giscoR: Download 'Eurostat' 'GISCO' Spatial Data

Tools to download global and European spatial data from the 'Eurostat' 'GISCO' (Geographic Information System of the Commission) data distribution <https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/gisco>. The package provides helpers for country boundaries, Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics ('NUTS') regions, administrative units, statistical units, transport networks, basic service locations and other 'GISCO' datasets. This package is neither affiliated with nor endorsed by 'Eurostat'.

Package details

AuthorDiego Hernangómez [aut, cre, cph] (ORCID: <https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8457-4658>), Eurostat [cph] (ROR: <https://ror.org/033d3q980>), EuroGeographics [cph]
MaintainerDiego Hernangómez <diego.hernangomezherrero@gmail.com>
LicenseGPL-3
Version1.3.0
URL https://ropengov.github.io/giscoR/  https://github.com/rOpenGov/giscoR 
Package repositoryView on CRAN
Installation Install the latest version of this package by entering the following in R:
install.packages("giscoR")

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giscoR documentation built on Oct. 1, 2026, 5:13 p.m.