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World Countries (Generalized)
- 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
- Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI)
- Publication Date
- 20001101
- Title
- World Countries (Generalized)
- Edition
- 2000
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Series Information
- Series Name
- ESRI Data Maps
- Issue Identification
- 2000
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Redlands, California, USA
- Publisher
- Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI)
- Other Citation Details
- Location: ESRI Data Maps 2000 (CD 7) \data\backgrnd
- Online Linkage
- https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-smusacntry
- Abstract
- World Countries (Generalized) represents generalized boundaries for most of the countries of the world.
- Purpose
- World Countries (Generalized) provides generalized political boundaries for 165 countries or areas in the world. The generalized political boundaries are used as a world map background to improve draw performance and effectiveness at a global level.
- Supplemental Information
- Largest scale when displaying the data: 1:50,000,000.
- Temporal Extent
- Currentness Reference
- ground condition
- Time Instant
- 1994
- Bounding Box
- West
- -180.000000
- East
- 180.000000
- North
- 83.553964
- South
- -90.000000
- ISO Topic Category
- boundaries
- Theme Keyword
- International boundaries
- National territory
- Boundaries
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- LCSH
- Place Keyword
- World
- Place Keyword Thesaurus
- LCSH
- Temporal Keyword
- 1996
- 1997
- 1998
- 2000
- Temporal Keyword Thesaurus
- None
- Access Restrictions
- None.
- Use Restrictions
- For Non-commercial use only.
- Status
- Complete
- Maintenance and Update Frequency
- Matches software update releases
- Point of Contact
- Contact Organization
- Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI)
- Delivery Point
- 380 New York Street
- City
- Redlands
- State
- California
- Postal Code
- 92373-8100
- Country
- USA
- Contact Telephone
- 909-793-2853
- Contact Facsimile Telephone
- 909-793-5953
- Contact Electronic Mail Address
- info@esri.com
- Native Data Set Environment
- Microsoft Windows NT Version 4.0 (Build 1381) Service Pack 6; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.1.1.649
- Data Quality Information
- Logical Consistency Report
- No duplicate features are present. The shapefile is created directly from a topologically correct ArcInfo? coverage.
- Completeness Report
- This dataset doesn't represent the complete list of countries in the world. It is primarily used for drawing as a background for StreetMap. 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 originally extracted from the ArcWorld Supplement database and then generalized (tolerance unknown). The positional accuracy is unknown.
- Lineage
- Source
- Originator
- Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI)
- Publication Date
- 1996
- Title
- ArcWorld Supplement
- Edition
- 1
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Series Information
- 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 Department of State, Bureau of Intelligence and Research
- Publication Date
- Winter 1993/1994
- Title
- Geographic and Global Issues Quarterly
- Edition
- Volume 3, Number 4
- Series Information
- Series Name
- Geographic and Global Issues Quarterly
- Issue Identification
- Volume 3, Number 4
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Washington, DC, USA
- Publisher
- United States Department of State, Bureau of Intelligence and Research
- Type of Source Media
- paper
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- Winter 1993/1994
- Source Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Contribution
- Attribute data
- Source
- Originator
- United States Central Intelligence Agency
- Publication Date
- 20000101
- Title
- The World Factbook 2000
- Edition
- 2000
- Series Information
- Series Name
- The World Factbook
- Issue Identification
- 2000
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Washington, DC, USA
- 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
- Source
- Originator
- National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis
- Publication Date
- 199504
- Title
- World Demography Project
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Santa Barbara, California, USA
- Publisher
- National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis at University of California, Santa Barbara
- Type of Source Media
- paper
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 1994
- Source Currentness Reference
- ground condition
- 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
- 165
- 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 Resolution
- 1.000000
- Altitude Encoding Method
- Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates
- Entity and Attribute Information
- Entity Type
- Entity Type Label
- SDE.SMUSACNTRY
- Entity Type Definition
- The polygons represent the boundaries for most of the countries of the world.
- Entity Type Definition Source
- ESRI
- Attributes
- NAME
- The country name. (Names for the features.)
- Definition Source
- ArcWorld Supplement, Geographic and Global Issues, CIA Factbook
- SHAPE
- Feature geometry. (Coordinates defining the features.)
- Definition Source
- ESRI
- SHAPE.AREA
- Internally calculated feature area in map units
- Definition Source
- ESRI
- SHAPE.LEN
- SHAPE.FID
- Internal feature number. (Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.)
- Definition Source
- ESRI
- Distribution Information
- Format Name
- SHP
- Distributor
- Harvard Geospatial Library Team
- Online Access
- http://hgl.harvard.edu
- Name
- Metadata Reference Information
- Metadata Date
- 20020801
- 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
- 90 Mt. 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
- 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, Monday-Friday
- Contact Instructions
- 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
