VGLocations Public Preview Dataset v1.0

VGLocations is an independent research and data project documenting real-world locations represented in video games. This public preview dataset contains 300 selected location records covering 265 games, 80 franchises, 89 country or territory codes, and 16 location types. The dataset is a deliberately limited public preview derived from a larger VGLocations research dataset containing 2,988 records across 388 games, 80 franchises, and 89 country or territory codes. It is not a complete export of the underlying database. The preview dataset may include: - Game and franchise information- Real-world location names- Countries and territories- Location types- Geographic coordinates- Setting status- Coordinate methods- Verification metadata Internal source URLs, source identifiers, evidence text, research workflow fields, and the complete underlying database are not included. The dataset is intended for academic research, education, journalism, GIS and geospatial analysis, interactive maps, data visualization, software development, artificial intelligence, machine learning, knowledge graphs, and related projects. Project website:https://vglocations.org/ Downloadable datasets: https://vglocations.org/video-game-locations-datasets/ GitHub repository:https://github.com/theonlyvduck/vglocations Hugging Face dataset:https://huggingface.co/datasets/theonlyduck/vglocations-public-preview Kaggle dataset:https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/theonlyduck/vglocations-public-preview-dataset/dataCompanion Kaggle Notebook:https://www.kaggle.com/code/theonlyduck/analysis-of-300-real-world-video-game-locations Suggested attribution:Source: VGLocations — https://vglocations.org