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  ISO 3166-2
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	The aim of this project is to create a structured data set to be used as a
	foundation for the grouping of geolocational data.

	Currently the set is based on ISO 3166-2 with a few notable additions that
	give us some extra structure:

		1 "planet" division (Earth)
		7 "continent" divisions
			- plus -
		4888 nodes from the ISO standard (from country down to parishes)

== FORMAT ==

	The data object is indexed on the CODE value and contains
		code		ISO 3166-2 code (UNIQUE)
		name		Name of the division
		division	Type of division (planet, continent, country etc)
		parent		The code of the parent division (OPTIONAL)
		lat & lng	The latitude and longitude of the division (OPTIONAL)

	Eventually the data set will only have a single node that is missing a
	parent and lat/lng pair (the top-division, Earth), for now the data set is
	incomplete but updates to this data-set should easily be integrated to any
	system that uses it with trivial parsing.

== SNIPPET ==

	var iso_3166_2 = {
		// Planet Earth
		"EARTH": {"code": "EARTH", "name": "Earth", "division": "planet"},
		// The 7 continents
		"ASI": {"code": "ASI", "name": "Asia",          "division": "continent", "parent": "EARTH"},
		"AFR": {"code": "AFR", "name": "Africa",        "division": "continent", "parent": "EARTH"},
		"ANT": {"code": "ANT", "name": "Antarctica",    "division": "continent", "parent": "EARTH"},
		"AUS": {"code": "AUS", "name": "Australia",     "division": "continent", "parent": "EARTH"},
		"EUR": {"code": "EUR", "name": "Europe",        "division": "continent", "parent": "EARTH"},
		"NAM": {"code": "NAM", "name": "North America", "division": "continent", "parent": "EARTH"},
		"SAM": {"code": "SAM", "name": "South America", "division": "continent", "parent": "EARTH"},
		// The Countries and Divisions
		"AD":    {"code": "AD",    "name": "Andorra",             "division": "country",                "lat": 42.5075314, "lng": 1.521815599999968},
		"AD-07": {"code": "AD-07", "name": "Andorra la Vella",    "division": "parish", "parent": "AD", "lat": 42.5075314, "lng": 1.521815599999968},
		"AD-02": {"code": "AD-02", "name": "Canillo",             "division": "parish", "parent": "AD", "lat": 42.5660922, "lng": 1.5967008999999734},
		"AD-03": {"code": "AD-03", "name": "Encamp",              "division": "parish", "parent": "AD", "lat": 42.5363306, "lng": 1.5831104999999752},
		"AD-08": {"code": "AD-08", "name": "Escaldes-Engordany",  "division": "parish", "parent": "AD", "lat": 42.5088914, "lng": 1.542137499999967},
		"AD-04": {"code": "AD-04", "name": "La Massana",          "division": "parish", "parent": "AD", "lat": 42.5449448, "lng": 1.5153695000000198},
		"AD-05": {"code": "AD-05", "name": "Ordino",              "division": "parish", "parent": "AD", "lat": 42.5554593, "lng": 1.533297800000014},
		"AD-06": {"code": "AD-06", "name": "Sant Julià de Lòria", "division": "parish", "parent": "AD", "lat": 42.4648686, "lng": 1.4911495999999715}
	};

== KNOWN ISSUES ==

	Countries are not yet linked to the continents

	About 800 of the divisions are missing a lat/lng pair
	
	In order to tackle this project I'm looking to do one of 2 things:
		Start a project to crowd-source these fixes
		Sit down and do it myself

== NOTES ABOUT THE EARTH AND IT'S CONTINENTS ==

	The continents have been given 3-letter codes to ensure that there are no
	collisions with the ISO 3166-2 standard

	The earth uses a 5-letter code (EARTH) for the same reason
	
	The continents are defined as:
		ASI	Asia
		AFR	Africa
		NAM	North America
		SAM	South America
		ANT	Antarctica
		EUR	Europe
		AUS	Australia

== CREDITS ==

   [email protected]

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