coordinates2country

Get country data for geographic coordinates. Can handle "holes" in countries - e.g. San Marino in Italy.

each country data contains:

• name
  • common - common name in english
  • official - official name in english
  • native - list of all native names
    • key: three-letter ISO 639-3 language code
    • value: name object
      • key: official - official name translation
      • key: common - common name translation
• country code top-level domain (tld)
• code ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 (cca2)
• code ISO 3166-1 numeric (ccn3)
• code ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 (cca3)
• code International Olympic Committee (cioc)
• ISO 4217 currency code(s) (currency)
• calling code(s) (callingCode)
• capital city (capital)
• alternative spellings (altSpellings)
• region
• subregion
• list of official languages (languages)
  • key: three-letter ISO 639-3 language code
  • value: name of the language in english
• list of name translations (translations)
  • key: three-letter ISO 639-3 language code
  • value: name object
    • key: official - official name translation
    • key: common - common name translation
• latitude and longitude (latlng)
• name of residents (demonym)
• landlocked status (landlocked)
• land borders (borders)
• land area in km² (area)

Example

var c2c = require('coordinates2country');
var coordinates = {'longitude': 13.377633, 'latitude': 49.747487};
var country = c2c(coordinates.longitude, coordinates.latitude);
console.log(JSON.stringify(country, null, 2));

output:

{
  "name": {
    "common": "Czechia",
    "official": "Czech Republic",
    "native": {
      "ces": {
        "official": "česká republika",
        "common": "Česko"
      },
      "slk": {
        "official": "Česká republika",
        "common": "Česko"
      }
    }
  },
  "tld": [
    ".cz"
  ],
  "cca2": "CZ",
  "ccn3": "203",
  "cca3": "CZE",
  "cioc": "CZE",
  "currency": [
    "CZK"
  ],
  "callingCode": [
    "420"
  ],
  "capital": "Prague",
  "altSpellings": [
    "CZ",
    "Česká republika",
    "Česko"
  ],
  "region": "Europe",
  "subregion": "Eastern Europe",
  "languages": {
    "ces": "Czech",
    "slk": "Slovak"
  },
  "translations": {
    "cym": {
      "official": "Y Weriniaeth Tsiec",
      "common": "Y Weriniaeth Tsiec"
    },
    "deu": {
      "official": "Tschechische Republik",
      "common": "Tschechien"
    },
    "fra": {
      "official": "République tchèque",
      "common": "Tchéquie"
    },
    "hrv": {
      "official": "Češka",
      "common": "Češka"
    },
    "ita": {
      "official": "Repubblica Ceca",
      "common": "Cechia"
    },
    "jpn": {
      "official": "チェコ共和国",
      "common": "チェコ"
    },
    "nld": {
      "official": "Tsjechische Republiek",
      "common": "Tsjechië"
    },
    "por": {
      "official": "República Checa",
      "common": "Chéquia"
    },
    "rus": {
      "official": "Чешская Республика",
      "common": "Чехия"
    },
    "slk": {
      "official": "Česká republika",
      "common": "Česko"
    },
    "spa": {
      "official": "República Checa",
      "common": "Chequia"
    },
    "fin": {
      "official": "Tšekin tasavalta",
      "common": "Tšekki"
    },
    "est": {
      "official": "Tšehhi Vabariik",
      "common": "Tšehhi"
    },
    "zho": {
      "official": "捷克共和国",
      "common": "捷克"
    }
  },
  "latlng": [
    49.75,
    15.5
  ],
  "demonym": "Czech",
  "landlocked": true,
  "borders": [
    "AUT",
    "DEU",
    "POL",
    "SVK"
  ],
  "area": 78865
}

Credits

Thanks to:

• @mledoze for https://github.com/mledoze/countries
• @johan for https://github.com/johan/world.geo.json
• @substack for https://github.com/substack/point-in-polygon

License

See LICENSE.