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World Time Zones

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Identification Information
Citation
Originator
Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI)
Originator
Harvard Geospatial Library
Publication Date
20001101
Title
World Time Zones
Edition
2000
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
vector digital data
Series Information
Series Name
ESRI Data Maps
Issue Identification
2000
Publication Information
Publication Place
Redlands, California, USA
Publisher
Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI)
Other Citation Details
Location: ESRI Data Maps 2000 (CD 1) \world
Online Linkage
https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-esritimezone
Abstract
World Time Zones represents the time zones of the world. The time zones are best displayed with World Countries or World Administrative Units.
Purpose
World Time Zones provides time zones for countries and cities within them. Note that daylight-savings time is not shown.
Temporal Extent
Currentness Reference
publication date: 200010, 19920801, 19920601, 1996, 1991; ground condition: 20001029
Bounding Box
West
-180.000000
East
180.000000
North
90.000000
South
-90.000000
ISO Topic Category
location
transportation
Theme Keyword
polygon
time
time zone
greenwich mean time
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
None
Place Keyword
World
Place Keyword Thesaurus
None
Temporal Keyword
2000
1992
1992
1996
1991
2000
Temporal Keyword Thesaurus
None
Access Restrictions
Access granted to Licensee only.
Use Restrictions
The data are provided under the Harvard University Site License. These data must be used in compliance with the Site License. This means that the data are only available for Harvard Afiliates for use on Harvard owned computers. The data are provided by multiple, third party data vendors under license to ESRI for inclusion on ESRI Data Maps CD-ROMs for use with ESRI(r) software. Each data vendor has its own data licensing policies and may grant varying redistribution rights to end users. Please consult the redistribution rights below for this data set provided on ESRI Data Maps CD-ROMs. As used herein, "Geodata" shall mean any digital data set consisting of geographic data coordinates and associated attributes. The redistribution rights for this data set: Redistribution rights are granted by the data vendor for hard-copy renditions or static, electronic map images (e.g. .gif, .jpeg, etc.) that are plotted, printed, or publicly displayed with proper metadata and source/copyright attribution to the respective data vendor(s). Geodata is redistributable with a Value-Added Software Application developed by ESRI Business Partners on a royalty-free basis with proper metadata and source/copyright attribution to the respective data vendor(s). Geodata is redistributable without a Value-Added Software Application (i.e., adding the sample data to an existing, [non]commercial data set for redistribution) with proper metadata and source/copyright attribution to the respective data vendor(s). The terms and conditions below apply to all the data sets provided on the ESRI Data Maps CD-ROMs. Proprietary Rights and Copyright: Licensee acknowledges that the Data and Related Materials contain proprietary and confidential property of ESRI and its licensor(s). The Data and Related Materials are owned by ESRI and its licensor(s) and are protected by United States copyright laws and applicable international copyright treaties and/or conventions. Limited Warranty and Disclaimer: ESRI warrants that the media upon which the Data and Related Materials are provided will be free from defects in materials and workmanship under normal use and service for a period of ninety (90) days from the date of receipt. THE DATA AND RELATED MATERIALS ARE EXCLUDED FROM THE LIMITED WARRANTY, AND THE LICENSEE EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE DATA CONTAINS SOME NONCONFORMITIES, DEFECTS, OR ERRORS. ESRI DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE DATA WILL MEET LICENSEE'S NEEDS OR EXPECTATIONS; THAT THE USE OF THE DATA WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED; OR THAT ALL NONCONFORMITIES, DEFECTS, OR ERRORS CAN OR WILL BE CORRECTED. ESRI IS NOT INVITING RELIANCE ON THIS DATA, AND THE LICENSEE SHOULD ALWAYS VERIFY ACTUAL DATA. EXCEPT FOR THE LIMITED WARRANTY SET FORTH ABOVE, THE DATA AND RELATED MATERIALS CONTAINED THEREIN ARE PROVIDED "AS-IS," WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Exclusive Remedy and Limitation of Liability: The entire liability of ESRI or its licensor(s) and Licensee's exclusive remedy shall be to terminate the Agreement upon Licensee returning the Data and Related Materials to ESRI with a copy of Licensee's invoice/receipt and ESRI returning the license fees paid to Licensee. IN NO EVENT SHALL ESRI AND/OR ITS LICENSOR(S) BE LIABLE FOR COSTS OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOST PROFITS, LOST SALES, OR BUSINESS EXPENDITURES, INVESTMENTS, OR COMMITMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH ANY BUSINESS; LOSS OF ANY GOODWILL; OR FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR USE OF THE DATA AND RELATED MATERIALS, HOWEVER CAUSED, ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, AND WHETHER OR NOT ESRI OR ITS LICENSOR(S) HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. THESE LIMITATIONS SHALL APPLY NOTWITHSTANDING ANY FAILURE OF ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY EXCLUSIVE REMEDY. Third Party Beneficiary: ESRI's licensor(s) has (have) authorized ESRI to (sub)distribute and (sub)license its (their) data as incorporated into the Data and Related Materials. As an intended third party beneficiary to this Agreement, the ESRI licensor(s) is (are) entitled to directly enforce, in its own name, the rights and obligations undertaken by the Licensee and to seek all legal and equitable remedies as are afforded to ESRI. In the event that the data vendor(s) has (have) granted the end user permission to redistribute the Geodata, please use proper proprietary or copyright attribution for the various data vendor(s), and provide the associated metadata file(s) with the Geodata. In compliance with FGDC metadata standards, ESRI has attempted to practice proper metadata methodologies by providing any data source information, descriptions, and file names to assist in this effort.
