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
shapeGroup
STRING
Unique country code
shapeName
STRING
Administrative region name
shapeType
STRING
Boundary type:
ADM0: Country level
ADM1: District level
ADM2: Municipality level
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.
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 …
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This dataset, part of the Comprehensive Global Administrative Zones (CGAZ), offers municipality-level (ADM2) boundaries, clipped to international borders as defined by the US Department of State. It is accessible via Earth Engine using `ee.FeatureCollection(\"WM/geoLab/geoBoundaries/600/ADM2\")` or `ui.Map.FeatureViewLayer(\"WM/geoLab/geoBoundaries/600/ADM2_FeatureView\")`. The data, updated as of September 13, 2023, includes attributes like shapeGroup, shapeName, shapeType, and shapeID.\n"],null,["Dataset Availability\n: 2023-09-14T00:00:00Z--2023-09-14T00:00:00Z\n\nDataset Provider\n:\n\n\n [William and Mary geoLab](https://www.geoboundaries.org/index.html)\n\nTags\n:\n[borders](/earth-engine/datasets/tags/borders) [countries](/earth-engine/datasets/tags/countries) [infrastructure-boundaries](/earth-engine/datasets/tags/infrastructure-boundaries) [table](/earth-engine/datasets/tags/table) \n\nDescription \nThe geoBoundaries Global Database of Political Administrative Boundaries\nDatabase is an online, open license resource of boundaries (i.e., state,\ncounty) for every country in the world. Currently 199 total entities are\ntracked, including all 195 UN member states, Greenland, Taiwan, Niue, and\nKosovo.\n\nComprehensive Global Administrative Zones (CGAZ) is a set of global\ncomposites for administrative boundaries. Disputed areas are removed and\nreplaced with polygons following US Department of State definitions. It has\nthree boundary levels ADM0, ADM1, and ADM2, clipped to international\nboundaries (US Department of State), with gaps filled between borders.\n\nThis dataset is part of CGAZ. It was ingested from\n[version 6.0.0](https://github.com/wmgeolab/geoBoundaries/tree/1289e40e366c7b320550be1ee0614a9472d572d4)\nof Global Composite Files with DBF_DATE_LAST_UPDATE=2023-09-13.\nIt shows boundaries at level\nADM2 (municipality-level boundaries).\n\nTable Schema\n\n**Table Schema**\n\n| Name | Type | Description |\n|------------|--------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| shapeGroup | STRING | Unique country code |\n| shapeName | STRING | Administrative region name |\n| shapeType | STRING | Boundary type: - ADM0: Country level - ADM1: District level - ADM2: Municipality level |\n| shapeID | DOUBLE | Unique ID assigned to the shape |\n\nTerms of Use\n\n**Terms of Use**\n\ngeoBoundaries datasets are provided under the CC BY 4.0 license, which\nallows for most commmercial, noncommercial, and academic uses. See\n[provider terms of use](https://www.geoboundaries.org/index.html#usage).\n\nExplore with Earth Engine **Important:** Earth Engine is a platform for petabyte-scale scientific analysis and visualization of geospatial datasets, both for public benefit and for business and government users. Earth Engine is free to use for research, education, and nonprofit use. To get started, please [register for Earth Engine access.](https://console.cloud.google.com/earth-engine)\n\nCode Editor (JavaScript) \n\n```javascript\nvar dataset = ee.FeatureCollection('WM/geoLab/geoBoundaries/600/ADM2');\n\nMap.setCenter(-100.0, 38.5, 4);\n\nvar styleParams = {\n fillColor: 'b5ffb4',\n color: '00909F',\n width: 1.0,\n};\n\ndataset = dataset.style(styleParams);\n\nMap.addLayer(dataset, {}, 'ADM2 Boundaries');\n```\n[Open in Code Editor](https://code.earthengine.google.com/?scriptPath=Examples:Datasets/WM/WM_geoLab_geoBoundaries_600_ADM2) \n[geoBoundaries: Political administrative boundaries at Municipality level (ADM2), v6.0.0](/earth-engine/datasets/catalog/WM_geoLab_geoBoundaries_600_ADM2) \nThe 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 ... \nWM/geoLab/geoBoundaries/600/ADM2, borders,countries,infrastructure-boundaries,table \n2023-09-14T00:00:00Z/2023-09-14T00:00:00Z \n-90 -180 90 180 \nGoogle Earth Engine \nhttps://developers.google.com/earth-engine/datasets\n\n- [](https://doi.org/https://www.geoboundaries.org/index.html)\n- [](https://doi.org/https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/datasets/catalog/WM_geoLab_geoBoundaries_600_ADM2)"]]
