boundaries

GeoJSON boundaries for Earth, masterfully formatted and normalized for your consumption.

Total # as of writing this: 40,106

Usage

• Use the NPM module to retrieve and access the data (instructions below)
• Use this repo as a submodule and write your own thing to load the data (just a bunch of json files!)
• Link directly to the files on GitHub

Using one of these methods, the boundaries are accessible on any language or platform. Enjoy!

Sources

• Neighborhoods
  • Zillow
• States/Cities/Counties/Zip Codes
  • US Census Bureau (TIGER 2016)

Mostly US boundaries right now (data availability), but would love to add more around the world. Know of more good sources for boundary data? Send a PR!

Boundary JSON Format

• id (String)
  • Unique ID for this boundary
• type (String)
  • state, neighborhood, county, etc.
• name (String)
  • Display Name
• area (Object)
  • GeoJSON MultiPolygon
  • No simplification, original precision

Node Modules

Install

npm install boundaries

API

• listSync()
  • Synchronous
  • Returns an array of boundary file paths
• readSync(path)
  • Synchronous
  • Returns a object representing the boundary for the given path
• list([cb])
  • Asynchronous form of listSync
  • Callback is optional, returns a promise
• read(path[, cb])
  • Asynchronous form of readSync
  • Callback is optional, returns a promise

Example

Simple example of listing boundaries and reading them synchronously.

ES5

var boundaries = require('boundaries');
var fs = require('fs');

var files = boundaries.listSync();

files.forEach(function(filePath) {
  var boundary = boundaries.readSync(filePath);
  // Do something with it!
});

ES6

import { listSync, readSync } from 'boundaries'

const files = listSync()

files.forEach((filePath) => {
  const boundary = readSync(filePath)
  // Do something with it!
})