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Where can I find data on border crossings?
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Border Crossing Data provide summary statistics for inbound crossings at the U.S.-Canada and the U.S.-Mexico border at the port level. Data are available for trucks, trains, containers, buses, personal vehicles, passengers, and pedestrians.
How is the number of border crossings measured?
The border crossing/entry data do not measure the number of unique vehicles, containers, passengers, or pedestrians that enter the United States. Rather, the data are the total number of crossings that occur in each month or year.
How are Otay Mesa and San Ysidro border crossings different?
Since 1997, passenger crossings (personal vehicles and their passengers, bus crossings and their passengers, and pedestrians) have been reported separately for Otay Mesa and San Ysidro. How are the TransBorder Freight Data different and/or similar to the Border Crossing/Entry data that BTS also releases?
What does it mean when a truck crosses the border?
Truck container crossings (loaded and unloaded) – A container is any conveyance entering the U.S. used for commercial purposes, full or empty. In this case, it is the number of full or empty truck containers arriving at a port. This series includes containers moving as in-bond shipments.
What kind of Statistics are on the border?
The Border Enforcement Statistics page provides data on apprehensions, admissibility, recidivism, and arrests of criminal aliens at the border. Information on this page will be expanded to include seizures of drugs, currency, and prohibited agriculture products in the coming months.
Where to find GIS data for historical country boundaries?
For post-World War II state and capital GIS data, CShapes offers geographic data in both shapefile format and as an R ( a statistical toolkit) package. The dataset is described in: Weidmann, Nils B., Doreen Kuse, and Kristian Skrede Gleditsch. 2010.
How many countries have changed their borders since 1800?
In reality country borders have changed a lot since 1800, as you can see in this animated map (at 17:17) thanks to Ollie Bye: The borders we use can be seen in this map: Please give us feedback about our data here.