basedata returns a data frame containing David Vine's US basing data.
Format
A data frame with country-base observations including the following variables:
countrynameA character vector of country names.
ccodeA numeric vector of Correlates of War country codes.
iso3cA character vector of ISO three character country codes.
basenameName of the facility.
latThe facility's latitude.
lonThe facility's longitude.
baseBinary indicator identifying the facility as a major base or not.
lilypadA binary indicator identifying the facility as a lilypad or not. Vine codes lilypads as less than 200 personnel or "other site" designation in Pentagon reports.
fundedsiteA binary variable indicating whether or not the facility is a host-state base funded by the US.