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README.md

Level 0 Administrative regions geocoder

Function

Accepts a list of terms. Terms are searched against the name_ column in admin0_synonyms. The name_ column is an automatically cleaned and populated column based on the raw values in name_ . The synonym table returns the proper ISO code (based on rank values in table below). The ISO code is then matched against the single row in ne_admin0_v3 to return the polygon.

Usage example

SELECT (geocode_admin0_polygons(Array['Spain', 'USA', ''])).*;

Creation steps

  1. Upload fresh NaturalEarth data to ne_admin0_v3. The source file creates a table with the name ne_10m_admin0_countries.
  2. Create tables admin0_synonyms and admin0_synonym_additions (you can import data/admin0_synonym_additions.csv to get an already curated list of manual synonyms)
  3. If fresh, add all sql/indexes.sql and sql/triggers.sql
  4. Upload the data/wikipedia_countries_native_names.csv table if it doesn't already exist
  5. Upload the data/wikipedia_iso_3166_2 table if it doesn't already exist
  6. Run the sql/subdivide_polygons.sql
  7. Run the sql/build_synonym_table.sql
  8. Create the types: geocode_admin_v1 and synonym_lookup_v1

Tables

admin0_synonyms

This table stores different synonyms per each country/region. It is populated through sql/build_synonym_table.sql.

Table stucture
                                                                 Table "public.admin0_synonyms"
        Column        |           Type           |                              Modifiers                               | Storage  | Stats target | Description
----------------------+--------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------+----------+--------------+-------------
 name                 | text                     |                                                                      | extended |              |
 rank                 | double precision         |                                                                      | plain    |              |
 created_at           | timestamp with time zone | not null default now()                                               | plain    |              |
 updated_at           | timestamp with time zone | not null default now()                                               | plain    |              |
 the_geom             | geometry(Geometry,4326)  |                                                                      | main     |              |
 the_geom_webmercator | geometry(Geometry,3857)  |                                                                      | main     |              |
 cartodb_id           | integer                  | not null default nextval('admin0_synonyms_cartodb_id_seq'::regclass) | plain    |              |
 adm0_a3              | text                     |                                                                      | extended |              |
 name_                | text                     |                                                                      | extended |              |

Current indexes
Indexes:
    "admin0_synonyms_pkey" PRIMARY KEY, btree (cartodb_id)
    "admin0_synonyms_cartodb_id_key" UNIQUE CONSTRAINT, btree (cartodb_id)
    "admin0_synonyms_the_geom_idx" gist (the_geom)
    "admin0_synonyms_the_geom_webmercator_idx" gist (the_geom_webmercator)
    "idx_admin0_synonyms_nam" btree (name)
    "idx_admin0_synonyms_name" btree (lower(regexp_replace(name, '\W+'::text, ''::text)))
    "idx_admin0_synonyms_name_" btree (name_)
    "idx_admin0_synonyms_name_patt" btree (name_ text_pattern_ops)
    "idx_admin0_synonyms_name_rank" btree (name_, rank)
    "idx_admin0_synonyms_rank" btree (rank)

admin0_synonym_additions

This table stores manually added synonyms.

Table stucture
                                                                 Table "public.admin0_synonym_additions"
        Column        |           Type           |                              Modifiers                               | Storage  | Stats target | Description
----------------------+--------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------+----------+--------------+-------------
  name                 | text                     |                                                                                 | extended |              |
 adm0_a3              | text                     |                                                                                 | extended |              |
 rank                 | double precision         |                                                                                 | plain    |              |
 notes                | text                     |                                                                                 | extended |              |
 the_geom             | geometry(Geometry,4326)  |                                                                                 | main     |              |
 cartodb_id           | integer                  | not null default nextval('world_bank_admin0_synonyms_cartodb_id_seq'::regclass) | plain    |              |
 created_at           | timestamp with time zone | not null default now()                                                          | plain    |              |
 updated_at           | timestamp with time zone | not null default now()                                                          | plain    |              |
 the_geom_webmercator | geometry(Geometry,3857)  |                                                                                 | main     |              |

Current indexes
Indexes:
    "world_bank_admin0_synonyms_pkey" PRIMARY KEY, btree (cartodb_id)
    "world_bank_admin0_synonyms_cartodb_id_key" UNIQUE CONSTRAINT, btree (cartodb_id)
    "world_bank_admin0_synonyms_the_geom_idx" gist (the_geom)
    "world_bank_admin0_synonyms_the_geom_webmercator_idx" gist (the_geom_webmercator)

ne_admin0_v3

This table stores the geometries. It's obtained from Natural Earth Data and curated afterwards with sql/subdivide_polygons.sql.

