# New Limits to Place Creation

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**Created:** [July 19, 2021, 11:24pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/new-limits-to-place-creation/24878 "2021-07-19T23:24:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![whaichi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/whaichi/32/277_2.png) [@whaichi](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/whaichi)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 3:09am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/new-limits-to-place-creation/24878/23 "2021-07-21T03:09:45Z")

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> [@mrpopp](#):
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> There are no KMLs for tons of things → for political boundaries, you’ll find a lot of them on [https://gadm.org/](https://gadm.org/) as Shapefiles or kmz

I would suggest being _very_ careful with trusting GADM. I have yet to find a place with accurate boundaries on GADM for my country (South Korea). This issue has been a problem since I joined iNaturalist and [as I’ve brought up in the past](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/south-korea-inaturalist-world-tour/5032) is a frequent frustration.

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