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Global GIS : Gazetteer of populated places, Western Hemisphere (excluding U.S.)
- Identification Information
- Data Quality Information
- Spatial Data Organization Information
- Spatial Reference Information
- Entity and Attribute Information
- Distribution Information
- Metadata Reference Information
- Identification Information
- Citation
- Originator
- United States. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- Originator
- Geological Survey (U.S.)
- Originator
- American Geological Institute
- Originator
- Environmental Systems Research Institute (Redlands, Calif.)
- Publication Date
- 2003
- Title
- Global GIS : Gazetteer of populated places, Western Hemisphere (excluding U.S.)
- 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-gazppw
- Abstract
- This datalayer is a point coverage representing a gazetteer of populated place features located between the Greenwich meridian (0 degrees) and 180 degrees west of the Greenwich meridian, encompassing the Western Hemisphere, excluding the United States and Antarctica. Features and attributes were derived from the GNS (GEOnet Names Server) and include populated place names. The GEOnet Names Server provides access to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's (NGA) (formerly the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA)) database of foreign geographic feature names. Approximately 20,000 of the database's 3.5 million features are updated monthly with names information approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (US BGN). 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
- 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, environmental planning or resource use, 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.
- Supplemental Information
- Portions of this metadata are taken directly from the American Geological Institute, Global GIS, Web pages: http://www.agiweb.org/pubs/globalgis/
- Temporal Extent
- Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Time Instant
- 2003
- Bounding Box
- West
- -179.983337
- East
- -0.000556
- North
- 82.483330
- South
- -54.933334
- Theme Keyword
- Names, Geographical
- Gazetteers
- Cities and towns
- Human settlements
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- LCSH
- ISO Topic Category
- location
- Theme Keyword
- Populated places
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- None
- Place Keyword
- Western Hemisphere
- North America
- South America
- Africa
- Europe
- Place Keyword Thesaurus
- LCSH
- Temporal Keyword
- Access Restrictions
- None
- Use Restrictions
- For educational non-commercial use only.
- Status
- Complete
- Maintenance and Update Frequency
- As needed
- Point of Contact
- Contact Organization
- National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- Delivery Point
- Office of Corporate Relations
- Delivery Point
- Public Affairs Division, MS D-54
- Delivery Point
- 4600 Sangamore Road
- City
- Bethesda
- State
- MD
- Postal Code
- 20816-5003
- Country
- USA
- Contact Telephone
- 800-455-0899
- Contact Electronic Mail Address
- chdesk@nga.mil
- Hours of Service
- Monday through Friday 9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. EST-USA
- Native Data Set Environment
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 4; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.1.0.722
- Collection
- Originator
- Geological Survey (U.S.)
- Originator
- American Geological Institute
- Originator
- Environmental Systems Research Institute (Redlands, Calif.)
- 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
- None
- Completeness Report
- Unknown
- Lineage
- Source
- Originator
- United States. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- Publication Date
- 1996-Present
- Title
- GEOnet names server
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- database
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- [Washington, D.C.]
- Publisher
- National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- Online Linkage
- http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS18715
- Online Linkage
- http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/
- Type of Source Media
- online
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Range of Dates/Times
- Beginning Date
- 1996
- Ending Date
- Present
- Source Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Contribution
- Database from which dataset was derived
- 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
- 374022
- 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
- North American Datum of 1927
- Ellipsoid Name
- Clarke 1866
- Semi-major Axis
- 6378206.400000
- Denominator of Flattening Ratio
- 294.978698
- 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
- Global GIS Populated Places Gazetteer, Western Hemisphere
- Entity Type Definition
- Points represent populated place features found via the GEOnet Names Server
- Entity Type Definition Source
- NGA
- Attributes
- FULL_NAME
- The full name is a complete name which identifies the named feature. It is comprised of the specific name, generic name, and any articles or prepositions. It is in reading order. (Text)
- Definition Source
- NGA / GNS
- UNIQUE_FEA
- Unique Feature Identifier (A number which uniquely identifies the feature.)
- Definition Source
- NGA / GNS
- UNIQUE_NAM
- Unique Name Identifier (A number which uniquely identifies a name.)
- Definition Source
- NGA / GNS
- 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
- GAZ_NAME
- Gazetteer name. Same values as FULL_NAME (Text)
- Definition Source
- NGA / GNS
- Entity and Attribute Overview
- For space considerations on nearly all of the Global GIS tiles, many of the fields were deleted. In some cases the Full_name field was also shortened. On the Global GIS DVD volume the Full_name field was copied to a shortened Gaz_name field. And the Full_name field was processed to replace some of the unrecognizable diacritical symbols.
- Entity and Attribute Detail Citation
- For a complete list of the Feature Description codes and attribute definitions please consult the GNS search site at http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/
- Distribution Information
- Format Name
- Shape
- Distributor
- Harvard Geospatial Library
- Online Access
- http://hgl.harvard.edu/
- Name
- Metadata Reference Information
- Metadata Date
- 20060329
- 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
