COD-AB (and COD-EM) datasets include a lines layer which contains an individual line.
The important attribute of the lines layers is the “admLevel” integer field which generally represents the administrative significance of each line.
Special lines (excluding admLevel 0-9 and 99) are provided in this AdminLines_Lookup (MapServer) geoservice.
note to editor: which are for AB and which for EM?
admLevel value | Significance | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
0 | International land boundary | Boundary between COD-AB (or COD-EM) and neighboring country/territory. |
1 | Administrative level 1 boundary | Divides polygons belonging to different administrative level 1 features, but same country/territory. |
2 | Administrative level 2 boundary | Divides polygons belonging to different administrative level 2 features, but common administrative level 1 features. |
3 | Administrative level 3 boundary | Divides polygons belonging to different administrative level 3 features, but common administrative level 1 and 2 features. |
4 | Administrative level 4 boundary | Divides polygons belonging to different administrative level 4 features, but common administrative level 1, 2, and 3 features. |
99 | Shoreline | Boundary between COD-AB (or COD-EM) and water that is not part of the same COD. |
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76 | Special northern boundary of the disputed area known as the Ilemi Triangle between South Sudan and Kenya (not a boundary of any administrative polygon) | Contained only in South Sudan COD-AB and COD-EM. |
77 | Special remainder of the boundary between South Sudan and Sudan | Contained only in South Sudan COD-AB and COD-EM. |
78 | Special part of the Abyei region boundary that borders Sudan | Contained only in South Sudan COD-AB and COD-EM. |
79 | Special part of the Abyei region boundary that borders the rest of South Sudan (not included in the polygons layers) | Contained only in South Sudan COD-AB and COD-EM. |
84 | Special boundary between West Bank and Israel 85 = Boundary between GAza and Israel Remainder of the boundary between South Sudan and Sudan 88 = "No man's land" limit (not part of any administrative polygon edge) | |
85 | Boundary between Gaza and Israel, and remainder of the boundary between South Sudan and Sudan. | |
86 | Special boundary between administrative level 1 features "Khyber Pakhtunkhwa" [PK5] and "Punjab" [PK6] to west and "Gilgit Baltistan" [PK3] and "Azad Kashmir" [PK1] to east. This boundary may need to be symbolized differently in some mapping contexts. | Contained only in Pakistan COD-AB and COD-EM. |
87 | Special approximate “Line of Control” in Jammu and Kashmir | Contained only in Pakistan COD-AB and COD-EM. |
88 | Special "No man's land" limit (not part of any administrative polygon edge) | Contained only in State of Palestine COD-AB and COD-EM |
89 | Special limit between de facto Somalia and Ethiopia. | Contained only in Somalia COD-AB and COD-EM |