Josh Campbell gave a lightning talk at FedGeoDay 2024, introducing the World Polygons data set that was recently released after four years of work.

Highlights

🌍 World Polygons data set released after four years of work

🗺️ Boundaries are crucial for foreign policy and cartographic purposes

🌐 Lines in base maps can be challenging for the US Government

🌐 World Polygons provides vertex perfect country or entity polygons

🌐 World Polygons available for download at geodata.state.gov

📊 Data set designed to be a Rosetta Stone for integrating with other country data

📥 Download includes GIS application file and styling file for easy use