16 .07-.17 .11-.15 .04-.32-.14-.33-.16-.35-.22-.29-.22-.1-.12-.46-.45-.15-.08-.13-.03-.06 .02-.05 .2-.29 .45-.45 .6-.13 .06-.09 .02-.34-.03-.97-.17-.82-.14-1.26-.24-1.35-.2-.84-.12-.72-.03 0-.6 0-1.2 0-1.2 0-1.21 .01-1.21 0-1.22 0-1.21 0-1.22 0-1.23 0-.53-.02-.12-.42 0-.94 0-.79 0-.64 0 0-.73 0-.86 0-.87 0-.87 .01-.87 0-.87 0-.88 0-.87 0-.88 0-.66 0-.08 0-1.29 0-1.38 0-1.38 0-1.38 0-1.39 0-1.4 0-1.4 0-1.41 0-.45-.29 .01-.58-.17-.37-.23-.16-.28-.21-.16-.26-.06-.12-.14 .03-.23-.1-.17-.24-.12-.38 .04-.52 .18-.67 .05-.82-.1-.58 .05-.36 .19-.37 .11-.4 .03-.23 .08-.48 .14-.09 .24-.05 .19-.14 .19-.01 .16 .1 .12 .02 .19-.08 .27-.13 .13-.18-.01-.12 .1-.05 .21-.11 .16-.26 .17-.34-.13-.16-.18-.1-.29-.09-.14-.04-.25-.02-.17-.09-.18-.09-.07-.1 .03-.17-.07-.39-.27-.12-.14-.31 .25-.92 .97-.33 .25-.48 .59-1.06 1.83-.15 .35-.2 .88-.23 .65-.03 .37 .11 .21-.07 .29-.12 .26-.36 .33-.1 1.12-.24 .72 .05 .6-.12 .54-.01 .34 .06 .66-.2 .76-.39 .73-.36 1.06-.05 .47 .04 1.24-.07 .51 .01 .59-.14 .61-.06 .34 .1 .26 .05-.08 .11-.04 .07 .35 .01 .31-.18 .77-.39 .78-.98 1.27-.24 .49-.13 .4-1.1 1.66-.46 1.17-.33 1.01-.35 .47-1.64 3.26-.36 .51-.66 .62-.15 .21-.25 .59-.5 .79-.12 .73-.03 .83 .06 .64 .45 .07 .31 .17 .28 .01 .28-.14 .3-.01 .11 .03 .53-.02 .31 .15 .36 .15 .2 .13 .3 .14 .38 .14 .22-.01 .27-.05 .36-.06 .21-.09 .24-.3 .37-.26 .27-.17 .32-.21 .09-.08 .14-.04 .09-.02 .58 .04 .53 .02 .57 0 1.07 0 1.08 0 1.07 0 1.08 0 1.07 0 1.07-.01 1.08 0 1.07 0 .44 0 .77-.01 .8-.01 .09-.02 .09-.05 .08-.06 .28-.37 .37-.39 .3-.18 .36-.11 .34-.04 .32 .02 .53-.05 .73-.12 .77-.04 .79 .05 .56-.07 .32-.19 .33-.13 .34-.07 .45 .04 .58 .15 .49-.02 .23-.11 .13 0 .85 .16 .68 .12 1.02 .2 .84 .16 1.25 .24z};
end{tikzpicture}
end{document}
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answered Dec 31 '18 at 16:34
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You can recover the svg paths for the country that you are looking for (mapsvg.com, amcharts, ... or any other source).
Then you can convert it to tikz using Inkscape or SVGPaty playground (like explained in this answer).
