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Global GIS : World cities (2000)

Identification Information
Citation
Originator
Environmental Systems Research Institute (Redlands, Calif.)
Originator
Geological Survey (U.S)
Originator
American Geological Institute
Publication Date
2003
Title
Global GIS : World cities (2000)
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
vector digital data
Collection Title
Global GIS : global coverage
Series Information
Publication Information
Publication Place
[Alexandria, VA]
Publisher
American Geological Institute
Online Linkage
https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-glb-esricty
Abstract
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.
Purpose
World cities provides a base map layer of the cities for the world. The cities include national capitals, provincial capitals, major population centers, and landmark cities. This layer is intended for researchers, students, and policy makers for reference and mapping purposes, and may be used for basic applications such as viewing, querying, and map output production. This layer will provide a basemap for layers related to socio-economic and political analysis, statistical enumeration and analysis, or to support graphical overlays and analysis with other spatial data. More advanced user applications may focus on demographics, urban and rural land use planning and related areas including defining boundaries, managing assets and facilities, integrating attribute databases with geographic features, spatial analysis, and presentation output.
Temporal Extent
Currentness Reference
original publication date
Time Instant
20001101
Bounding Box
West
-176.151566
East
179.221893
North
78.199997
South
-54.792000
Theme Keyword
Cities and towns
Capitals (Cities)
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
LCSH
ISO Topic Category
location
Place Keyword
Earth
Northern Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere
Eastern Hemisphere
Western Hemisphere
Africa
Asia
Australia
Europe
North America
South America
Place Keyword Thesaurus
LCSH
Temporal Keyword
Access Restrictions
Access is granted to licensee (Harvard University) only. Available only to Harvard University affiliates. Affiliates are limited to current faculty, staff and students.
Use Restrictions
For educational non-commercial use only. Harvard University makes no claims, no representations, and no warranties, express or implied, concerning the validity, the reliability or the accuracy of the GIS data and GIS data products furnished, including the implied validity of any uses of such data. 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??? 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
As needed
Point of Contact
Contact Organization
Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI)
Delivery Point
380 New York Street
City
Redlands
State
CA
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
Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 4; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.0.0.535
Collection
Originator
American Geological Institute
Originator
Geological Survey (U.S)
Originator
Environmental Systems Research Institute (Redlands, Calif.)
Originator
Hearn, Paul P.
Publication Date
2003
Title
Global GIS : global coverage
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
digital data
Series Information
Series Name
U.S. Geological Survey digital data series
Issue Identification
DDS-62A-H
Publication Information
Publication Place
[Alexandria, VA]
Publisher
American Geological Institute
Other Citation Details
1 DVD-ROM; Developed by the U.S. Geological Survey; Published by the American Geological Institute; by P. Hearn ... [et al.].
Data Quality Information
Logical Consistency Report
No duplicate features are present. The shapefile is created directly from a topologically correct ArcInfo coverage.
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 geospatial part of this data set was extracted from the ArcWorld Supplement database. No detailed evaluation of the positional accuracy of the ArcWorld Supplement data has been made; knowledge of the source World Data Bank II (WDBII) data is insufficient to determine positional accuracy of data derived from the source.
Lineage
Source
Originator
Environmental Systems Research Institute (Redlands, Calif.)
Publication Date
20001101
Title
World cities
Edition
2000
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
vector digital data
Collection Title
ESRI data maps
Publication Information
Publication Place
Redlands, Calif.
Publisher
Environmental Systems Research Institute (Redlands, Calif.)
Type of Source Media
CD-ROM
Source Temporal Extent
Time Period Information
Single Date/Time
Calendar Date
20001101
Source Currentness Reference
publication date
Contribution
Original publication source
Source
Originator
Environmental Systems Research Institute (Redlands, Calif.)
Publication Date
1996
Title
ArcWorld Supplement
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
1996
Source Currentness Reference
publication date
Contribution
Attribute and geospatial data
Source
Originator
United States. Dept. of State. Bureau of Intelligence and Research.
Originator
United States. Dept. of State. Office of the Geographer.
