Country shapefiles and boundaries for WRI
Based off NaturalEarthData.com
DISCLAIMER These files are an attempt to represent country areas and boundaries from several perspectives and may be changed at any time. They do not imply any opinion on the part of the World Resources Institute concerning the legal status or delineation of any country or territory, nor do they imply endorsement of the represented country areas or boundaries.
Data are organized into three perspectives: 'U.S.', 'China', and 'India'. The default version of the files only display some of the more prominent and active disputes. If needed, additional disputed areas can be found on Natural Earth Data.
Vector files for print layout (svg) and a csv of names and other attributes is also available.
| U.S. | China | India |
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GIS Files by Country Perspective
| Data | Description | Shapefile | GeoJSON | Simplified GeoJSON |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Primary" countries | UN member states, sans dependencies | U.S./China/India | U.S./China/India | U.S./China/India |
| "All" countries | All land area | U.S./China/India | U.S./China/India | U.S./China/India |
| All boundaries | Cartographic boundaries (see below) | All | All | All |
| Non-disputed bounds | Cartographic boundaries | U.S./China/India | U.S./China/India | U.S./China/India |
| Disputed bounds | Cartographic boundaries | U.S./China/India | U.S./China/India | U.S./China/India |
| Disputed areas | Disputed areas | U.S./China/India | U.S./China/India | U.S./China/India |
| Land | All land area | All | All | All |
Key fields
Countries:"PRIMARY"
- 0:Non UN
- 1:UN Member
Boundaries:"INTL" - 'U.S.' perspective
- 0:Do not show
- 1:Country boundary
- 2:Disputed boundary
Boundaries:"CHN" - 'China' perspective
- 0:Do not show
- 1:Country boundary
- 2:Disputed boundary
Boundaries:"IND" - 'India' perspective
- 0:Do not show
- 1:Country boundary
- 2:Disputed boundary
| Column | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|
| iso_short | ISO Short Name | ISO 3166 |
| name | Country name | Natural Earth Data |
| formal_name | Full formal country name | Natural Earth Data |
| short_name | Short country name | Natural Earth Data |
| abbrev | Country name abbreviation | Natural Earth Data |
| un_ar | UN GEGN Arabic name | UN GEGN |
| un_zh | UN GEGN Chinese name | UN GEGN |
| un_en | UN GEGN English name | UN GEGN |
| un_fr | UN GEGN French name | UN GEGN |
| un_ru | UN GEGN Russian name | UN GEGN |
| un_es | UN GEGN Spanish name | UN GEGN |
| adm0_a3 | Country Code | Natural Earth Data |
| postal | Postal Code | Natural Earth Data |
| iso_a2 | ISO A2 Code | ISO 3166 |
| iso_a3 | ISO A3 Code | Natural Earth Data |
| iso_n3 | ISO N3 Code | Natural Earth Data |
| un_n3 | UN N3 Code | Natural Earth Data |
| wb_a2 | World Bank A2 code | Natural Earth Data |
| wb_a3 | World Bank A3 code | Natural Earth Data |
| type | Country type | |
| continent | Continent | Natural Earth Data |
| un_region | UN Region | Natural Earth Data |
| un_subregion | UN Subregion | Natural Earth Data |
| wb_region | World Bank Region | Natural Earth Data |
You can modify the parameters used to generate these boundary sets.
Requires:
OS X Macports
port install gdal
port install npm
npm install [email protected]
make