World Databank II Shapefiles - Africa These shapefiles have been extracted from the World Databank II dataset (1:2,000,000) and cover the continent of Africa. WDB II was compiled by the CIA during the 1980s and are free for download on the Internet. This dataset for the entire world is available as ASCII files from NOAA at http://rimmer.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/coast/getcoast.html. African Coastlines African Boundaries African Sub-Boundaries African Drainage