[R-sig-Geo] Accurate spatial database for country administrative boundaries

[Manuel Spínola]

Thank you very much Diego.  Don´t worry.

El mar, 1 dic 2020 a las 10:32, Diego Hernangómez Herrero (<
diego.hernangomezherrero using gmail.com>) escribió:

> My mistake, if you look for country-level boundaries giscoR may be an
> option. For administrative boundaries inside a country  (provinces, states,
> regions) giscoR only has information for European Union countries and a
> NUTS level, that does not match completely with the administrative levels
> of the country, so if this is your case it may not fit your needs.
>
> Hope that helped
>
>
> El El mar, 1 dic 2020 a las 17:22, Diego Hernangómez Herrero <
> diego.hernangomezherrero using gmail.com> escribió:
>
>> My two cent: 'giscoR’ package  can also be an option. The source of the
>> file is Eurostat and you can get the data on 5 different resolution levels:
>>
>>
>> https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/gisco/geodata/reference-data/administrative-units-statistical-units/countries
>>
>>
>> El El mar, 1 dic 2020 a las 17:19, Manuel Spínola <mspinola10 using gmail.com>
>> escribió:
>>
>>> Thank you very much Edzer.
>>>
>>> I will take a look at it.
>>>
>>> Manuel
>>>
>>> El mar, 1 dic 2020 a las 10:16, Edzer Pebesma (<
>>> edzer.pebesma using uni-muenster.de>) escribió:
>>>
>>> > Have you looked at package rnaturalearth? There's a web site for the
>>> > dataset it interfaces: https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ - it looks
>>> like
>>> > there's more information about its origins and processing that went on
>>> > than behind GADM.
>>> >
>>> > On 12/1/20 4:26 PM, Manuel Spínola wrote:
>>> > > Dear list members,
>>> > >
>>> > > I am looking for a global accurate spatial database for countries'
>>> > > administrative boundaries.
>>> > >
>>> > > I tried the raster package, using the getData function and the GADM
>>> > > database and rgeoboundaries for the geoboundaries database, but I get
>>> > > differences between them.
>>> > >
>>> > > Is there any other spatial database for administrative boundaries
>>> > > accessible from R, so I can compare and decide which one is the most
>>> > > accurate of the open access spatial database for the countries I am
>>> > > interested?
>>> > >
>>> > > Thank you very much in advance.
>>> > >
>>> > > Manuel
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > Edzer Pebesma
>>> > Institute for Geoinformatics
>>> > Heisenbergstrasse 2, 48149 Muenster, Germany
>>> > Phone: +49 251 8333081
>>> >
>>>
>>>
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>
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*Manuel Spínola, Ph.D.*
Instituto Internacional en Conservación y Manejo de Vida Silvestre
Universidad Nacional
Apartado 1350-3000
Heredia
COSTA RICA
mspinola using una.cr <mspinola using una.ac.cr>
mspinola10 using gmail.com
Teléfono: (506) 8706 - 4662
Personal website: Lobito de río <https://sites.google.com/site/lobitoderio/>
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