IslandData

For general access to the Wolfram Knowledgebase, use entities of type Island instead of IslandData.

IslandData[entity,property]

gives the value of the specified property for the island entity.

IslandData[{entity1,entity2,…},property]

gives a list of property values for the specified island entities.

IslandData[entity,property,annotation]

gives the specified annotation associated with the given property.

Details

  • IslandData[] gives a list of all island entities.
  • IslandData["Properties"] gives a list of available properties.
  • IslandData["SampleEntities"] gives a list of sample entities.
  • The specified entity in IslandData can be an Entity, EntityClass, entity canonical name, or list thereof.
  • The specified property can be an EntityProperty, EntityPropertyClass, property canonical name, or list of properties.
  • Properties that do not apply or are not known in a particular case are indicated by Missing[…].
  • Properties include:
  • "AlternateNames"alternate names
    "Area"area
    "Coordinates"center coordinates
    "Countries"country
    "Latitude"latitude
    "Longitude"longitude
    "MaxElevation"maximum elevation
    "Name"name
    "Population"population
    "PopulationDensity"population density
    "ShoreLength"shoreline length

Examples

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Basic Examples  (4)

Use for entity discovery:

Use to discover properties of an island:

Find properties of an island:

Compare land area of multiple islands:

Neat Examples  (2)

Plot a relief map of the Galapagos Islands:

Make a map showing the countries that are part of Borneo:

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

Text

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

CMS

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

APA

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

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2024_islanddata, author="Wolfram Research", title="{IslandData}", year="2014", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/IslandData.html}", note=[Accessed: 21-November-2024 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2024_islanddata, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={IslandData}, year={2014}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/IslandData.html}, note=[Accessed: 21-November-2024 ]}