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What data is expected?

High level map at a scale of 1:250,000 or better (1cm = 2.5km)

What data is available

•   Does the data exist? Yes
•   Is data in digital form? Yes
•   Publicly available? Yes(as Topographic Mapping published by Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística)
•   Is the data available for free? Yes
•   Is the data available online? Yes (Here)
•   Is the data machine readable? Yes (shape files, .prf, .mdb)
•   Available in bulk? Yes
•   Openly licensed? No (No URL given)
•   Is the data provided on a timely and up to date basis? Yes

Details

There is a machine-readable 1:250.000-scale vectorial map data suitable for ingestion in digital map-making systems (GIS), which includes administrative boundaries, water bodies, transportation infrastructure, energy and communication, etc. There are several other map products, at scales both greater and smaller that the above one. The licensing is unclear on the website of IBGE. As no clear license is available it has been evaluated as "not openly licensed". Also, proprietary formats are used to publish data. However, data is claimed to be public domain on Open Street Map, see http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-br/2009-January/000029.html.