World - country shapes

Name: World - country shapes
Creator: opendatasoft

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Country shapes and Country code ISO 3166-1 alpha-2

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Data schema (9 fields)

Filterable via the API (7)

cntry_namejoin_nameiso2_2iso_a2iso2cou_iso3_codeiso3

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Field	Type	Description
geo_point_2dGeo Point	geo_point_2d	—
geo_shapeShape	geo_shape	—
cntry_nameCountry	text	—
join_nameJoin name	text	—
iso2_2Iso2 2	text	—
iso_a2Iso a2	text	—
iso2	text	—
cou_iso3_codeCou iso3 code	text	—
iso3	text	—

Schema captured from opendatasoft 6 days ago.

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Sample data (5 records)

Record 1iso2: BI · iso3: BDI

{
  "iso2": "BI",
  "iso3": "BDI",
  "iso2_2": null,
  "iso_a2": "BI",
  "geo_shape": "[large value omitted]",
  "join_name": "Burundi",
  "cntry_name": "Burundi",
  "geo_point_2d": {
    "lat": -3.35617465039,
    "lon": 29.8871461264
  },
  "cou_iso3_code": "BDI"
}

Record 2iso2: VG · iso3: VGB

{
  "iso2": "VG",
  "iso3": "VGB",
  "iso2_2": "VG",
  "iso_a2": null,
  "geo_shape": "[large value omitted]",
  "join_name": "Virgin Islands",
  "cntry_name": "Virgin Islands",
  "geo_point_2d": {
    "lat": 17.7355381365,
    "lon": -64.7625859619
  },
  "cou_iso3_code": "VGB"
}

Record 3iso2: CM · iso3: CMR

{
  "iso2": "CM",
  "iso3": "CMR",
  "iso2_2": null,
  "iso_a2": "CM",
  "geo_shape": "[large value omitted]",
  "join_name": "Cameroon",
  "cntry_name": "Cameroon",
  "geo_point_2d": {
    "lat": 5.68595158904,
    "lon": 12.7435941773
  },
  "cou_iso3_code": "CMR"
}

Record 4iso2: AS · iso3: ASM

{
  "iso2": "AS",
  "iso3": "ASM",
  "iso2_2": "AS",
  "iso_a2": null,
  "geo_shape": {
    "type": "Feature",
    "geometry": {
      "type": "Polygon",
      "coordinates": [
        [
          [
            -170.74389648437494,
            -14.375555038452097
          ],
          [
            -170.74942016601597,
            -14.373888015746997
          ],
          [
            -170.76644897460898,
            -14.363611221313498
          ],
          [
            -170.82322692871094,
            -14.323751449584996
          ],
          [
            -170.80917358398398,
            -14.308057785034196
          ],
          [
            -170.79765319824193,
            -14.299306869506797
          ],
          [
            -170.68167114257798,
            -14.258058547973597
          ],
          [
            -170.66403198242196,
            -14.255418777465799
          ],
          [
            -170.56791687011696,
            -14.254306793212896
          ],
          [
            -170.56187438964795,
            -14.270002365112296
          ],
          [
            -170.57861328124994,
            -14.279167175292997
          ],
          [
            -170.63726806640597,
            -14.289445877075197
          ],
          [
            -170.74389648437494,
            -14.375555038452097
          ]
        ]
      ]
    },
    "properties": {}
  },
  "join_name": "American Samoa",
  "cntry_name": "American Samoa",
  "geo_point_2d": {
    "lat": -14.3044053954,
    "lon": -170.707833227
  },
  "cou_iso3_code": "ASM"
}

Record 5iso2: IM · iso3: IMN

{
  "iso2": "IM",
  "iso3": "IMN",
  "iso2_2": "IM",
  "iso_a2": null,
  "geo_shape": {
    "type": "Feature",
    "geometry": {
      "type": "Polygon",
      "coordinates": [
        [
          [
            -4.777778625488218,
            54.05554962158209
          ],
          [
            -4.787153244018499,
            54.061660766601584
          ],
          [
            -4.712083816528319,
            54.21582794189459
          ],
          [
            -4.698889732360779,
            54.21916198730469
          ],
          [
            -4.643611431121829,
            54.23902511596668
          ],
          [
            -4.621528148651119,
            54.251525878906186
          ],
          [
            -4.598889350891059,
            54.270832061767685
          ],
          [
            -4.588055610656739,
            54.28360748291019
          ],
          [
            -4.578056335449218,
            54.296943664550795
          ],
          [
            -4.554028511047359,
            54.333190917968786
          ],
          [
            -4.552778244018439,
            54.343887329101584
          ],
          [
            -4.541389465332029,
            54.35610961914058
          ],
          [
            -4.527500152587889,
            54.36721801757819
          ],
          [
            -4.485000610351509,
            54.387214660644595
          ],
          [
            -4.443056106567379,
            54.398048400878885
          ],
          [
            -4.364167213439939,
            54.416385650634886
          ],
          [
            -4.3534727096557,
            54.40999603271499
          ],
          [
            -4.308681011199949,
            54.296035766601584
          ],
          [
            -4.3216667175293,
            54.27666473388678
          ],
          [
            -4.386111259460449,
            54.19554901123048
          ],
          [
            -4.394444465637089,
            54.186386108398494
          ],
          [
            -4.470556259155219,
            54.13749694824219
          ],
          [
            -4.491111755371039,
            54.126663208007884
          ],
          [
            -4.550556182861329,
            54.09777069091808
          ],
          [
            -4.623888969421389,
            54.068603515624886
          ],
          [
            -4.687500476837159,
            54.077636718749986
          ],
          [
            -4.704722404479869,
            54.07971954345699
          ],
          [
            -4.720833778381349,
            54.076110839843786
          ],
          [
            -4.777778625488218,
            54.05554962158209
          ]
        ]
      ]
    },
    "properties": {}
  },
  "join_name": "Man, Isle of",
  "cntry_name": "Man, Isle of",
  "geo_point_2d": {
    "lat": 54.2290801915,
    "lon": -4.52585022105
  },
  "cou_iso3_code": "IMN"
}

Live sample captured at profiling time — values may have changed upstream.

Verification Status

Using the API

Configuration

Base URL: https://public.opendatasoft.com/api/explore/v2.1/catalog/datasets/country_shapes

License

Terms stated by the source (not a recognized license):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain

Query examples

curl -s 'https://public.opendatasoft.com/api/explore/v2.1/catalog/datasets/country_shapes/records?limit=20' -H 'Accept: application/json'

First 20 records of the dataset as JSON.

Uses the Opendatasoft Explore v2.1 syntax — supports select, where, group_by and order_by.

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Rate limits

10 000 000 req/day

per ipmeasured

observed 6 days ago

Dataset

Volume & freshness

Records

252

Last upstream update

7 years ago

2019-10-02

License

No license declared upstream.

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