Publication Date
1993
Title
Geographic and global issues quarterly
Edition
Volume 3, Number 4; Winter 1993/1994
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
document
Publication Information
Publication Place
Washington, DC
Publisher
Office of the Geographer, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, US Dept. of State
Type of Source Media
paper
Source Temporal Extent
Time Period Information
Single Date/Time
Calendar Date
1993
Source Currentness Reference
publication date
Contribution
Attribute data
Source
Originator
United States. Central Intelligence Agency
Publication Date
20000101
Title
World factbook 2000
Edition
2000
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
document
Publication Information
Publication Place
Washington, D.C.
Publisher
United States Central Intelligence Agency
Type of Source Media
online
Source Temporal Extent
Time Period Information
Single Date/Time
Calendar Date
20000101
Source Currentness Reference
publication date
Contribution
Attribute data
Source
Originator
Global Mapping International (Firm)
Publication Date
2000
Title
Missions database
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
digital data
Publication Information
Publication Place
Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
Publisher
Global Mapping International
Type of Source Media
CD-ROM
Source Temporal Extent
Time Period Information
Single Date/Time
Calendar Date
2000
Source Currentness Reference
publication date
Contribution
Attribute data
Source
Originator
United States. National Imagery and Mapping Agency
Publication Date
2000
Title
World port index
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
digital data
Publication Information
Publication Place
Washington, D.C.
Publisher
U.S. National Imagery and Mapping Agency
Online Linkage
http://164.214.12.145/pubs/pubs%5Fj%5Fwpi%5Fsections.html
Type of Source Media
online
Source Temporal Extent
Time Period Information
Single Date/Time
Calendar Date
2000
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
Entity point
Point and Vector Object Count
2533
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
Vertical Coordinate System Definition
Altitude System Definition
Altitude Datum Name
Unknown
Altitude Resolution
1.000000
Altitude Distance Units
Unknown
Altitude Encoding Method
Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates
Entity and Attribute Information
Entity Type
Entity Type Label
ESRI Cities
Entity Type Definition
Points represent the locations of major cities of the world.
Entity Type Definition Source
ESRI
Attributes
CITY_NAME
City Name (Text)
Definition Source
ArcWorld Supplement
GMI_ADMIN
The administrative unit code (three-letter country code, three-letter administrative unit code) for the administrative unit in which the city is located. (Global Mapping International CodesGlobal Mapping International)
Definition Source
Global Mapping International
ADMIN_NAME
Name of the administrative unit in which the city is located. (Global Mapping International NamesGlobal Mapping International)
Definition Source
Global Mapping International
FIPS_CNTRY
The FIPS code (two-letter) for the country in which the city is located. (Federal Information Processing Standards Publication 10-4National Institute of Standards and Technology)
Definition Source
Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology
CNTRY_NAME
Name for the country in which the city is located (Names for the features.)
Definition Source
ArcWorld Supplement, Geographic and Global Issues, CIA Factbook
STATUS
Status of the City
National and provincial capital
National and provincial capital
National capital
National capital
National capital and provincial capital enclave
National capital and provincial capital enclave
Provincial capital
Provincial capital
Provincial capital enclave
Provincial capital enclave
Other
Other
Definition Source
ArcWorld Supplement
POP_RANK
Rank of the population class for the city.
1
5,000,000 and greater.
2
1,000,000 to 4,999,999
3
500,000 to 999,999.
4
250,000 to 499,999.
5
100,000 to 249,999.
6
50,000 to 99,999.
7
Less than 50,000.
Definition Source
ArcWorld Supplement
POP_CLASS
Classification of the city based on its population
5,000,000 and greater, 1,000,000 to 4,999,999, 500,000 to 999,999, 250,000 to 499,999, 100,000 to 249,999, 50,000 to 99,999, less than 50,000.
The list of population classifications.
Definition Source
ArcWorld Supplement
PORT_ID
Port Identification Number for the city.
0
City is not a port
Definition Source
U.S. National Imagery and Mapping Agency
SHAPE
Feature geometry. (Coordinates defining the features.)
Definition Source
ESRI
SHAPE.FID
Internal feature number. (Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.)
Definition Source
ESRI
Distribution Information
Format Name
Shape
Distributor
Harvard Geospatial Library
Online Access
http://hgl.harvard.edu/
Name
Metadata Reference Information
Metadata Date
20060118
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
1280 Massachusetts Avenue
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
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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