Thanks all! The purpose is for an index of openess, the post code caused issues as too many countries did not have them.
We are not seeking comparability but trying to determine if: a) enumeration area / dissemination area from the census boundaries exist in all countries b) if not then what other administrative type of file would exist in all counctries b) and if they do are they accessible to the public. Rivers, OSM, 3m grid, and posttude are all excellent suggestions but perhaps not for this purpose which I should have stated early on. Cheers t On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 2:29 PM, Alan McConchie <[email protected]> wrote: > You could try using OpenStreetMap's system of administrative boundaries, > which does a reasonable job of characterizing equivalent levels of > administration across different countries. > > They use a hierarchy of even-numbered admin levels (countries = level 2, > states/provinces = 4, counties/districts = 6, municipalities = 8, etc), > where the odd-numbered levels are used only in countries where the > hierarchy system doesn't fit the general rule. > > The OSM boundary=administrative tag is described here: > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:boundary%3Dadministrative > <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:boundary=administrative> > > Mapzen has extracted all the shapes here: https://mapzen.com/data/borders/ > > > Alan > > > _______________________________________________ > Geowanking mailing list > [email protected] > http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org > > -- *Tracey P. Lauriault* Assistant Professor Critical Media Studies and Big Data Communication Studies Department of Journalism and Communications Suite 4110, River Building Carleton University 1125 Colonel By Drive Ottawa (ON) K1S 5B6 1-613-520-2600 x7443 [email protected] @TraceyLauriault Skype: Tracey.P.Lauriault
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