st: RE: RE: Identify country from a latitude longitude base

[Joe Canner <jcanner1@jhmi.edu>]

The documentation for -geocode3- is a little confusing for this so here is an example:

. geocode3, coord(varname)

Where -varname- is a string variable containing the latitude and longitude separated by a comma, e.g. "47.99,16.93"

The program will create a new variable which is the complete address.  The country name will be the last item in the address.

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From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Joe Canner
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Subject: st: RE: Identify country from a latitude longitude base

Try -geocode3- available from SSC.

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From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Mauricio Andrés Vela
Sent: Monday, September 09, 2013 8:53 AM
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Subject: st: Identify country from a latitude longitude base

I have a data with the latitude and longitude location of some events around the world but it don't have any variable that identify which country correspond to that latitude and longitude. Is there any command or how could I identify the country from the latitude and longitude information?
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