$GeoLocationCountry

$GeoLocationCountry

gives the country entity for the current setting for $GeoLocation.

Examples

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Basic Examples  (1)

Find your geodetic coordinates:

Show the country for those coordinates:

Draw a map:

Applications  (2)

Find the distance from your current location to the border of the country, returned as a negative value:

Find the first-level administrative divisions of the country of your current location:

Find more data about the country:

Properties & Relations  (3)

$GeoLocationCountry gives the nearest country to your current $GeoLocation:

$GeoLocationCity gives the nearest city to your current $GeoLocation:

$GeoLocationCountry performs a GeoNearest call to find the nearest country to your current location:

Block temporarily the value of $GeoLocation to simulate that you are located at that position:

$GeoLocationCountry is automatically set, even if $GeoLocation is at sea:

Reset your current $GeoLocation:

Possible Issues  (1)

$GeoLocationCountry cannot be set independently of $GeoLocation:

Instead, set $GeoLocation to a location included in that country:

Then $GeoLocationCountry will be automatically set:

Restore your current $GeoLocation:

Wolfram Research (2014), $GeoLocationCountry, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$GeoLocationCountry.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (2014), $GeoLocationCountry, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$GeoLocationCountry.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2014. "$GeoLocationCountry." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$GeoLocationCountry.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2014). $GeoLocationCountry. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$GeoLocationCountry.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2024_$geolocationcountry, author="Wolfram Research", title="{$GeoLocationCountry}", year="2014", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$GeoLocationCountry.html}", note=[Accessed: 31-October-2024 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2024_$geolocationcountry, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={$GeoLocationCountry}, year={2014}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$GeoLocationCountry.html}, note=[Accessed: 31-October-2024 ]}