FAO GAUL: Global Administrative Unit Layers 2015, Country Boundaries

FAO/GAUL/2015/level0
Dataset Availability
2014-12-19T16:45:00Z–2014-12-19T16:45:00Z
Dataset Provider
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FeatureCollection
ee.FeatureCollection("FAO/GAUL/2015/level0")
FeatureView
ui.Map.FeatureViewLayer("FAO/GAUL/2015/level0_FeatureView")

Description

The Global Administrative Unit Layers (GAUL) compiles and disseminates the best available information on administrative units for all the countries in the world, providing a contribution to the standardization of the spatial dataset representing administrative units. The GAUL always maintains global layers with a unified coding system at country, first (e.g. departments), and second administrative levels (e.g. districts). Where data is available, it provides layers on a country by country basis down to third, fourth, and lowers levels. The overall methodology consists in a) collecting the best available data from most reliable sources, b) establishing validation periods of the geographic features (when possible), c) adding selected data to the global layer based on the last country boundaries map provided by the UN Cartographic Unit (UNCS), d) generating codes using GAUL Coding System, and e) distribute data to the users (see Technical Aspects of the GAUL Distribution Set. Note that some administrative units are multipolygon features.

Table Schema

Table Schema

Name Type Description
ADM0_CODE INT

GAUL country code
ADM0_NAME STRING

UN country name
DISP_AREA STRING

Unsettled territory: 'Yes' or 'No'
STATUS STRING

Status of the country
Shape_Area DOUBLE

Shape area
Shape_Leng DOUBLE

Shape length
EXP0_YEAR INT

Expiry year of the administrative unit
STR0_YEAR INT

Creation year of the administrative unit

Terms of Use

Terms of Use

The GAUL dataset is distributed to the United Nations and other authorized international and national institutions/agencies. FAO grants a license to use, download and print the materials contained in the GAUL dataset solely for non-commercial purposes and in accordance with the conditions specified in the data license. The full GAUL Data License document is available for downloading. See also the disclaimer.

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Code Editor (JavaScript)

var dataset = ee.FeatureCollection('FAO/GAUL/2015/level0');

Map.setCenter(7.82, 49.1, 4);

var styleParams = {
  fillColor: 'b5ffb4',
  color: '00909F',
  width: 1.0,
};

dataset = dataset.style(styleParams);

Map.addLayer(dataset, {}, 'Country Boundaries');
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Visualize as a FeatureView

A FeatureView is a view-only, accelerated representation of a FeatureCollection. For more details, visit the FeatureView documentation.

Code Editor (JavaScript)

var fvLayer = ui.Map.FeatureViewLayer('FAO/GAUL/2015/level0_FeatureView');

var visParams = {
  color: '00909F',
  fillColor: 'b5ffb4',
  opacity: 1,
  width: 1,
  pointSize: 1
};

fvLayer.setVisParams(visParams);
fvLayer.setName('Country Boundaries');

Map.setCenter(7.82, 49.1, 4);
Map.add(fvLayer);
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The Global Administrative Unit Layers (GAUL) compiles and disseminates the best available information on administrative units for all the countries in the world, providing a contribution to the standardization of the spatial dataset representing administrative units. The GAUL always maintains global layers with a unified coding system at country, first …
FAO/GAUL/2015/level0, borders,countries,fao,gaul,table,un
2014-12-19T16:45:00Z/2014-12-19T16:45:00Z
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