Articles • geobounds

Choose boundary products, download and map boundaries, then explore administrative levels and spatial analysis workflows.

geobounds: Download administrative boundaries in R: Download, inspect and map administrative boundaries

Interpret metadata fields and check availability, licensing and provenance. Learn how cached archives affect reproducible workflows.

Explore and interpret boundary metadata: Find available layers and interpret their dates, sources and statistics

Browse country coverage, available ADM levels and metadata for gbOpen, gbHumanitarian and gbAuthoritative.

gbAuthoritative coverage and boundary metadata: gbAuthoritative boundaries are mirrored from UN SALB, verified through in-country processes and restricted to non-commercial use.
gbHumanitarian coverage and boundary metadata: gbHumanitarian boundaries are mirrored from UN OCHA, with sources, licenses and attribution terms reported in metadata.
gbOpen coverage and boundary metadata: gbOpen provides open boundaries with licenses reported in metadata.

Read background and worked examples from the One World blog.

Introducing geobounds: Easy access to administrative boundaries from geoBoundaries