Latitude/Longitude dataset for country borders

latitude-longitude
KodeKreachor picture KodeKreachor · Dec 19, 2012 · Viewed 31.6k times · Source

I'm writing a program to display the expected lifetime of our product as it relates to average weather conditions in various locations across the globe and I'd like my map to reflect the latest country borders.

Can anyone recommend somewhere to get a dataset of latitude/longitude points for the world's latest country borders?

Answer

AlexWien picture AlexWien · Dec 19, 2012

You can get the world country borders for free from Natural Earth:

Natural Earth

Layer Admin 0 contains the country borders

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