which-country
Get ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code for geographic coordinates in node.js or browser.
CAVEAT: currently doesn't work for points in territorial waters
Powered by rbush and modified Natural Earth 50m countries dataset.
If you are interested in more general solution, try which-polygon.
Usage
npm install pp-which-country
and then:
var wc = ; // pass [lng, lat]console; // RUSconsole; // USAconsole; // null, somewhere in Atlantic Ocean
Demo
Demo whith leaflet and browserify
Development
Run tests:
npm test
Generate R-tree:
npm run generate
License
MIT