World Administrative Boundaries
Download and load the world's administrative boundaries: countries and territories (ADM0) and each country's first- and second-level administrative divisions (ADM1, ADM2), as polygons or lines, at four levels of detail. Open data built from OpenStreetMap (Terrae).
Adds global administrative boundaries to a QGIS project at three nested levels: ADM0, 255 countries, territories and special areas; ADM1, the first-level administrative divisions of each country; ADM2, the second-level divisions within them. Divisions follow each country's own administrative structure, so what they are varies by country: states and counties in the United States, autonomous communities and provinces in Spain, regions and departments in France. Each level nests exactly within the one above. Boundaries come as polygons or as classified lines (international borders, internal boundaries, coastlines), at four levels of detail, from the native geometry of OpenStreetMap to about 1,500 m. Select the whole world, chosen countries or individual divisions, from a searchable list or on the map canvas. Only the files a request needs are downloaded; they are checked against published checksums and cached for offline use, and a local copy of the data repository can be used instead. Data: Terrae (https://github.com/p-rubi/terrae), built from OpenStreetMap, with its methodology published; Open Database License 1.0, (c) OpenStreetMap contributors. Internet access is needed the first time data is requested.