Table structure
                                                                        Table "public.ne_admin0_v3"
        Column        |           Type           |                                    Modifiers                                     | Storage  | Stats target | Description
----------------------+--------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------+--------------+-------------
 the_geom             | geometry(Geometry,4326)  |                                                                                  | main     |              |
 scalerank            | integer                  |                                                                                  | plain    |              |
 featurecla           | text                     |                                                                                  | extended |              |
 labelrank            | double precision         |                                                                                  | plain    |              |
 sovereignt           | text                     |                                                                                  | extended |              |
 sov_a3               | text                     |                                                                                  | extended |              |
 adm0_dif             | double precision         |                                                                                  | plain    |              |
 level                | double precision         |                                                                                  | plain    |              |
 type                 | text                     |                                                                                  | extended |              |
 admin                | text                     |                                                                                  | extended |              |
 adm0_a3              | text                     |                                                                                  | extended |              |
 geou_dif             | double precision         |                                                                                  | plain    |              |
 geounit              | text                     |                                                                                  | extended |              |
 gu_a3                | text                     |                                                                                  | extended |              |
 su_dif               | double precision         |                                                                                  | plain    |              |
 subunit              | text                     |                                                                                  | extended |              |
 su_a3                | text                     |                                                                                  | extended |              |
 brk_diff             | double precision         |                                                                                  | plain    |              |
 name                 | text                     |                                                                                  | extended |              |
 name_long            | text                     |                                                                                  | extended |              |
 brk_a3               | text                     |                                                                                  | extended |              |
 brk_name             | text                     |                                                                                  | extended |              |
 brk_group            | text                     |                                                                                  | extended |              |
 abbrev               | text                     |                                                                                  | extended |              |
 postal               | text                     |                                                                                  | extended |              |
 formal_en            | text                     |                                                                                  | extended |              |
 formal_fr            | text                     |                                                                                  | extended |              |
 note_adm0            | text                     |                                                                                  | extended |              |
 note_brk             | text                     |                                                                                  | extended |              |
 name_sort            | text                     |                                                                                  | extended |              |
 name_alt             | text                     |                                                                                  | extended |              |
 mapcolor7            | double precision         |                                                                                  | plain    |              |
 mapcolor8            | double precision         |                                                                                  | plain    |              |
 mapcolor9            | double precision         |                                                                                  | plain    |              |
 mapcolor13           | double precision         |                                                                                  | plain    |              |
 pop_est              | double precision         |                                                                                  | plain    |              |
 gdp_md_est           | double precision         |                                                                                  | plain    |              |
 pop_year             | double precision         |                                                                                  | plain    |              |
 lastcensus           | double precision         |                                                                                  | plain    |              |
 gdp_year             | double precision         |                                                                                  | plain    |              |
 economy              | text                     |                                                                                  | extended |              |
 income_grp           | text                     |                                                                                  | extended |              |
 wikipedia            | double precision         |                                                                                  | plain    |              |
 fips_10_             | text                     |                                                                                  | extended |              |
 iso_a2               | text                     |                                                                                  | extended |              |
 iso_a3               | text                     |                                                                                  | extended |              |
 iso_n3               | text                     |                                                                                  | extended |              |
 un_a3                | text                     |                                                                                  | extended |              |
 wb_a2                | text                     |                                                                                  | extended |              |
 wb_a3                | text                     |                                                                                  | extended |              |
 woe_id               | double precision         |                                                                                  | plain    |              |
 woe_id_eh            | double precision         |                                                                                  | plain    |              |
 woe_note             | text                     |                                                                                  | extended |              |
 adm0_a3_is           | text                     |                                                                                  | extended |              |
 adm0_a3_us           | text                     |                                                                                  | extended |              |
 adm0_a3_un           | double precision         |                                                                                  | plain    |              |
 adm0_a3_wb           | double precision         |                                                                                  | plain    |              |
 continent            | text                     |                                                                                  | extended |              |
 region_un            | text                     |                                                                                  | extended |              |
 subregion            | text                     |                                                                                  | extended |              |
 region_wb            | text                     |                                                                                  | extended |              |
 name_len             | double precision         |                                                                                  | plain    |              |
 long_len             | double precision         |                                                                                  | plain    |              |
 abbrev_len           | double precision         |                                                                                  | plain    |              |
 tiny                 | double precision         |                                                                                  | plain    |              |
 homepart             | double precision         |                                                                                  | plain    |              |
 cartodb_id           | integer                  | not null default nextval('ne_10m_admin_0_countries_1_cartodb_id_seq1'::regclass) | plain    |              |
 created_at           | timestamp with time zone | not null default now()                                                           | plain    |              |
 updated_at           | timestamp with time zone | not null default now()                                                           | plain    |              |
 the_geom_webmercator | geometry(Geometry,3857)  |                                                                                  | main     |              |

Current indexes
Indexes:
    "ne_10m_admin_0_countries_1_pkey1" PRIMARY KEY, btree (cartodb_id)
    "idx_ne_admin0_v3_adm0_a3" UNIQUE, btree (adm0_a3)
    "ne_10m_admin_0_countries_1_cartodb_id_key" UNIQUE CONSTRAINT, btree (cartodb_id)
    "idx_ne_admin0_v3_a3" btree (adm0_a3)
    "ne_10m_admin_0_countries_1_the_geom_webmercator_idx" gist (the_geom_webmercator)
    "the_geom_4e1a2710_110a_11e4_b0ba_7054d21a95e5" gist (the_geom)

