Global GIS : World cities (2000)

Description:

This datalayer is a point coverage representing cities worldwide and was produced by ESRI and published as part of the USGS Global GIS database. It was originally issued as part of the ESRI Data & Maps 2000 data set. Attribute data includes information on city size (population) and port status. The USGS Global GIS database contains a wealth of USGS and other public domain data, including global coverages of elevation, landcover, seismicity, and resources of minerals and energy at a nominal scale of 1:1 million. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and The American Geological Institute (AGI) announced a cooperative agreement that will focus on making the USGS Global Geographic Information System (GIS) database readily available to educators and the general public in the form of a DVD based world atlas.

Creator:

Environmental Systems Research Institute (Redlands, Calif.), Geological Survey (U.S), and American Geological Institute

Publisher:

American Geological Institute

Provider:

Harvard

Collection:

Global GIS : global coverage and U.S. Geological Survey digital data series

Resource Class:

Datasets

Resource Type:

Point data

Subject:

Cities and towns, Capitals (Cities), and location

Temporal Coverage:

2000

Date Issued:

2003

Spatial Coverage:

Earth, Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, Eastern Hemisphere, Western Hemisphere, Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America

Access Rights:

Restricted

Format:

Shapefile