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

  • This 2013 Large Scale International Boundary (LSIB) dataset, provided by the United States Office of the Geographer, has been superseded by a newer 2017 version.

  • The dataset represents the polygonal areas of international boundaries and coastlines, reflecting US government policies on boundaries and sovereignty.

  • It includes 180,741 features across 284 countries with attributes like country codes, names, and regions.

  • This public domain dataset is freely available for use with no restrictions.

  • Earth Engine provides tools for visualizing and analyzing the LSIB dataset, enabling scientific analysis and visualization.
USDOS/LSIB/2013
Dataset Availability
2013-03-08T00:00:00Z–2013-03-08T00:00:00Z
Dataset Provider
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 The exterior boundaries are derived from the WVS; however, the WVS coastline data is outdated and generally shifted from between several hundred meters to over a kilometer.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.

Explore with Earth Engine

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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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('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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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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