iso code from country name.

.idea/.gitignore

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+# Default ignored files
+/shelf/
+/workspace.xml
+# Editor-based HTTP Client requests
+/httpRequests/
+# Ignored default folder with query files
+/queries/
+# Datasource local storage ignored files
+/dataSources/
+/dataSources.local.xml

.idea/inspectionProfiles/profiles_settings.xml

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+<component name="InspectionProjectProfileManager">
+  <settings>
+    <option name="USE_PROJECT_PROFILE" value="false" />
+    <version value="1.0" />
+  </settings>
+</component>

.idea/misc.xml

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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="Black">
+    <option name="sdkName" value="Python 3.14" />
+  </component>
+  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" project-jdk-name="Python 3.14 (toposhirt)" project-jdk-type="Python SDK" />
+</project>

.idea/modules.xml

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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="ProjectModuleManager">
+    <modules>
+      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/toposhirt.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/toposhirt.iml" />
+    </modules>
+  </component>
+</project>

.idea/toposhirt.iml

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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<module type="PYTHON_MODULE" version="4">
+  <component name="NewModuleRootManager">
+    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$">
+      <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/.venv" />
+    </content>
+    <orderEntry type="jdk" jdkName="Python 3.14 (toposhirt)" jdkType="Python SDK" />
+    <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
+  </component>
+</module>

.idea/vcs.xml

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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="VcsDirectoryMappings">
+    <mapping directory="" vcs="Git" />
+  </component>
+</project>

get_ee_from_region.py

@@ -7,7 +7,32 @@ import os
 import sys
 import argparse
 import time
+import pycountry
+from country_bounding_boxes import country_subunits_by_iso_code
+from country_iso2ify import get_resolver
 
+resolver = get_resolver()
+
+
+def get_mainland_bbox(country_name):
+    # Returns the main continental/primary bounding box
+    iso_code = resolver.resolve(country_name)
+    countries = country_subunits_by_iso_code(iso_code)
+    logging.debug("Country is [{}] iso code is [{}]".format(country_name,iso_code))
+    # The library is designed to return the main body of the country
+    # in the first result or by filtering for largest area.
+    item = None
+    if countries:
+        for item in countries:
+            logging.debug(item.subunit+str(item.bbox))
+    item = None
+    countries = country_subunits_by_iso_code(iso_code)
+    if countries:
+        for item in countries:
+            if item.subunit == country_name:
+                return item.bbox
+    return None
+# foo
 
 class Timerlog:
 
@@ -60,7 +85,7 @@ parser.add_argument(
     "--country",
     dest='country',
     metavar='country',
-    default='United States',
+    default='US',
     action='store',
     help="country to get topo image for")
 
@@ -101,4 +126,8 @@ logging.debug(t.end().report())
 logging.debug("Country is [{}]".format(args.country))
 logging.debug("Region is [{}]".format(args.region))
 
+iso_code = resolver.resolve(args.country)
+logging.debug("iso_code for [{}] is [{}]".format(args.country, iso_code))
 
+bbox=get_mainland_bbox(args.country)
+logging.debug("BBOX is [{}]".format(bbox))