Welcome

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What’s world.db?

A free open public domain world database ‘n’ schema for use in any (programming) language (e.g. uses plain text datasets).

Schema Diagram

Everything is a place.

Datasets

Countries

ca, Canada,          CAN, 9 984 670 km²,  34 278 406, un|north america
mx, México [Mexico], MEX, 1 972 550 km², 112 322 757, un|north america
us, United States,   USA, 9 629 091 km², 314 167 157, un|north america

Source: north-america/countries.txt:

Cities

Toronto,            ON,   5 583 064
Montréal|Montreal,  QC,   3 824 221
Vancouver,          BC,   2 313 328
Ottawa,             ON,   1 236 324
Calgary,            AB,   1 214 839
Edmonton,           AB,   1 159 869
Québec,             QC,     765 706
Winnipeg,           MB,     730 018

Source: north-america/ca-canada/cities.txt:

Web Admin Site

Try the world.db web admin app running on Heroku worlddb.herokuapp.com.

Real World Usage

world.db.admin - A free, open source web admin tool for world.db in Ruby on Rails (version 3.2 and up).

sport.db - free open public domain sports database & schema.

football.db - free open public domain football (soccer) database & schema

formula1.db - free open public domain Formula 1/Formula One database & schema

ski.db - free open public domain ski alpin/alpine ski database & schema

beer.db - free open public domain beer database & schema

Sportbook - free, open source sports betting (prediction) pool in Ruby on Rails (version 3.2 and up).

Alternatives

See the awesome-world page at the Planet Open Data.

License

The world.db schema, data and scripts are dedicated to the public domain. Use it as you please with no restrictions whatsoever.

Questions? Comments?

Send them along to the Open World Database (world.db) and Friends Forum/Mailing List. Thanks!

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