AI-generated Key Takeaways
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The geoBoundaries dataset provides municipality-level (ADM2) political administrative boundaries for 199 countries and territories worldwide.
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It is based on the CGAZ dataset with disputed areas removed and replaced with polygons following US Department of State definitions.
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The dataset is licensed under CC BY 4.0, allowing for most commercial, noncommercial, and academic uses.
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Data is provided in a FeatureCollection format and can be accessed through Google Earth Engine.
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It includes attributes like unique country code, administrative region name, boundary type, and unique shape ID.
- Dataset Availability
- 2023-09-14T00:00:00Z–2023-09-14T00:00:00Z
- Dataset Provider
- William and Mary geoLab
- Tags
Description
The geoBoundaries Global Database of Political Administrative Boundaries Database is an online, open license resource of boundaries (i.e., state, county) for every country in the world. Currently 199 total entities are tracked, including all 195 UN member states, Greenland, Taiwan, Niue, and Kosovo.
Comprehensive Global Administrative Zones (CGAZ) is a set of global composites for administrative boundaries. Disputed areas are removed and replaced with polygons following US Department of State definitions. It has three boundary levels ADM0, ADM1, and ADM2, clipped to international boundaries (US Department of State), with gaps filled between borders.
This dataset is part of CGAZ. It was ingested from version 6.0.0 of Global Composite Files with DBF_DATE_LAST_UPDATE=2023-09-13. It shows boundaries at level ADM2 (municipality-level boundaries).
Table Schema
Table Schema
| Name | Type | Description |
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| shapeGroup | STRING | Unique country code |
| shapeName | STRING | Administrative region name |
| shapeType | STRING | Boundary type:
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| shapeID | DOUBLE | Unique ID assigned to the shape |
Terms of Use
Terms of Use
geoBoundaries datasets are provided under the CC BY 4.0 license, which allows for most commmercial, noncommercial, and academic uses. See provider terms of use.
Explore with Earth Engine
Code Editor (JavaScript)
var dataset = ee.FeatureCollection('WM/geoLab/geoBoundaries/600/ADM2'); Map.setCenter(-100.0, 38.5, 4); var styleParams = { fillColor: 'b5ffb4', color: '00909F', width: 1.0, }; dataset = dataset.style(styleParams); Map.addLayer(dataset, {}, 'ADM2 Boundaries');