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Use UN GeoJSON data for geo charts rather than Natural Earth #7334

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ndrezn opened this issue Jan 14, 2025 · 2 comments · May be fixed by #7327
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Use UN GeoJSON data for geo charts rather than Natural Earth #7334

ndrezn opened this issue Jan 14, 2025 · 2 comments · May be fixed by #7327
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ndrezn commented Jan 14, 2025

In an effort to move to a more well-adopted international source, we'll replace the existing Natural Earth data with data provided by the UN.

https://github.com/etpinard/sane-topojson is used under the hood by Plotly for GeoJSON management.

Here is a draft PR to add the UN GeoJSON file to that repo: etpinard/sane-topojson#44

The UN data is sourced from: https://geoportal.un.org/arcgis/apps/sites/#/geohub/datasets/d7caaff3ef4b4f7c82689b7c4694ad92/about

FieldMaps could also be a strong alternative: https://fieldmaps.io but we are opting for a source managed by a central, governing entity.
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test adding an option to use country borderlines from a UN geojson dataset for geo subplots #7327
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Hey, maintainer of FieldMaps here! In addition to the boundaries you linked to above maintained by UN Geospatial, I'd suggest also making the US Department of State boundaries available as well.

The international boundaries I maintain for FieldMaps essentially combines those two sources together, combining the extremely detailed data from the US DoS and making slight changes to areas defined by US Policies so that the result matches representation provided by the UN.

As international boundaries are inherently political, there is no one version which will meet everyone's needs. Offering 2 or more choices which have their roots in foreign policy would be helpful in preventing the perception that there is a single source of truth, with a default to the UN version likely making sense for broad relevance with an international audience.

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Thanks @maxmalynowsky - if you're interested in helping move this forward, could you please email me ([email protected]) and we can find a time to chat? Thanks - @gvwilson

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