{"entry":{"slug":"tectonic-plate-boundaries-world","kind":"dataset","title":"Tectonic plate boundaries worldwide","description":"Explore the PB2002 tectonic plate boundaries. Add earthquake layers and notes to compare plate edges with recorded events.","topic":"Geology","region":"World","updated":"2026-09-15","preview":"/library/tectonic-plate-boundaries-world.406f36ad139c.webp","assetId":"tectonic-plate-boundaries-world","sourcePage":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fraxen/tectonicplates/339b0c56563c118307b1f4542703047f5f698fae/GeoJSON/PB2002_boundaries.json","notes":["This map shows boundary lines from the PB2002 plate model published in 2003.","Open the map to compare plate edges with earthquakes, volcanoes, and your own notes.","Line geometry is simplified for a world map. Closely spaced sections can lose detail.","These boundaries describe a global plate model. They are not a local fault map or an earthquake forecast.","The standard map view ends near 85 degrees north and south. The download retains all source coordinates, including polar areas."],"related":[],"preset":{"color":"#0284c7","fillOpacity":0.28,"basemap":"carto","bounds":[-180,-66.1632,180,85.0511287798]}},"asset":{"id":"tectonic-plate-boundaries-world","version":"1413222101a3","url":"/library/tectonic-plate-boundaries-world.1413222101a3.geojson","sha256":"1413222101a32d47baf412bf00ce94b2b52c70f1bb1a19b5bfa3c83d9f3402d0","bytes":131123,"featureCount":241,"geometryTypes":["LineString"],"source":{"name":"Peter Bird / Hugo Ahlenius, Nordpil","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fraxen/tectonicplates/339b0c56563c118307b1f4542703047f5f698fae/GeoJSON/PB2002_boundaries.json","license":"ODC Attribution 1.0","licenseUrl":"https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/by/1-0/","attribution":"PB2002 by Peter Bird, 2003. GIS conversion by Hugo Ahlenius, Nordpil. Prepared with simplified lines on 2026-09-15."},"fields":[{"name":"name","description":"Boundary name supplied by the source, or a numbered boundary label."},{"name":"source_url","description":"Source dataset and documentation."}]}}