maplore includes three small datasets to try the components with. All
of them are sf objects, ready to use as a mapgl source.
| Dataset | What | Geometry | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
ar_departments |
The 528 departments of Argentina, with population in 2022 and 2035 and the projected growth | Polygons | IGN, INDEC |
earthquakes |
The 2,569 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more in southern South America, 2016-2025, with magnitude and depth | Points | USGS |
jp_prefectures |
Five prefectures of Japan, from Hokkaido to Okinawa, with population in 2020 and 2024 and the share of people aged 65 and over | Polygons | Statistics Bureau of Japan, Natural Earth |
Stories in the data
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Argentina (
ar_departments): the City of Buenos Aires is projected to lose 5% of its population between 2022 and 2035, while 23 of the 24 surrounding partidos grow. -
Earthquakes (
earthquakes): earthquakes get deeper from west to east, from about 56 km on the Chilean coast to about 200 km under Santiago del Estero, following the Nazca plate as it sinks under South America. -
Japan (
jp_prefectures): a shrinking, ageing country. Of the five prefectures, only Tokyo grew between 2020 and 2024, and in Akita almost 40% of people are 65 or older.
Sources and licenses
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ar_departments: boundaries from the Instituto Geográfico Nacional, via the Georef service of datos.gob.ar (CC BY 4.0); population from INDEC, Estimaciones de población por sexo, departamento y año calendario 2022-2035. -
earthquakes: U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Catalog, public domain. -
jp_prefectures: population from the Statistics Bureau of Japan, Japan Statistical Yearbook 2026, tables 2-3 and 2-7, used under terms compatible with CC BY 4.0; boundaries from Natural Earth, public domain.
The scripts that download and prepare each dataset are in the data-raw
folder of the repository. See each dataset’s help page, such as
?jp_prefectures, for its columns.