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Global GIS : Geologic map (excluding the United States)
- 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
- American Geological Institute
- Originator
- Geological Survey (U.S.)
- Originator
- Environmental Systems Research Institute (Redlands, Calif.)
- Publication Date
- 2003
- Title
- Global GIS : Geologic map (excluding the United States)
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Collection Title
- Global GIS : global coverage
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- [Alexandria, VA]
- Publisher
- American Geological Institute
- Online Linkage
- https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-glb-geo
- Abstract
- This datalayer is a polygon coverage showing U.S. Geological Survey defined geologic provinces of the World, excluding the United States. It was published as part of the USGS Global GIS : global coverage database (2003). The World Energy Assessment created geologic maps of 7 regions. These regions were joined with minimum edge matching or checking for feature description by the Global GIS team. The user is warned there will be discrepancies on bordering features. The regions are described in the Geologic Provinces of the World full metadata files. Canada, Mexico and Central America, and the Europe tiles were screen digitized by the Global GIS team. These were approximately located and should be used as a geologic guide. The US and Alaskan Geologic Maps were kept as separate layers to allow the use the apply their original legends. 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
- The purpose of digitizing the geologic map was to allow The World Energy Assessment team to have a geologic base on which to draw the boundaries of the geologic provinces. 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.
- Supplemental Information
- Global GIS Note: These geologic layers (except the US and Alaskan maps) were blindly merged together. No edge matching was done and units were not check for consistency between each region. If this is a concern, please visit the web page above to access the original data in the original projection. We also added a field called "Period" to help make a generalized legend using the major age classifications (Quaternary, Tertiary, Cretaceous ...) 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
- -140.999823
- East
- 179.967518
- North
- 83.130966
- South
- -55.975515
- Theme Keyword
- Physiographic provinces
- Geology
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- LCSH
- ISO Topic Category
- geoscientificInformation
- 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
- None.
- Use Restrictions
- Portions of this database covering coastline and country boundaries contain intellectual property of Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI), and are used with their permission. End users are permitted to use these data sets for their own internal use, including derivative work, but are prohibited from using and redistributing these data individually or in a derivative work to third parties. See also UNESCO permissions: http://www.agiweb.org/pubs/globalgis/metadata_qr/UNESCO_authorization.html
- Status
- Complete
- Maintenance and Update Frequency
- None planned
- Point of Contact
- Contact Organization
- Geological Survey (U.S.)
- Delivery Point
- U.S. Geological Survey, MS 939
- Delivery Point
- Box 25046
- Delivery Point
- Denver Federal Center
- City
- Denver
- State
- CO
- Postal Code
- 80225-0046
- Country
- USA
- Contact Telephone
- (303) 236-5776
- Contact Facsimile Telephone
- (303) 236-8822
- Contact Electronic Mail Address
- ahlbrandt@usgs.gov
- Hours of Service
- 9 am. to 5 pm. U.S. Mountain Time Zone
- Native Data Set Environment
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 4; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.0.0.535
- 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
- Attribute Accuracy Report
- Varies from region to region depending on the source datalayer.
- Logical Consistency Report
- These geologic layers (except the US and Alaskan maps) were blindly merged together. No edge matching was done and units were not check for consistency between each region. If this is a concern, please visit the web page above to access the original data in the original projection. We also added a field called "Period" to help make a generalized legend using the major age classifications (Quaternary, Tertiary, Cretaceous ...)
- Completeness Report
- Varies from region to region depending on the source datalayer. Intentionally does not cover the United States.
- Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report
- It is not possible to calculate a definitive measure of the horizontal positional accuracy of this coverage because it is a composite data set compiled from a variety of sources using a variety of methodologies.
- Lineage
- Source
- Originator
- Geological Survey (U.S.)
- Publication Date
- 200206
- Title
- Map showing Geology, Oil and Gas Fields, and Geologic Provinces of Africa, version 2.0
- Edition
- 2
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Series Information
- Series Name
- U.S. Geological Survey open-file report
- Issue Identification
- 97-470-A
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Denver, Co.
- Publisher
- U.S.G.S.
- Other Citation Details
- geo2_7 - Surficial geology.
- Online Linkage
- http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS2699
- Online Linkage
- http://energy.cr.usgs.gov/
- Type of Source Media
- online
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 200206
- Source Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Contribution
- Feature and attribute source for Africa data
- Source
- Originator
- Geological Survey (U.S.)
- Publication Date
- 20010901
- Title
- Maps Showing Geology, Oil and Gas Fields, and Geologic Provinces of South America
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Series Information
- Series Name
- U.S. Geological Survey open-file report
- Issue Identification
- 97-470-D
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Denver, Co.
- Publisher
- U.S.G.S.
- Other Citation Details
- South America Geologic Map (geo6_b and geo6_b.shp)
- Online Linkage
- http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS4247
- Online Linkage
- http://energy.cr.usgs.gov/
- Type of Source Media
- online
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 20010901
- Source Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Contribution
- Feature and attribute source for South America data
- Source
- Originator
- Geological Survey (U.S.)
- Publication Date
- 199808
- Title
- Map showing Geology, Oil and Gas Fields, and Geologic Provinces of the Former Soviet Union
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Series Information
- Series Name
- U.S. Geological Survey open-file report
- Issue Identification
- 97-470-E
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Denver, Co.
