/**
 * How close to a 1:110m outline, in kilometres, still counts as that country nearby.
 * The outlines can sit tens of kilometres off a real coast, so a point this close is not reported as inside.
 *
 * @example
 * ```ts
 * import { PLACE_COAST_KM } from "@johnmorrisdotca/chikyu-earth/place";
 *
 * console.log(PLACE_COAST_KM);
 * ```
 */
export declare const PLACE_COAST_KM = 50;
/** A country the outlines know, with the continent group chizu gives it. */
export interface LandHit {
    code: string | null;
    name: string;
    nameJa: string;
    group: string;
    groupJa: string;
}
export interface LandAnswer {
    /** Inside one outline, and not merely within {@link PLACE_COAST_KM} of its edge while sitting outside it. */
    country: LandHit | null;
    /** Outside every outline, and within {@link PLACE_COAST_KM} of the nearest one. */
    near: (LandHit & {
        distanceKm: number;
    }) | null;
}
/** The country at a longitude and latitude, or the nearest one when the point is just off a coarse outline. The shapes are Natural Earth 1:110m. */
export declare function landAt(lon: number, lat: number): LandAnswer;