geobounds: Download Administrative Boundary Data from 'geoBoundaries'

Provides tools to download individual country boundaries and global composite boundaries from 'geoBoundaries' <https://www.geoboundaries.org/> across multiple administrative ('ADM') levels. Returns boundaries as 'sf' objects for mapping and spatial analysis. Runfola et al. (2020) <doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0231866> describe the underlying database.

Package details

AuthorDiego Hernangómez [aut, cre, cph] (ORCID: <https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8457-4658>), William & Mary geoLab [dtc] (ROR: <https://ror.org/03hsf0573>, for the geoBoundaries project)
MaintainerDiego Hernangómez <diego.hernangomezherrero@gmail.com>
LicenseMIT + file LICENSE
Version1.0.1
URL https://dieghernan.github.io/geobounds/ https://github.com/dieghernan/geobounds
Package repositoryView on CRAN
Installation Install the latest version of this package by entering the following in R:
install.packages("geobounds")

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geobounds documentation built on Sept. 6, 2026, 1:06 a.m.