- Publisher
- U.S.G.S.
- Other Citation Details
- geo1 (generalized geology)
- Online Linkage
- http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS2789
- Online Linkage
- http://energy.cr.usgs.gov/
- Type of Source Media
- online
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 199808
- Source Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Source
- Originator
- Geological Survey (U.S.)
- Publication Date
- 199904
- Title
- Map showing Geology, Oil and Gas Fields, and Geologic Provinces of Asia Pacific Region
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Series Information
- Series Name
- U.S. Geological Survey open-file report
- Issue Identification
- 97-470-F
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Denver, Co.
- Publisher
- U.S.G.S.
- Other Citation Details
- geo_3 (Generalized Geology of the Asia Pacific Region)
- Online Linkage
- http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS2884
- Online Linkage
- http://energy.cr.usgs.gov/
- Type of Source Media
- online
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 199904
- Source Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Source
- Originator
- Geological Survey (U.S.)
- Publication Date
- 2002
- Title
- Map showing Geology, Oil and Gas Fields, and Geologic Provinces of Europe including Turkey
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Series Information
- Series Name
- U.S. Geological Survey open-file report
- Issue Identification
- 97-470-I
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Denver, Co.
- Publisher
- U.S.G.S.
- Other Citation Details
- Geo4_2g (Generalized Geology of Europe including Turkey)
- Online Linkage
- http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS54613
- Online Linkage
- http://energy.cr.usgs.gov/
- Type of Source Media
- online
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 2002
- Source Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Source
- Originator
- Geological Survey (U.S.)
- Publication Date
- 199804
- Title
- Map showing Geology, Oil and Gas Fields, and Geologic Provinces of South Asia
- Edition
- 1
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Series Information
- Series Name
- U.S. Geological Survey open-file report
- Issue Identification
- 97-470-C
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Denver, Co.
- Publisher
- U.S.G.S.
- Other Citation Details
- Geologic map of South Asia (geo8)
- Online Linkage
- http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS2700
- Online Linkage
- http://energy.cr.usgs.gov/
- Type of Source Media
- online
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 199804
- Source Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Source
- Originator
- Geological Survey (U.S.)
- Publication Date
- 1998
- Title
- Map showing Geology, Oil and Gas Fields, and Geologic Provinces of the Arabian Peninsula
- Edition
- 2
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Series Information
- Series Name
- U.S. Geological Survey open-file report
- Issue Identification
- 97-470-B
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Denver, Co.
- Publisher
- U.S.G.S.
- Other Citation Details
- Bedrock geology of the Arabian Peninsula and selected adjacent areas (GEO_2A)
- Online Linkage
- http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS2882
- Online Linkage
- http://energy.cr.usgs.gov/
- Type of Source Media
- online
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 1998
- Source Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Source
- Originator
- Geological Survey (U.S.)
- Publication Date
- 199911
- Title
- Map showing Geology, Oil and Gas Fields, and Geologic Provinces of Iran
- Edition
- 1.0
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Series Information
- Series Name
- U.S. Geological Survey open-file report
- Issue Identification
- 97-470-G
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Denver, Co.
- Publisher
- U.S.G.S.
- Other Citation Details
- Geologic provinces (ir_prov.pat, ir_prov_g.pat, ir_prov.dbf)
- Online Linkage
- http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS4246
- Online Linkage
- http://energy.cr.usgs.gov/
- Type of Source Media
- online
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 199911
- Source Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Source
- Originator
- Geological Survey (U.S.)
- Publication Date
- 20010501
- Title
- Digital geologic and geophysical data of Bangladesh
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Series Information
- Series Name
- U.S. Geological Survey open-file report
- Issue Identification
- 97-470-H
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Denver, Co.
- Publisher
- U.S.G.S.
- Other Citation Details
- Geology of Bangladesh (geo8bg)
- Online Linkage
- http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS52730
- Online Linkage
- http://energy.cr.usgs.gov/
- Type of Source Media
- online
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 20010501
- Source Currentness Reference
- publication date
- 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
- 1023
- 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 Geologic Map (geo_join)
- Entity Type Definition
- Geological age
- Entity Type Definition Source
- American Geological Institute
- Attributes
- GLG
- Original Unit Class (abbreviated) ; The abbreviated geologic age of the surficial rock formation. (Text abbreviation)
- Definition Source
- American Geological Institute
- DESCRIPTIO
- Description of "Glg" code; The fuller text description of the geologic age of the surficial rock formation. (Text)
- Definition Source
- American Geological Institute
- MARC.GLB_GEO.AREA
- Area of feature polygon in meters squared (.748 to 5447276088368.51 square meters)
- Definition Source
- American Geological Institute
- PERIMETER
- Feature perimeter in meters (3.956 to 164945828.19 meters)
- Definition Source
- None
- PERIOD
- Major age type (Quaternary, Tertiary, Cretaceous ...) (Text)
- Definition Source
- American Geological Institute
- MARC.GLB_GEO.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
- SHAPE.AREA
- Feature area in internal units (Positive real numbers that are automatically generated)
- Definition Source
- ESRI
- SHAPE.LEN
- Feature length in internal units (Positive real 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
- 20060324
- 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