Related functions

  • geocode_admin0_polygons
 Schema |          Name           |    Result data type    | Argument data types |  Type
--------+-------------------------+------------------------+---------------------+--------
 public | geocode_admin0_polygons | SETOF geocode_admin_v1 | name text[]         | normal
  • admin0_synonym_lookup - Related with admin0 synonym service, see below
 Schema |         Name          |    Result data type     | Argument data types |  Type
--------+-----------------------+-------------------------+---------------------+--------
 public | admin0_synonym_lookup | SETOF synonym_lookup_v1 | name text[]         | normal
 Schema |           Name            |      Result data type       | Argument data types |  Type
--------+---------------------------+-----------------------------+---------------------+--------
 public | admin0_available_services | SETOF available_services_v1 | name text[]         | normal

Response data types

  • geocode_admin_v1
  • available_services_v1
  • synonym_lookup_v1

Data Sources

Preparation details

Users dislike the NaturalEarth aggregation of French regions into the mainland France polygon. We have done a minimal amount of subdivision. This can be done by executing sql/subdivide_polygons.sql.

Admin0_synonyms

In order to add new entries manually for admin0, table admin0_synonym_additions has been created.

The table contains the following columns to be populated:

  1. adm0_a3 : ISO code for the region. Used to get the unique geometry for the region in terms of the synonym.

  2. name: Actually, the synonym you want to include for a specific region (identified ad adm0_a3).

  3. notes: Extra information as the source of the data. Use: 'data source: X'.

  4. rank: Use '10' for manually curated additions.

The following query can be used:

INSERT INTO admin0_synonym_additions (adm0_a3, name, notes, rank) VALUES ($iso3_code, $synonym, $notes, 10)

Note: If you have a complete dataset of synonyms to be included, you will need to add it as part of the build script. If you need to add single entries for synonyms, they can be included in the admin0_synonym_additions table manually (or using the previously defined SQL query).

Ranks

rank number origin data origin column description
0 natural earth 10m countries name literal name
1 natural earth 10m countries name_alt alternate name
2 wiki country navive names country_endonym local variation
3 natural earth 10m countries adm0_a3 3 digit country code
4 wikipedia iso 3166 2 codes iso_a2 2 digit country code
5 natural earth 10m countries formal_en formal english
6 natural earth 10m countries brk_name ?
7 natural earth 10m countries formal_fr formal french
8 natural earth 10m countries abbrev abbreviation
9 natural earth 10m countries subunit complete literal name
10 admin0_synonym_additions n/a manually curated additions

notes:

  • The column adm0_a3 will be used as a unique identifier.
  • The ranks are somewhat arbitrarily organized and should be modified later based on our users use of the geocoder (will users more commonly geocode an adm0_a3 or abbreviation?)
  • I also forgot to assign a rank of 2 to a synonym.

Admin0 Synonym Service

If you need to look up the iso code for any list of countries without returning any geometries, you can use the endpoint defined in sql/synonym_service.sql. An example works like this,

SELECT (admin0_synonym_lookup(Array['United States', 'ESP'])).*

Testing

In order to test the data and the functions created under the script avaialble in this folder, you will need to run bash test.sh from test/data and test/functions. These functions test the amount of geometries generated, their bounding box, and the bounding box of the results generated by the geocoder functions. The tests also ensure a minimum quality in the synonyms table/function, checking that the official name (in English) for the regions is recognised.

Disputed boundaries

For country boundaries, we use the data provided by Natural Earth Data. The whole information for the different Disputed Areas in the world, as well as their geometries can be found here: http://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/10m-cultural-vectors/10m-admin-0-breakaway-disputed-areas/

Known issues

Historic

  • [04/10/2017]:
    • 0.0.3: Merge Corsica with France
  • [01/12/2015]:
    • Removed geocoder functions. Check the /extension folder instead.
  • [19/10/2015]:
    • Revision and usage examples addition
  • [06/10/2015]:
    • Added information for response types
  • [28/09/2015]:
  • [14/09/2015]:
    • Added new COD synonym
  • [21/08/2015]:
    • Edited creation steps with missing instructions
  • [16/07/2015]:
    • Fixed manual addition synonyms table, which related Equatorial Guinea (GNQ) with Guinea (GIN)
  • [14/07/2015]:
    • Added tests
  • [03/07/2015]:
    • Added "U.S. Virgin Islands" (normalised) as synonym of VIR
  • [24/06/2015]:
    • Added table structure and index information
    • Adds known issues section
    • Adds admin0_synonym_lookup function
  • [23/06/2015]:
    • Change of SQL code in subdivide_polygons.sql in order to create all of them with ST_Collect, which makes uniform the geometry types: ST_MultiPolygon
    • Uploaded basic tests for administrative regions of level 0 geocoder
    • Updated Testing section of README.md
  • [22/06/2015]:
    • Removes code that provokes an empty geometry for IOA, which was being stored as a null geometry. PR 144