builddata
returns a data frame containing geocoded location-project-year overseas military construction spending data.
Format
A data frame with country-base observations including the following variables:
countryname
A character vector of country names.
ccode
A numeric vector of Correlates of War country codes.
year
Year of observed country-year spending.
iso3c
A character vector of ISO three character country codes.
location
Name of the facility where spending occurred, or host country where detailed facility information is unavailable.
spend_construction
Total obligational authority associated with the observed location-year in thousands of current US dollars.
lat
The facility's latitude.
lon
The facility's longitude.