To enable automated testing and easy deployment, we've (temporarily) packaged the shape files from http://maps.tnc.org/gis_data.html is a maven repository:

artifacts are:

<dependency>
	<groupId>org.eol.globi.topo</groupId>
	<artifactId>teow</artifactId>
	<version>20140115</version>
	<type>zip</type>
</dependency>


<dependency>
	<groupId>org.eol.globi.topo</groupId>
	<artifactId>feow</artifactId>
	<version>20140115</version>
	<type>zip</type>
</dependency>


<dependency>
	<groupId>org.eol.globi.topo</groupId>
	<artifactId>meow</artifactId>
	<version>20140115</version>
	<type>zip</type>
</dependency>
