Location map <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:North_Rhine-Westphalia" class="extiw" title="w:en:North Rhine-Westphalia">North Rhine-Westphalia</a>, Germany. Geographic limits of the map:
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<p><span class="int-own-work" lang="en">Own work</span>, based on (not all layers may be visible or included):
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<ul><li><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:North_rhine_w_template_2.svg" title="File:North rhine w template 2.svg">File:North rhine w template 2.svg</a> by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:TUBS" title="User:TUBS">TUBS</a> (for borders)</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lverma.nrw.de/produkte/druckschriften/infomaterial/images/fb/FB_NRW_Info.pdf">Bezirksregierung Köln: <i>Nordrhein-Westfalen in Zahlen und Karten</i></a> (for rivers)</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.umwelt.nrw.de/umwelt/wasser/baeche/index.php">Ministerium für Umwelt und Naturschutz, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen: <i>Bäche/Flüsse/Seen</i></a> (for rivers)</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lanuv.nrw.de/veroeffentlichungen/gewgue01/gewgue01_273.pdf">Landesumweltamt Nordrhein-Westfalen: <i>Gewässergüte in Nordrhein-Westfalen</i></a> (for rivers)</li>
<li><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Netherlands_Limburg_location_map.svg" title="File:Netherlands Limburg location map.svg">File:Netherlands Limburg location map.svg</a>, by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Erik_Frohne" title="User:Erik Frohne">Erik Frohne</a> (for rivers and borders)</li>
<li><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Netherlands_Overijssel_location_map.svg" title="File:Netherlands Overijssel location map.svg">File:Netherlands Overijssel location map.svg</a>, by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Erik_Frohne" title="User:Erik Frohne">Erik Frohne</a> (for rivers and borders)</li>
<li><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Netherlands_Gelderland_location_map.svg" title="File:Netherlands Gelderland location map.svg">File:Netherlands Gelderland location map.svg</a>, by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Erik_Frohne" title="User:Erik Frohne">Erik Frohne</a> (for rivers and borders)</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www2.hmuelv.hessen.de/imperia/md/content/internet/wrrl/6_extranet/bearbeitungsgebiete/bestandsaunahme/hessen/karten/he_ow_1_1_1_2_weser_hlug_040122.pdf">Hessisches Landesamt für Umwelt und Geologie: <i>Wasserrahmenrichtlinie in Hessen</i></a> (for rivers and borders)</li>
<li><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Municipalities_in_Rhineland-Palatinate.svg" class="mw-redirect" title="File:Municipalities in Rhineland-Palatinate.svg">File:Municipalities in Rhineland-Palatinate.svg</a> by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:TUBS" title="User:TUBS">TUBS</a> (for rivers and borders)</li>
<li>For populated areas, either:
<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bezreg-koeln.nrw.de/brk_internet/organisation/abteilung07_produkte/landeskarten/verwaltung_und_uebersicht/nrw/uebersicht.gif">Bezirksregierung Köln Übersichtskarte NRW 1:500.000 für Nordrhein-Westfalen </a> (may be substituted by www.maps-for-free data in later versions) or</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.maps-for-free.com">www.maps-for-free.com</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.wsv.de/service/karten/bundeseinheitlich/pdf/dbwk1000.pdf">Wasser- und Schifffahrtsverwaltung des Bundes: <i>Bundeswasserstraßenkarte DBWK1000</i></a> (for channels)</li>
<li>For topography and hill shades, either:
<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.maps-for-free.com">www.maps-for-free.com</a> (like in <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:North_Rhine-Westphalia_Topography_02.png" title="File:North Rhine-Westphalia Topography 02.png">File:North Rhine-Westphalia Topography 02.png</a> by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:TUBS" title="User:TUBS">TUBS</a>) (may be substituted by SRTM data in later versions) or</li>
<li>NGA's and NASA's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuttle_Radar_Topography_Mission" class="extiw" title="en:Shuttle Radar Topography Mission">SRTM3</a> data provided to me by user <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer:Alexrk2" class="extiw" title="de:Benutzer:Alexrk2">Alexrk2</a>, much like applied in <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:North_Rhine-Westphalia_relief_location_map.jpg" title="File:North Rhine-Westphalia relief location map.jpg">File:North Rhine-Westphalia relief location map.jpg</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer:Alexrk2" class="extiw" title="de:Benutzer:Alexrk2">Alexrk2</a> also helped me with corrections of the projection of my maps thus becoming a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equirectangular_projection" class="extiw" title="en:Equirectangular projection">equirectangular projection</a> maps. Alexrk2 provided me this help via email but the application of his/her corrections werde first made public by uploading the file <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:North_Rhine-Westphalia_relief_location_map.jpg" title="File:North Rhine-Westphalia relief location map.jpg">File:North Rhine-Westphalia relief location map.jpg</a></li></ul><p>Only to compare some issues:
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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.flussgebiete.nrw.de/berichte/karten/bp_2_karte_fliessgewaesser_und_seen_nrw_dina3_2008_11_12.pdf">Ministerium für Umwelt und Naturschutz, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen: <i>Fließgewässer, Kanäle und Seen in NRW</i></a></li></ul>