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Cities and Towns - North Korea

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Identification Information
Citation
Originator
Asia Pacific Spatial Data Project (APSDP), formerly ACASIAN or Australian Centre of the Asian Spatial Information and Analysis Network
Publication Date
Unknown
Title
Cities and Towns - North Korea
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
vector digital data
Online Linkage
https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-nk-ctvpt
Abstract
Point location coverage for Administrative capitals ADM1 (Shi and Do or Municipalities and Provincial) capital cities, and the national capital of North Korea; administrative capitals of ADM2 shi and kun (Municipalities and Districts); and seats of administrative units below the ADM2 level, consisting of shi (cities), up (towns), nodongja-ku (communes), and myun (townships). ADM3 administrative centers are often connected by local roads contained in a separate coverage (Local Roads - North Korea) See sepatate North Korean coverages: Capital Cities, Level One; Capital Cities, Level Two; Administrative Seats layers.
Purpose
These data are intended for researchers, students, urban and regional planners, and policy makers for reference and mapping purposes, and to provide users with geographic data for cartography, local and regional demographic and planning analysis, urban and rural policy-making, environmental monitoring, management and impact analysis, economic analysis and other types of geographic analysis. These data can be used with geographic information systems (GIS) software to display and analyze information on land use and planning and associated areas of interest, or to provide a basemap, (e.g. for labeling town names on maps), to support graphical overlays and analysis with other spatial data.
Supplemental Information
Data originally supplied in ARC/INFO 7.2 export format (.e00), and are projected in decimal degrees using the WGS84 Spheroid/Datum. Points in this coverage, which include all of the points in the in NK_ADM1_CAPS, NK_ADM2_CAPS, and NK_ADM3_SEATS coverages, have identical codes and names to those they have in those other coverages, and also include the names of the ADM1 and ADM2 units in which the the points are contained.
Temporal Extent
Currentness Reference
ground condition
Time Instant
1998
Bounding Box
West
124.239195
East
130.635134
North
42.969323
South
37.702759
ISO Topic Category
location
Theme Keyword
Cities
Towns
Villages
Place names
Land use
Administrative divisions
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
LCSH
Place Keyword
North Korea
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Place Keyword Thesaurus
GNIS
Temporal Keyword
Access Restrictions
Access is granted to licensee (Harvard University) only.
Use Restrictions
For educational non-commercial use only.
Status
Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency
Unknown
Point of Contact
Contact Organization
Asia Pacific Spatial Data Project
Delivery Point
School of International Business Asian Studies
Delivery Point
Griffith University
Delivery Point
http://www.asian.gu.edu.au
City
Nathan (Brisbane)
State
Queensland
Postal Code
4111
Country
Australia
Contact Telephone
61 7 3875 5137
Contact Facsimile Telephone
61 7 3875 7956
Contact Electronic Mail Address
director@ASIAN.gu.edu.au
Credit
Spatial data produced at the Asia Pacific Spatial Data Project (formerly known as the Australian Centre of the Asian Spatial Information and Analysis Network, ACASIAN) under the direction of Lawrence W. Crissman. Copyright Griffith University.
Native Data Set Environment
Microsoft Windows NT Version 4.0 (Build 1381) Service Pack 6; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.2.0.700
Data Quality Information
Attribute Accuracy Report
The names of populated places, administrative regions, railroad stations, and others are provided in Hangul (Korean syllabary), Unofficial romanization, Official romanization and in the Yale romanization system in their respective attribute tables.
Lineage
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
1761
Spatial Reference Information
Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
Geographic
Latitude Resolution
0.000000
Longitude Resolution
0.000000
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 Resolution
1.000000
Altitude Encoding Method
Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates
Entity and Attribute Information
Entity Type
Entity Type Label
Cities and Towns
Entity Type Definition
ESRI Shapefile. Points represent populated places
Entity Type Definition Source
ESRI
Attributes
NK_CTVPT.AREA
Internally calculated feature area in map units.
Definition Source
ESRI
Attribute Value Accuracy
Value will always be zero
Attribute Value Accuracy Explanation
Point features have no area.
PERIMETER
Internally calculated feature perimeter in map units.
Definition Source
ESRI
Attribute Value Accuracy
Value will always be zero
Attribute Value Accuracy Explanation
Point features have no area.
NK_CTV_
Internal Feature Identifier
Definition Source
APSDP
NK_CTV_ID
Internal Feature Identifier
Definition Source
APSDP
POINT_CODE
Arbitrary 7 place code for all cities, towns, etc.
Definition Source
APSDP
PNT_NAME_H
Name of place in Hangul (Korean syllabary).
Definition Source
APSDP
Attribute Value Accuracy
Korean syllabary (Hangul) characters may not display properly on machines without the proper character sets installed.
PNT_NAME_U
Name of place in unofficial romanization.
Definition Source
APSDP
PNT_NAME_O
Name of place in official romanization.
Definition Source
APSDP
PNT_NAME_Y
Name of place in Yale romanization system.
Definition Source
APSDP
ADM_STATUS
Type of place, as in 'city' 'town', etc.
Definition Source
APSDP
ADM1_CODE
Arbitrary 2 digit code for administrative units at ADM1 level.
Definition Source
APSDP
ADM1_NM_1
Name of ADM1 unit in Hangul (Korean syllabary).
Definition Source
APSDP
Attribute Value Accuracy
Korean syllabary (Hangul) characters may not display properly on machines without the proper character sets installed.
ADM1_NM_2
Name of ADM1 unit in unofficial romanization.
Definition Source
APSDP
ADM1_NM_3
Name of ADM1 unit in official romanization.
Definition Source
APSDP
ADM1_NM_4
Name of ADM1 unit in Yale romanization system.
Definition Source
APSDP
ADM2_CODE
Arbitrary 2 digit code for administrative units at ADM2 level.
Definition Source
APSDP
ADM2_NM_1
Name of ADM2 unit in Hangul (Korean syllabary).
Definition Source
APSDP
Attribute Value Accuracy
Korean syllabary (Hangul) characters may not display properly on machines without the proper character sets installed.
ADM2_NM_2
Name of ADM2 unit in unofficial romanization.
Definition Source
APSDP
ADM2_NM_3
Name of ADM2 unit in official romanization.
Definition Source
APSDP
ADM2_NM_4
Name of ADM2 unit in Yale romanization system.
Definition Source
APSDP
NK_CTVPT.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
Distribution Information
Format Name
Shape
Distributor
Harvard Geospatial Library
Name
Metadata Reference Information
Metadata Date
20020925
Metadata Contact
Contact Information
Contact Organization Primary
Contact Organization
Harvard Geospatial Library
Contact Person
Geospatial Resources Cataloger
Contact Address
Address
Office of 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
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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