which-country-rs
A CLI tool that detects your country from your IP address and renders an ASCII map zoomed into it, showing neighbouring borders and country codes.
Example output
which-country-rs -c DE
You appear to be in: Germany (DE)
·········· ·· ······ · ·
· NO · ·· · ···
· · ···· ··· ···········
· ····· ·· ············
····· ········ · ·· ···EE ·
· ······ ······ ·· · LV····· ·····
·· ··· ·DK ·· ··· ···· ··········· ···
···· ··· ··· · · ··· ···· ··· LT ···· ···
· ····· ···· ··· ############ ··················· ···
IE ·· ····GB · ·····##### ## ## ···· BY
· ·· ·· ··· ·NL # ## ··
··· ····· ·· ····· ## # PL ·············
····················BE ··# DE #######····· ····
· ······· ···L## ### CZ ····· ······
······· #### ###·········SK ······· ··
····· ·###### ###### AT ········ ···············
·· FR ··· CH ··#·············· HU ·· MD··
· · ····· · ····SI··· ········· RO ····
· · · ···HR········ RS···· ···
········ ·· · ········ IT ··· ·····BA ·· ··············
· ·· ········· ·········· ·· · · ···ME··XK···· ··
····· ··· · ·· · ··· ···· ·· ··MK·· ·BG ·····
· ·· ····· ··· ····· ···· ·AL············ ······
· ·· ES · · · ·· ····· ···· ···· ······
Coordinates: 51.15°N, 10.55°E
Usage
# Auto-detect from IP
which-country-rs
# Specify a country code
which-country-rs -c JP
# Specify coordinates (supports negative values for south/west)
which-country-rs --lat 40 --lon -74
# Custom map size
which-country-rs -W 120 -H 40
Options
| Flag | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
-W, --width |
Map width in characters | 80 |
-H, --height |
Map height in characters | 24 |
-c, --country |
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code (skips IP lookup) | |
--lat |
Latitude (requires --lon) |
|
--lon |
Longitude (requires --lat) |
|
-V, --version |
Print version |
Building
cargo build --release
To build without IP geolocation support (drops the reqwest dependency):
cargo build --release --no-default-features
Map data
Country borders from Natural Earth 110m admin-0 countries (public domain).