earthkit.geo.cartography.country_polygons

earthkit.geo.cartography.country_polygons(country_names, resolution=110000000.0)

Get the combined geometry of one or more countries by name from Natural Earth’s shapefiles.

Parameters:
  • country_names (str or list of str) – The name(s) of the country or countries to get the geometry for.

  • resolution (float, optional) – The desired resolution, in metres, of the shapefile to use. Will return the closest available resolution from Natural Earth. Default is 110e6.

Returns:

A list of lists of coordinates, where each sublist represents a polygon in the combined geometry of the specified countries.

Return type:

list