Here is the example of Namibia extracted from the world map.
documentclass[tikz,border=7pt]{standalone}
usetikzlibrary{svg.path}
begin{document}
begin{tikzpicture}
draw[fill=yellow] svg{M540.51-512.9l.6 .12 .58 .11 .66 .12 .54 .09 .13 .02 1.29-.11 .56-.07 .19-.07 .26-.2 .46-.46-.12 .01-.86-.09-.33-.13-.73-.55-.16 .07-.17 .11-.15 .04-.32-.14-.33-.16-.35-.22-.29-.22-.1-.12-.46-.45-.15-.08-.13-.03-.06 .02-.05 .2-.29 .45-.45 .6-.13 .06-.09 .02-.34-.03-.97-.17-.82-.14-1.26-.24-1.35-.2-.84-.12-.72-.03 0-.6 0-1.2 0-1.2 0-1.21 .01-1.21 0-1.22 0-1.21 0-1.22 0-1.23 0-.53-.02-.12-.42 0-.94 0-.79 0-.64 0 0-.73 0-.86 0-.87 0-.87 .01-.87 0-.87 0-.88 0-.87 0-.88 0-.66 0-.08 0-1.29 0-1.38 0-1.38 0-1.38 0-1.39 0-1.4 0-1.4 0-1.41 0-.45-.29 .01-.58-.17-.37-.23-.16-.28-.21-.16-.26-.06-.12-.14 .03-.23-.1-.17-.24-.12-.38 .04-.52 .18-.67 .05-.82-.1-.58 .05-.36 .19-.37 .11-.4 .03-.23 .08-.48 .14-.09 .24-.05 .19-.14 .19-.01 .16 .1 .12 .02 .19-.08 .27-.13 .13-.18-.01-.12 .1-.05 .21-.11 .16-.26 .17-.34-.13-.16-.18-.1-.29-.09-.14-.04-.25-.02-.17-.09-.18-.09-.07-.1 .03-.17-.07-.39-.27-.12-.14-.31 .25-.92 .97-.33 .25-.48 .59-1.06 1.83-.15 .35-.2 .88-.23 .65-.03 .37 .11 .21-.07 .29-.12 .26-.36 .33-.1 1.12-.24 .72 .05 .6-.12 .54-.01 .34 .06 .66-.2 .76-.39 .73-.36 1.06-.05 .47 .04 1.24-.07 .51 .01 .59-.14 .61-.06 .34 .1 .26 .05-.08 .11-.04 .07 .35 .01 .31-.18 .77-.39 .78-.98 1.27-.24 .49-.13 .4-1.1 1.66-.46 1.17-.33 1.01-.35 .47-1.64 3.26-.36 .51-.66 .62-.15 .21-.25 .59-.5 .79-.12 .73-.03 .83 .06 .64 .45 .07 .31 .17 .28 .01 .28-.14 .3-.01 .11 .03 .53-.02 .31 .15 .36 .15 .2 .13 .3 .14 .38 .14 .22-.01 .27-.05 .36-.06 .21-.09 .24-.3 .37-.26 .27-.17 .32-.21 .09-.08 .14-.04 .09-.02 .58 .04 .53 .02 .57 0 1.07 0 1.08 0 1.07 0 1.08 0 1.07 0 1.07-.01 1.08 0 1.07 0 .44 0 .77-.01 .8-.01 .09-.02 .09-.05 .08-.06 .28-.37 .37-.39 .3-.18 .36-.11 .34-.04 .32 .02 .53-.05 .73-.12 .77-.04 .79 .05 .56-.07 .32-.19 .33-.13 .34-.07 .45 .04 .58 .15 .49-.02 .23-.11 .13 0 .85 .16 .68 .12 1.02 .2 .84 .16 1.25 .24z};
end{tikzpicture}
end{document}
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I dot have any significant experience with these fractals. Nevertheless, I guess you will get more feedback if you show us what you have tried. Do you have the contour of England already in a format that can be used with TikZ? If so, please provide it. (If not, I guess that would make an independent question that you might want to ask first.)
– marmot
Dec 24 '18 at 16:51
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I would just include a graphic, using includegraphics{graphics-file-name}, for example the picture you have in your question.
– Benjamin McKay
Dec 24 '18 at 19:00
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Your map is actually a map of the coastline and land border of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Many people will be offended at referring to it as England. Moreover, part of it is not coastline.
– Benjamin McKay
Dec 24 '18 at 19:04
@BenjaminMcKay Yes, some part of it is not coastline, it is the border with Republic of Ireland.
– JouleV
Dec 25 '18 at 4:07
I know if I want to refer the fractal coastline (and the border as well) of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland in a document, I can use the picture attached. However, I don't have such picture for all countries in the world. For example, the reader may ask about the border of my country, which I don't have.
– JouleV
Dec 25 '18 at 4:12