TMWorldBorders: Dataset "TM World Borders Dataset 0.3".
Description
This dataset provides boundaries of all countries in the world, in decimal degrees.
Available variables are:- "FIPS" FIPS 10-4 Country Code.
- "ISO2" ISO 3166-1 Alpha-2 Country Code.
- "ISO3" ISO 3166-1 Alpha-3 Country Code.
- "UN" ISO 3166-1 Numeric-3 Country Code.
- "NAME" Name of country/area.
- "AREA" Land area, FAO Statistics (2002).
- "POP2005" Population, World Population Prospects (2005).
- "REGION" Macro geographical (continental region), UN Statistics.
- "SUBREGION" Geographical sub-region, UN Statistics.
- "LON" Longitude.
- "LAT" Latitude.
source
Provided by Bjorn Sandvik on http://thematicmapping.org/downloads/world_borders.php.
The dataset was derived by Schuyler Erle from public domain sources. Sean Gilles did some clean up
and made some enhancements. The dataset is available under a
Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/).