China Atlas GeoJSON/TopoJSON

This repository provides a convenient redistribution of China's cartographic boundary shapfiles that derived from the ruiduobao/shengshixian.com, 2023 edition as TopoJSON and GeoJSON.

Usage

• Using Chhina Atlas GeoJSON/TopoJSON plot map in browser

File Formats

Each prefecture has four fields in prefecture object:

• prefecture.id: the six-digit administrative division codes, such as "110000"
• prefecture.区划码: same as prefecture.id
• prefecture.name: the prefecture English name, such as "Beijing"
• prefecture.地名: the prefecture name, such as "北京市"

Each province has four fields in provinces object:

• province.id: the six-digit administrative division codes, such as "130000"
• province.区划码: same as province.id
• province.name: the province English name, such as "Hebei"
• province.地名: the province name, such as "河北省"

nation object has three fields:

• nation.id: the string "CN"
• nation.name: the string "People's Republic of China"
• nation.地名: the string "中华人民共和国"

cn-atlas.json

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A TopoJSON file containing the geometry collection prefetures, provinces, nation. The geometry is quantized and simplified, but not projected.

prefectures.json

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A GeoJSON file containing the geometry object prefetures. The geometry is quantized and simplified, but not projected.

provinces.json

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A GeoJSON file containing the geometry object provinces. The geometry is quantized and simplified, but not projected.

nation.json

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A GeoJSON file containing the geometry object nation. The geometry is quantized and simplified, but not projected.

Credit

• ruiduobao/shengshixian.com: provides high-quality adminstrative division shp files
• topojson/us-atlas: inspiration source
• mbloch/mapshaper: simplify GeoJSON and export TopoJSON
• qgis/QGIS: modify raw shp file fields and export GeoJSON
• observablehq/plot: plot preview images