{"id":672,"date":"2022-02-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp3.geodatasource.com\/tutorials\/what-are-eastern-western-hemisphere-countries\/"},"modified":"2022-02-21T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T00:00:00","password":"","slug":"what-are-eastern-western-hemisphere-countries","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.geodatasource.com\/resources\/tutorials\/what-are-eastern-western-hemisphere-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"What are Eastern-Western Hemisphere Countries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geodatasource.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/gds-feb-img.jpg\" alt=\"What are Eastern-Western Hemisphere Countries\" class=\"wp-image-373\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geodatasource.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/gds-feb-img.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.geodatasource.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/gds-feb-img-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.geodatasource.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/gds-feb-img-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.geodatasource.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/gds-feb-img-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.geodatasource.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/gds-feb-img-50x25.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.geodatasource.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/gds-feb-img-920x460.jpg 920w, https:\/\/www.geodatasource.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/gds-feb-img-600x300.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.geodatasource.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/gds-feb-img-320x160.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on geography, the Earth hemispheres can be referred to as any division of the globe into two hemispheres. The most common divisions are through the latitudinal or longitudinal markers in the Eastern Western and the Northern Southern division. Eastern-Western Hemispheres are the halves that lie east or west of the prime meridian and west or east of the 180th meridian whereas Northern-Southern Hemispheres are the halves that lie north or south of the Equator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Eastern hemisphere countries are the countries that are located to the east of the prime meridian and west of the 180th meridian like Australia, China and Japan. On the other hand, the Western hemisphere countries are the countries that are located to the west of the prime meridian and east of the 180th meridian like Brazil, Portugal and the United States of America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>GeoDataSource <strong>Eastern-Western Hemisphere Countries<\/strong> add-on is a free data that provides a list of countries grouped by eastern and western hemispheres. The country code follows the ISO 3166 standard which allows the data to be retrieved easily. This add-on covers all the officially assigned country codes and allows instant download upon subscription.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"data-fields\">Data Fields<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Below are the data fields for the <strong>Eastern-Western Hemisphere Countries<\/strong> add-on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Field name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Description<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>country_code<\/td><td>Two-character country code based on ISO 3166.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>hemisphere<\/td><td>Eastern or Western hemisphere where the country is located.<br>Valid value: eastern | western<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>coverage<\/td><td>A country falls entirely or mostly in one hemisphere.<br>Valid value: entirely | mostly<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"data-table\">Data table<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to get the <strong>Eastern-Western Hemisphere Countries<\/strong> information, the <code>eastern_western_hemisphere_countries<\/code> table can be created and loaded by the following code in MySQL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>-- Create table \"eastern_western_hemisphere_countries\"\nCREATE TABLE `eastern_western_hemisphere_countries`(\n\t`country_code` VARCHAR(2),\n\t`hemisphere` VARCHAR(10),\n\t`coverage` VARCHAR(10),\n\tINDEX `idx_country_code` (`country_code`)\n) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 COLLATE=utf8_bin;\n\n-- Load data into table\nLOAD DATA LOCAL\nINFILE 'GEODATASOURCE-EASTERN-WESTERN-HEMISPHERE-COUNTRIES.CSV'\nINTO TABLE `eastern_western_hemisphere_countries`\nFIELDS TERMINATED BY ','\nLINES TERMINATED BY 'rn'\nIGNORE 1 LINES;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>For more details about the <strong>Eastern-Western Hemisphere Countries<\/strong> add-on, you can visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geodatasource.com\/addon\/eastern-western-hemisphere-countries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.geodatasource.com\/addon\/eastern-western-hemisphere-countries<\/a> to learn more about the information provided.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Based on geography, the Earth hemispheres can be referred to as any division of the globe into two hemispheres. 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