#Natural Earth Update Procedure
Scripts to build Natural Earth ZIP archives for individual themes, scalesets, and packagages.
Requirements: Make
a generic Unix utility, to be installed.
Assumed to be run on Mac or Ubuntu Linux.
#Usage
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Increment the VERSION number, per the semantic versioning guidelines at ../README.md:
pico VERSION
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Update the CHANGELOG with the new edits.
pico CHANGELOG
Note: You'll likely want to edit the CHANGELOG in a real text editor. Those changes should also be recorded, with better formatting, in a public blog post.
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Formalize the new version in Git by setting a tag:
git tag -m 'See CHANGELOG for details.' -a v`cat VERSION`
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Package those changes for distribution by running one of the make targets:
make all
Other common, more specific targets include:
make zips/10m_cultural/10m_cultural.zip make zips/10m_physical/10m_physical.zip make zips/50m_cultural/50m_cultural.zip make zips/50m_physical/50m_physical.zip make zips/110m_cultural/110m_cultural.zip make zips/110m_physical/110m_physical.zip make zips/packages/natural_earth_vector.zip make zips/packages/Natural_Earth_quick_start/Natural_Earth_quick_start.zip make clean
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Push those changes live to the distribution network!
make live
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Updated Drainholes on the distribution server:
http://naturalearthdata.com/blog/wp-admin/
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Write the blog post announcing the changes (parallels the CHANGELOG above).
http://naturalearthdata.com/blog/wp-admin/
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Send email to update list announcing the changes and directing them to the blog post.
http://naturalearthdata.com/updates/