United Nations Geospatial Data: BNDA_simplified

Dataset Availability

2023-02-11T00:00:00Z–2023-02-12T00:00:00Z

Dataset Provider

United Nations Geospatial

Earth Engine Snippet

FeatureCollection
ee.FeatureCollection("UN/Geodata/BNDA_simplified/current")

FeatureView
ui.Map.FeatureViewLayer("UN/Geodata/BNDA_simplified/current_FeatureView")

Tags

borders countries table

Description

The United Nations Geospatial Data, or Geodata, is a worldwide geospatial dataset of the United Nations.

The United Nations Geodata is provided to facilitate the preparation of cartographic materials in the United Nations includes geometry, attributes and labels to facilitate the adequate depiction and naming of geographic features for the preparation of maps in accordance with United Nations policies and practices.

The geospatial dataset include polygons/areas of countries (BNDA_simplified). Please refer this page for more information.

Table Schema

Table Schema

Name	Type	Description
admiso	STRING	ISO-3166 alpha-3 code of the area's administrator.
geo_cd	INT	UN M49 geographical region code
georeg	STRING	UN M49 geographic region
globalid	STRING	GlobalID
globalid_1	STRING	GlobalID_1
int_cd	STRING	UN M49 intermediary region code; 0 if unset
intreg	STRING	UN M49 intermediary region; empty if "int_cd" is 0
iso2cd	STRING	ISO-3166 alpha-2 code
iso3cd	STRING	ISO-3166 alpha-3 code
lbl_en	STRING	Cartographic label (English)
lbl_fr	STRING	Cartographic label (French)
m49_cd	STRING	UN M49 country or area code
nam_en	STRING	Name (English)
name_fr	STRING	Name (French)
objectid	STRING	Internal object ID number
st_area_sh	DOUBLE	Total area of the geometry
stscod	INT	Sovereignty status code: 0: Antarctica 1: State 2: Occupied Palestinian Territory 3: Non-Self Governing Territory 4: Territory 5: Special Region or Province 99: Undetermined
sub_cd	INT	UN M49 sub-region code
subreg	STRING	UN M49 sub-region

Terms of Use

Terms of Use

The UN Geodata is a global geospatial database available for use by the UN Secretariat and external users. It can be used for various purposes, but commercial use is prohibited. The UN retains ownership of the data, and users must credit the UN as the source in their creations. The data is provided "as is" without warranties, and the UN is not liable for any damages or losses arising from its use. Please refer this page for more information.

Note: Users of the Data that are not subject to the administrative instruction ("Outside Users") may only use the Data for the purpose for which the Data is suitable, as identified by the Geospatial Information Section upon transmission of or granting access to the Data. Intellectual property over the Data shall at all times vest with the United Nations. Intellectual property over the products created using the Data shall vest with the Outside User. The United Nations shall be recognized as the source of the Data in any products created by Outside Users using the Data, unless the Outside Users alter the Data or combine the Data with other data sets. In case of doubt regarding crediting the United Nations as the Data source, please contact: [e-mail]. Outside Users acknowledge that any right to access and use the Data is revocable and non-transferable. Under no circumstances may the Data be used for commercial purposes.

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Code Editor (JavaScript)

var dataset = ee.FeatureCollection('UN/Geodata/BNDA_simplified/current');

var styleParams = {
  fillColor: 'b5ffb4',
  color: '00909F',
  width: 1.0,
};

dataset = dataset.style(styleParams);
Map.centerObject(dataset);
Map.addLayer(dataset, {}, 'BNDA simplified');

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United Nations Geospatial Data: BNDA_simplified

The United Nations Geospatial Data, or Geodata, is a worldwide geospatial dataset of the United Nations. The United Nations Geodata is provided to facilitate the preparation of cartographic materials in the United Nations includes geometry, attributes and labels to facilitate the adequate depiction and naming of geographic features for the …

UN/Geodata/BNDA_simplified/current, borders,countries,table

2023-02-11T00:00:00Z/2023-02-12T00:00:00Z

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