Guide to creating maps with Stata
Most charts and maps on this site were created with the Stata statistical software package. This guide explains how maps like those with adult and youth literacy rates in 2010 can be created with Stata. The article supersedes an earlier version from 2005 and introduces updated maps with current country borders. For example, South Sudan, which seceded from Sudan in 2011, is shown as a separate country on the new maps. The instructions below are for Stata version 9 or later. Users of Stata 8 are referred to the guide from 2005 . The creation of maps is not supported in older versions of Stata. Requirements Stata version 9.2 or later. spmap : Stata module for drawing thematic maps, by Maurizio Pisati. spmap can be installed in Stata with this command: ssc install spmap shp2dta : Stata module for converting shapefiles to Stata format, by Kevin Crow. shp2dta can be installed in Stata with this command: ssc install shp2dta Shapefile : A shapefile is a data form...