samhiatt / globalwater

Global Water Database

Vector data files and utilities for importing into mongodb.

Data sources

http://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/ http://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/50m-physical-vectors/

Dependencies

• gdal (ogr2ogr)
• mongodb
• jq

Installation

brew install gdal mongodb jq
cd GlobalWater
sh import_data_to_mongodb.sh

Example queries

Find water within 10km of 122.4W, 37.59N:

db.water.find(  
    {  
        geometry:{  
            $near:{  
                $geometry: {type : "Point" ,coordinates: [  -122.4, 37.59  ]},  
                $maxDistance: 10000  
            }  
        }  
    },  
    {  
        properties:1  
    }
);