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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.

Arguments

format

Object of class SpatialPolygonsDataFrame.

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/).

Examples

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plot(TMWorldBorders)

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