Administrative Divisions DB
The ultimate source for global administrative division data
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This API is best for displaying administrative division data such as maps of boundaries for regions, counties, cities and other areas.
This API is useful for developers who need access to accurate and up to date data about the geographical organization of areas across the world. It can be used for building tools for location and region specific data or for displaying maps of regions in web applications. This API can also be used to add an extra layer of accuracy and detail to existing mapping or geographical data processing applications.
Key features
- Maps of administrative divisions around the world
- exact geographical coordinates and geocoding
- CSV and GeoJSON output
- RESTful API and data from OpenStreetMap.
Potential use cases
- Real Estate Marketplace: A platform for property owners to list their properties and users to search across different regions, countries and cities with accurate geographical divisions data.
- Geo-location Dating App: A dating application that helps people to find potential matches within their geographical boundary, enabling users to match with people from their own city or regions.
- News Aggregator Tool: A tool for collecting and combining news from different locations that aggregates news articles for different countries, regions, cities and towns with embedded data from the API for accurate geographical divisions.
Related Technologies
- Natural Earth Data
- ESRI World Geocoding Service
- GeoData
- GeoNames