This TopoJSON file of Germany contains its states, counties, important places and furthermore the districts of Berlin in separate objects.
- counties and Berlin:
- id: five digit Community Identification Number
- properties: name, state, kfz (=license tag), districtType:
- Landkreis (=rural district)
- Kreis (=rural district), only in Schleswig-Holstein and Nordrhein-Westfalen
- kreisfreie Stadt (=urban district)
- Stadtkreis (=urban district), only in Baden-Württemberg
- states:
- id: first two digits of the Community Identification Number
- properties: name, nameEN (=english name, is null if there is none), short (=abbreviation)
- places:
- id: name
- properties: name, nameEN (=english name, is null if there is none), state
In the counties the Bodensee is not included.
The shape files I got from the GADM database. The districts of Berlin I draw by myself.
Do you want to create your own topoJSON files? These are two usefull tutorials and two great webtools.
- Command-line-cartography by Mike Bostok
- How To Infer Topology by Mike Bostok
- Mapshaper by Matthew Bloch
- geojson.io by Mapbox
By Alice Wittig June 2017