Status
Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency
None planned
Point of Contact
Contact Organization
Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI)
Delivery Point
380 New York Street
City
Redlands
State
California
Postal Code
92373-8100
Country
USA
Contact Telephone
909-793-2853
Contact Facsimile Telephone
909-793-5953
Contact Electronic Mail Address
info@esri.com
Hours of Service
8:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Pacific time, Monday-Friday
Native Data Set Environment
Windows NT Version 5.0 (Build 2195) ; ESRI ArcInfo 8.1.0.515
Data Quality Information
Logical Consistency Report
No duplicate features are present. The shapefile is exported using Avenue request ExportClean. This request verifies and enforces the correctness of shapes.
Completeness Report
After processing, the data set is checked for drawing display and number of records and file sizes compared with source materials.
Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report
The horizontal positional accuracy is unknown.
Lineage
Source
Originator
Government of Nunavut
Publication Date
20001003
Title
Nunavut moves to Central Daylight Saving Time
Publication Information
Publication Place
online
Publisher
Government of Nunavut
Online Linkage
http://www.gov.nu.ca/eng/news/oct/200057.htm
Type of Source Media
online
Source Temporal Extent
Time Period Information
Single Date/Time
Calendar Date
20001029
Source Currentness Reference
ground condition
Contribution
Attribute and geospatial data
Source
Originator
Nunavut Planning Commission
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
view
Publication Information
Publisher
Nunavut Planning Commission
Other Citation Details
Used a data set created by ESRI based on Nunavut Planning Commission data.
Type of Source Media
disc
Contribution
geospatial data
Source
Originator
National Research Council Canada and the Institute for National Measurement Standards
Publication Date
200010
Title
INMS(tm) -Time Zones and Daylight Saving Time
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
map
Publication Information
Publication Place
online
Publisher
National Research Council Canada and the Institute for National Measurement Standards
Online Linkage
http://www.nrc.ca/inms/time/tze.html
Type of Source Media
online
Source Temporal Extent
Time Period Information
Single Date/Time
Calendar Date
200010
Source Currentness Reference
publication date
Contribution
Attribute and geospatial data
Source
Originator
Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI)
Publication Date
19920801
Title
ArcWorld 1:3M
Edition
1
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
vector digital data
Publication Information
Publication Place
Redlands, California, USA
Publisher
Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI)
Source Scale Denominator
3000000
Type of Source Media
CD-ROM
Source Temporal Extent
Time Period Information
Single Date/Time
Calendar Date
19920801
Source Currentness Reference
publication date
Contribution
Attribute and geospatial data
Source
Originator
Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI)
Publication Date
19920601
Title
ArcUSA 1:2M
Edition
1
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
vector digital data
Publication Information
Publication Place
Redlands, California, USA
Publisher
Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI)
Source Scale Denominator
2000000
Type of Source Media
CD-ROM
Source Temporal Extent
Time Period Information
Single Date/Time
Calendar Date
19920601
Source Currentness Reference
publication date
Contribution
Attribute and geospatial data
Source
Originator
DATA+ (Russia)
Originator
Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Originator
M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University
Originator
Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI)
Publication Date
1996
Title
ArcAtlas: Our Earth
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
vector digital data
Publication Information
Publication Place
Redlands, California, USA
Publisher
Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI)
Source Scale Denominator
10000000, 20000000, 25000000
Type of Source Media
CD-ROM
Source Temporal Extent
Time Period Information
Single Date/Time
Calendar Date
1996
Source Currentness Reference
publication date
Contribution
Attribute and geospatial data
Source
Originator
Rand McNally Company
Publication Date
1991
Title
Rand McNally New International Atlas
Edition
2nd printing, revised
Series Information
Series Name
Rand McNally New International Atlas
Issue Identification
2nd printing, revised
Publication Information
Publication Place
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Publisher
Rand McNally Company
Type of Source Media
paper
Source Temporal Extent
Time Period Information
Single Date/Time
Calendar Date
1991
Source Currentness Reference
publication date
Contribution
Attribute data
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
81
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
timezone
Entity Type Definition
The polygons represent the thirty-eight time zones of the world and give a zone's difference in hours from Greenwich Mean Time.
Entity Type Definition Source
ESRI
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
ZONE
The difference in hours between the zone and Greenwich Mean Time. Negative numbers represent zones west of 0 degrees Longitude and positive numbers represent zones east of 0 degrees Longitude. (Hours for the features.)
Definition Source
ESRI
Distribution Information
Format Name
SHP
Distributor
Harvard Geospatial Library
Online Access
hgl.harvard.edu
Name
Metadata Reference Information
Metadata Date
20010126
Metadata Contact
Contact Information
Contact Organization Primary
Contact Organization
Harvard Geospatial Library
Contact Address
Address
OIS
Address
1280 Mass Ave
City
Cambridge
State or Province
MA
Postal Code
02138
Country
USA
Metadata Standard Name
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata Standard Version
FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata Extensions
Online Linkage
http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html
Profile Name
ESRI Metadata Profile
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