Egypt villages from The Multipurpose Africover Database for the Environmental Resources produced by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Scale of the dataset: 1:200,000.
The towns and major towns shapefiles were developed from data from the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA).
Purpose
The towns have been included for orientation purposes and should not be seen as comprehensive. Please note that these data might conflict with the Africover data.
The purpose of the Africover Project is to establish a digital georeferenced database on land cover and a geographic referential for the whole of Africa including:
- geodetical homogeneous referential
- toponomy
- roads
- hydrography
The Multipurpose Africover Database for the Environmental Resources (MADE) is produced at a 1:200,000 scale (1:100,000 for small countries and specific areas).
Reinforcing national and sub-regional capacities for the establishment, update and use of the geographic referential and land cover maps and spatial data bases is the core strategy of Africover: this has been the methodology adopted to ensure an operational approach and the sustainability of the initiative.
Temporal Extent
Currentness Reference
publication date
Time Instant
20020404
Bounding Box
West
25.133333
East
36.650000
North
31.583333
South
22.216667
Theme Keyword
Human Settlements
Cities and towns
Villages
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
LCSH
ISO Topic Category
location
Place Keyword
Egypt
Place Keyword Thesaurus
GNS
Temporal Keyword
Access Restrictions
None.
Use Restrictions
The data remains full property of the owners. It can be accessed, reproduced and distributed given that the owner information is explicitly acknowledged and displayed in the copyright information (I.E. Produced by FAO - Africover). The Authors do not assume any responsibilities for improper use of the data.
Status
Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency
None planned
Point of Contact
Contact Person
Mr. Antonio Di Gregorio
Delivery Point
c/o FAO Representative in Kenya
Delivery Point
PO Box 30470
Delivery Point
00200
City
Nairobi
State
Nairobi
Country
Kenya
Contact Telephone
+254-(0)2-4440985/4443331/4443715/4441106
Contact Facsimile Telephone
+254-(0)2-4441993
Contact Electronic Mail Address
antonio.digregorio@africover.org
Credit
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Egypt.
Native Data Set Environment
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.4.1420
Data Quality Information
Attribute Accuracy Report
Town names have been verified with the NFPI.
Logical Consistency Report
Unknown
Completeness Report
Unknown
Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report
Unknown
Lineage
Source
Originator
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publication Date
2002
Title
Multipurpose Africover Database for the Environmental Resources
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
vector digital data
Publication Information
Publication Place
Nairobi, Kenya
Publisher
Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations
Online Linkage
http://www.africover.org/
Source Scale Denominator
200000
Type of Source Media
online
Source Temporal Extent
Time Period Information
Single Date/Time
Calendar Date
2002
Source Currentness Reference
ground condition
Contribution
Source dataset
Spatial Data Organization Information
Direct Spatial Reference Method
Vector
Point and Vector Object Information
SDTS Terms Description
SDTS Point and Vector Object Type
Entity point
Point and Vector Object Count
117
Spatial Reference Information
Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
Geographic
Latitude Resolution
0.000001
Longitude Resolution
0.000001
Geographic Coordinate Units
Decimal degrees
Geodetic Model
Horizontal Datum Name
D_WGS_1984
Ellipsoid Name
WGS_1984
Semi-major Axis
6378137.000000
Denominator of Flattening Ratio
298.257224
Entity and Attribute Information
Entity Type
Entity Type Label
africover_eg_village
Entity Type Definition
Egypt villages
Entity Type Definition Source
None
Attributes
OBJECTID
Internal feature number. (Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.)
Definition Source
ESRI
NAME
Name of village (Text.)
Definition Source
None
DESCRIPTIO
Feature type description (e.g. Village) (Text.)
Definition Source
None
LOCATION
Village Province name (Text.)
Definition Source
None
BOX_NO
N
North latitude coordinate value of city
Definition Source
None
E
East longitude coordinate value for city
Definition Source
None
COUNT
SHAPE
Feature geometry. (Coordinates defining the features.)
Definition Source
ESRI
Distribution Information
Format Name
SHAPE
Distributor
Harvard Geospatial Library
Online Access
http://hgl.harvard.edu/
Name
Metadata Reference Information
Metadata Date
20080402
Metadata Contact
Contact Information
Contact Organization Primary
Contact Organization
Harvard Geospatial Library
Contact Position
Geospatial Resources Cataloger
Contact Address
Address
Harvard University Library
Address
Office For Information Systems
Address
90 Mount Auburn Street
City
Cambridge
State or Province
MA
Postal Code
02138
Country
USA
Contact Voice Telephone
617-495-2417
Contact Facsimile Telephone
617-496-0440
Contact Electronic Mail Address
hgl_ref@hulmail.harvard.edu
Hours of Service
Monday - Friday, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm EST-USA
Metadata Standard Name
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
