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

[Manuel Spínola]

Thank you very much Ahmadou.

El mar, 1 dic 2020 a las 11:33, Ahmadou Dicko (<dicko.ahmadou using gmail.com>)
escribió:

> You can also try rgeoboundaries.
> It's a work in progress but I use it regularly and I'm just waiting for
> the new release of version 4 of the geoBoundaries database to push it to
> CRAN and fix some eventual errors.
>
> https://github.com/wmgeolab/rgeoboundaries
>
> Happy to help/support if you have any questions.
>
> Ahmadou
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 1, 2020 at 4:42 PM Diego Hernangómez Herrero <
> diego.hernangomezherrero using gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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*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/>
Institutional website: ICOMVIS <http://www.icomvis.una.ac.cr/>

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