<p>This file contains European countries in a shapefile format that can be used in python, R or matlab.</p>
<p>The file has been created by Drin Marmullaku based on GADM version 4.1 (https://gadm.org/) and distributed according to their license (https://gadm.org/license.html).</p>
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<p>Please cite as: Sevdari, Kristian; Marmullaku, Drin (2023). Shapefile of European countries. Technical University of Denmark. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.11583/DTU.23686383 This dataset is distributed under a CCBY-NC-SA 4.0 license </p>
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<p>Using the data to create maps for publishing of academic research articles is allowed. </p>
<p>Thus you can use the maps you made with GADM data for figures in articles published by PLoS, Springer Nature, Elsevier, MDPI, etc. </p>
<p>You are allowed (but not required) to publish these articles (and the maps they contain) under an open license such as CC-BY as is the case with PLoS journals and may be the case with other open access articles. </p>
<p>Data for the following countries is covered by a a different license Austria: </p>
<p>Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 (source: Government of Austria)</p>