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Beijing, China : Street Centerlines, 2006

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Identification Information
Citation
Originator
Land Info (Firm)
Originator
Digital Globe Incorporated
Publication Date
2007
Title
Beijing, China : Street Centerlines, 2006
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
vector digital data
Publication Information
Publication Place
Highlands Ranch, CO
Publisher
LAND INFO Worldwide Mapping
Online Linkage
https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-li-beijing-rd
Abstract
Beijing, China street centerline vectors with road type attributes extracted from DigitalGlobe QuickBird CitySphere high-resolution (60cm) satellite imagery ortho mosaics.
Purpose
This layer is intended for researchers, students, and policy makers for reference and mapping purposes, and may be used for basic GIS applications such as viewing, querying, and map output production.
Temporal Extent
Currentness Reference
ground condition
Bounding Box
West
116.140614
East
116.513352
North
40.015353
South
39.810942
Theme Keyword
Transportation
Roads
Streets
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
LCSH
ISO Topic Category
transportation
Place Keyword
China
Beijing
Place Keyword Thesaurus
GNS (NIMA)
Temporal Keyword
Access Restrictions
Available only to Harvard University affiliates. Affiliates are limited to current faculty, staff and students.
Use Restrictions
DATA LICENSE ============ All data is the copyrighted property of LAND INFO Worldwide Mapping, LLC. Land Info grants customer a license to distribute data on an isolated non-commercial basis, or as Derived Works. Derived works that include the source data must be merged with other value-added data in such a way that the derived work can't be converted back to the original source data format. Other Derived Works that don't include the source data (vector extraction, classification etc.) have no restrictions on use and distribution. An unlimited license is granted for media use, provided that the following citation is used: "map data courtesy www.landinfo.com."
Status
Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency
Unknown
Point of Contact
Contact Organization
LAND INFO Worldwide Mapping, LLC
Delivery Point
PO Box 631961
City
Highlands Ranch
State
CO
Postal Code
80163-1961
Country
USA
Contact Telephone
303-790-9730
Contact Facsimile Telephone
303-790-9734
Contact Electronic Mail Address
sales@landinfo.com
Native Data Set Environment
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.0.1324
Data Quality Information
Attribute Accuracy Report
Unknown
Logical Consistency Report
Unknown
Completeness Report
Unknown
Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report
Beijing_2007 DigitalGlobe QuickBird CitySphere 604 sq. km. 1:50,000 accuracy (11.8m RMS / 25m CE90) Catalog_ID Acquisition_Date Off_Nadir 1010010004155C02 3/6/2005 19.91 1010010004155C03 3/6/2005 19.53 1010010004312101 4/24/2005 12.92 1010010004CEEB02 2/14/2006 6.30 1010010004CEEB03 2/14/2006 4.80 1010010004312102 4/24/2005 12.10 1010010004EE7902 4/22/2006 22.51 1010010004EE7903 4/22/2006 21.54 1010010004EE7904 4/22/2006 20.54
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Source
Originator
Digital Globe Incorporated
Publication Date
2007
Title
Beijing 2007 DigitalGlobe QuickBird CitySphere orthophotos
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
raster digital data
Publication Information
Publication Place
Longmont, CO
Publisher
DigitalGlobe
Source Scale Denominator
50000
Type of Source Media
online
Source Temporal Extent
Time Period Information
Multiple Dates/Times
Single Date/Time
Calendar Date
20060406
Single Date/Time
Calendar Date
20060214
Single Date/Time
Calendar Date
20050424
Single Date/Time
Calendar Date
20050306
Source Currentness Reference
ground condition
Contribution
Data from which street centerline features were extracted.
Spatial Data Organization Information
Direct Spatial Reference Method
Vector
Point and Vector Object Information
SDTS Terms Description
SDTS Point and Vector Object Type
String
Point and Vector Object Count
96789
Spatial Reference Information
Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
Planar
Grid Coordinate System
Grid Coordinate System Name
Universal Transverse Mercator
Universal Transverse Mercator
UTM Zone Number
50
Transverse Mercator
Scale Factor at Central Meridian
0.999600
Longitude of Central Meridian
117.000000
Latitude of Projection Origin
0.000000
False Easting
500000.000000
False Northing
0.000000
Planar Coordinate Information
Planar Coordinate Encoding Method
coordinate pair
Coordinate Representation
Abscissa Resolution
0.000015
Ordinate Resolution
0.000015
Planar Distance Units
meters
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
LI_BEIJING_RD
Entity Type Definition
Beijing Street Center-lines
Entity Type Definition Source
LAND INFO
Attributes
OBJECTID_1
Internal feature number. (Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.)
Definition Source
ESRI
OBJECTID
Internal feature number. (Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.)
Definition Source
ESRI
FEATURE
Road type
ACCESS RAMP ROAD
CITY STREET
MAIN ROAD PAVED
RAIL ROAD
SECONDARY ROAD PAVED
SECONDARY ROAD UNPAVED
UNPAVED ROAD
Definition Source
None
ATTRIBUTE1
DIRT
DIVIDED
ATTRIBUTE2
BRIDGE
COMMENT_
(Text.)
SHAPE
Feature geometry. (Coordinates defining the features.)
Definition Source
ESRI
SHAPE.LEN
Length of arc in coverage units
Definition Source
ESRI
Distribution Information
Format Name
Shapefile
Distributor
Harvard Geospatial Library
Online Access
http://hgl.harvard.edu/
Name
Metadata Reference Information
Metadata Date
20090414
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
90 Mount Auburn Street
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
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