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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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maxmalynowsky commentedon Jan 17, 2025
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.
gvwilson commentedon Jan 17, 2025
Thanks @maxmalynowsky - if you're interested in helping move this forward, could you please email me (greg.wilson@plot.ly) and we can find a time to chat? Thanks - @gvwilson