Layer contains major lakes of the world, as well as shorelines. This includes inland seas, for example, the Caspian. Attribute data includes names, elevation and depths.
Purpose
Dataset was developed for use by GIS software in global or continental scale applications.
Temporal Extent
Currentness Reference
publication date
Time Instant
1999
Bounding Box
West
-124.911781
East
110.176537
North
67.112030
South
-16.534355
ISO Topic Category
inlandWater
Theme Keyword
lakes
water bodies
hydrography
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
none
Place Keyword
Temporal Keyword
Access Restrictions
Data is licensed to Harvard University affiliates only. Copyright held by ESRI, Inc.
Use Restrictions
Must be attributed to ESRI, Inc., Redlands, CA
Status
Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency
None planned
Point of Contact
Contact Organization
ESRI, Inc
City
Redlands
State
CA
Country
USA
Credit
Environmental Research Systems Institute, Redlands, CA
Native Data Set Environment
Microsoft Windows NT Version 4.0 (Build 1381) Service Pack 6; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.1.0.642
Collection
Originator
ESRI, Inc
Publication Date
1999
Title
ESRI Data and Maps
Edition
1
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
vector digital data
Data Quality Information
Attribute Accuracy Report
Attribute accuracy report not available
Logical Consistency Report
Logical consistency test descriptions not available
Completeness Report
Layer contains major lakes. Smaller lakes are not included
Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report
Positional accuracy report not available
Lineage
Source
Originator
ESRI
Publication Date
1999
Title
ArcWorld
Source Scale Denominator
3,000,000
Type of Source Media
CD-ROM
Source Temporal Extent
Source Currentness Reference
ground condition
Source
Originator
ESRI
Publication Date
1999
Title
ArcWorld
Source Scale Denominator
25,000,000
Type of Source Media
CD-ROM
Spatial Data Organization Information
Direct Spatial Reference Method
Vector
Point and Vector Object Information
SDTS Terms Description
SDTS Point and Vector Object Type
G-polygon
Point and Vector Object Count
33
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
lakes
Attributes
FID
Internal feature number. (Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.)
Definition Source
ESRI
Shape
Feature geometry. (Coordinates defining the features.)
Definition Source
ESRI
AREA
Area of feature in square miles
Definition Source
ESRI
NAME
Name of feature
Definition Source
ESRI
SURF_ELEV
Surface elevation in feet
Definition Source
ESRI
DEPTH
Depth in feet
Definition Source
ESRI
Distribution Information
Format Name
SHP
Distributor
Harvard University Libraries
Online Access
geodesy.harvard.edu
Name
Metadata Reference Information
Metadata Date
20010615
Metadata Review Date
none
Metadata Contact
Contact Information
Contact Organization Primary
Contact Organization
Geodesy Project
Contact Address
City
REQUIRED: The city of the address.
State or Province
REQUIRED: The state or province of the address.
Postal Code
REQUIRED: The ZIP or other postal code of the address.
Contact Voice Telephone
495-3724
Metadata Standard Name
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
