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This document provides information about the geoBoundaries database, including: - geoBoundaries is a global database of political administrative boundaries released in software formats to support GIS programs. - The boundaries are open and can be redistributed under extensive metadata and licensing. - New versions are released yearly in August, with old versions remaining accessible online. Users only need to cite the authors and version used.

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Citation and Use Geoboundaries 3 0 0

This document provides information about the geoBoundaries database, including: - geoBoundaries is a global database of political administrative boundaries released in software formats to support GIS programs. - The boundaries are open and can be redistributed under extensive metadata and licensing. - New versions are released yearly in August, with old versions remaining accessible online. Users only need to cite the authors and version used.

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Citation of the geoBoundaries Data Product


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geoBoundaries Version 3.0.0
www.geoboundaries.org
geolab.wm.edu
The geoBoundaries database is made available in a
variety of software formats to support GIS software
programs. Contrasted to other administrative
boundary datasets, geoBoundaries is an open product:
all boundaries are open and redistributable, and are
released alongside extensive metadata and license
information to help inform end users.
We update geoBoundaries on a yearly cycle,
with new versions in or around August of each calendar
year; old versions remain accessible at www.geoboundaries.org.
The only requirement to use this data is to, with any use, provide
information on the authors (us), a link to geoboundaries.org or
our academic citation, and the version of geoBoundaries used.
Example citations for the current version of GeoBoundaries are:

+++++ General Use Citation +++++


Please include the term 'geoBoundaries v. 3.0.0' with a link
tohttps://www.geoboundaries.org

+++++ Academic Use Citation +++++++++++


Runfola D, Anderson A, Baier H, Crittenden M, Dowker E, Fuhrig S, et al. (2020)
geoBoundaries: A global database of political administrative boundaries.
PLoS ONE 15(4): e0231866. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0231866.

Users using individual boundary files from geoBoundaries should additionally


ensure that they are citing the sources provided in the metadata for each file.

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Column Definitions
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boundaryID - A unique ID created for every boundary in the geoBoundaries database
by concatenating ISO 3166-1 3 letter country code, boundary level, geoBoundaries
version, and an incrementing ID.
boundaryISO - The ISO 3166-1 3-letter country codes for each boundary.
boundaryYear - The year for which a boundary is representative.
boundaryType - The type of boundary defined (i.e., ADM0 is equivalent to a country
border; ADM1 a state. Levels below ADM1 can vary in definition by country.)
boundarySource-K - The name of the Kth source for the boundary definition used
(with most boundaries having two identified sources).
boundaryLicense - The specific license the data is released under.
licenseDetail - Any details necessary for the interpretation or use of the license
noted.
licenseSource - A resolvable URL (checked at the time of data release) declaring
the license under which a data product is made available.
boundarySourceURL - A resolvable URL (checked at the time of data release) from
which source data was retrieved.
boundaryUpdate - A date encoded following ISO 8601 (Year-Month-Date) describing the
last date this boundary was updated, for use in programmatic updating based on new
releases.
downloadURL - A URL from which the geoBoundary can be downloaded.
shapeID - The boundary ID, followed by the letter `B' and a unique integer for each
shape which is a member of that boundary.
shapeName - The identified name for a given shape. 'None' if not identified.
shapeGroup - The country or similar organizational group that a shape belongs to,
in ISO 3166-1 where relevant.
shapeType - The type of boundary represented by the shape.
shapeISO - ISO codes for individual administrative districts, where available.
Where possible, these conform to ISO 3166-2, but this is not guaranteed in all
cases. 'None' if not identified.

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Reporting Issues or Errors
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We track issues associated with the geoBoundaries dataset publically,
and any individual can contribute comments through our github repository:
https://github.com/wmgeolab/gbRelease

Thank you for citing your use of geoBoundaries and reporting any issues you find -
as a non-profit academic project, your citations are what keeps geoBoundaries
alive.
-Dan Runfola ([email protected])

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