LSIB 2013: Large Scale International Boundary Polygons, Detailed [deprecated]

AI-generated Key Takeaways

• This dataset from the United States Office of the Geographer provides the Large Scale International Boundary (LSIB) and is derived from a LSIB line vector file and World Vector Shorelines data.

• The dataset includes both interior boundaries reflecting U.S. government policies and exterior boundaries derived from potentially outdated coastline data.

• Each feature represents a polygonal area for a country, with many countries consisting of multiple features.

• The dataset contains 180,741 features which are part of the geometry of the 284 countries described.

• There are no restrictions on the use of this U.S. public domain data.

Caution: This dataset has been superseded by USDOS/LSIB/2017.

Dataset Availability

2013-03-08T00:00:00Z–2013-03-08T00:00:00Z

Dataset Provider

United States Department of State, Office of the Geographer

Earth Engine Snippet

FeatureCollection
ee.FeatureCollection("USDOS/LSIB/2013")

FeatureView
ui.Map.FeatureViewLayer("USDOS/LSIB/2013_FeatureView")

Tags

borders

countries

dos

infrastructure-boundaries

political

table

usdos

Description

The United States Office of the Geographer provides the Large Scale International Boundary (LSIB) dataset. It is derived from two other datasets: a LSIB line vector file and the World Vector Shorelines (WVS) from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). The interior boundaries reflect U.S. government policies on boundaries, boundary disputes, and sovereignty. The exterior boundaries are derived from the WVS; however, the WVS coastline data is outdated and generally shifted from between several hundred meters to over a kilometer. Each feature is the polygonal area enclosed by interior boundaries and exterior coastlines where applicable, and many countries consist of multiple features, one per disjoint region. Each of the 180,741 features is a part of the geometry of one of the 284 countries described in this dataset.

Table Schema

Table Schema

Name	Type	Description
cc	STRING	Two-letter FIPS country code
iso_alpha2	STRING	ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code
iso_alpha3	STRING	ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code
iso_num	DOUBLE	Country record ID
name	STRING	US-recognized country name
region	STRING	Abbreviated continental region, e.g. EUROPE-SW ASIA
tld	STRING	Internet top-level domain

Terms of Use

Terms of Use

There are no restrictions on use of this US public domain data.

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Code Editor (JavaScript)

var dataset = ee.FeatureCollection('USDOS/LSIB/2013');
var visParams = {
  palette: ['f5ff64', 'b5ffb4', 'beeaff', 'ffc0e8', '8e8dff', 'adadad'],
  min: 0,
  max: 894,
};
var image = ee.Image().int16().paint(dataset, 'iso_num');
Map.setCenter(16.35, 48.83, 4);
Map.addLayer(image, visParams, 'USDOS/LSIB/2013', true, 0.8);
Map.addLayer(dataset, null, 'for Inspector', false);

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Code Editor (JavaScript)

var fvLayer = ui.Map.FeatureViewLayer('USDOS/LSIB/2013_FeatureView');

var visParams = {
  color: {
    property: 'iso_num',
    mode: 'linear',
    palette: ['f5ff64', 'b5ffb4', 'beeaff', 'ffc0e8', '8e8dff', 'adadad'],
    min: 0,
    max: 894
  },
  opacity: 0.8,
};

fvLayer.setVisParams(visParams);
fvLayer.setName('USDOS/LSIB/2013');

Map.setCenter(16.35, 48.83, 4);
Map.add(fvLayer);

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LSIB 2013: Large Scale International Boundary Polygons, Detailed [deprecated]

The United States Office of the Geographer provides the Large Scale International Boundary (LSIB) dataset. It is derived from two other datasets: a LSIB line vector file and the World Vector Shorelines (WVS) from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). The interior boundaries reflect U.S. government policies on boundaries, boundary disputes, …

USDOS/LSIB/2013, borders,countries,dos,infrastructure-boundaries,political,table,usdos

2013-03-08T00:00:00Z/2013-03-08T00:00:00Z

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