countryCentroids: Geographic locations of countries
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Description
Gives the latitude and longitude for many countries. A single point — the centroid of the country's boundaries — is given. Countries are identified by English name and by the ISO A3 code.
Usage
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data("CountryCentroids")
Format
A data frame with 241 observations on the following 4 variables.
namecountry name in English, e.g. Afghanistan Aland Albania Algeria Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
iso_a3The ISO A3 code for the country, e.g. s -99 ABW AFG AGO YEM ZAF ZMB ZWE
longLongitude in degrees
latLatitude in degrees
Source
The centroids were derived from country boundary map data as the medians of the boundary points latitude and longitude.
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data(CountryCentroids)
plot(lat ~ long, data=CountryCentroids)
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Description Usage Format Source Examples
Description
Gives the latitude and longitude for many countries. A single point — the centroid of the country's boundaries — is given. Countries are identified by English name and by the ISO A3 code.
Usage
1 | data("CountryCentroids")
|
Format
A data frame with 241 observations on the following 4 variables.
namecountry name in English, e.g.
AfghanistanAlandAlbaniaAlgeriaYemenZambiaZimbabweiso_a3The ISO A3 code for the country, e.g. s
-99ABWAFGAGOYEMZAFZMBZWElongLongitude in degrees
latLatitude in degrees
Source
The centroids were derived from country boundary map data as the medians of the boundary points latitude and longitude.
Examples
1 2 | data(CountryCentroids)
plot(lat ~ long, data=CountryCentroids)
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