United Nations Geospatial Data: BNDA_simplified

  • The United Nations Geodata is a worldwide geospatial dataset provided by United Nations Geospatial.

  • This dataset is intended to facilitate the preparation of cartographic materials within the United Nations by providing geometry, attributes, and labels for geographic features.

  • The BNDA_simplified dataset includes polygons/areas of countries.

  • The UN Geodata can be used by UN Secretariat and external users but commercial use is prohibited, and the UN must be credited as the data source.

  • Earth Engine is a platform for analyzing and visualizing geospatial datasets and is free for research, education, and nonprofit use.
UN/Geodata/BNDA_simplified/current
Dataset Availability
2023-02-11T00:00:00Z–2023-02-12T00:00:00Z
Dataset Provider
Earth Engine Snippet
FeatureCollection
ee.FeatureCollection("UN/Geodata/BNDA_simplified/current")
FeatureView
ui.Map.FeatureViewLayer("UN/Geodata/BNDA_simplified/current_FeatureView")
Tags
borders countries infrastructure-boundaries 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.

Explore with Earth Engine

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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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,infrastructure-boundaries,table
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