Small Populated Places, San Salvador Region, El Salvador, 1988

Description:

Small populated places for the San Salvador region, El Salvador. This layer was vectorized from original hard copy 1:50,000 topographic maps produced by the Instituto Geogra?fico Nacional of the Republic of El Salvador from the early 1970s to the mid 1980s. Hurricane Mitch devastated Central America during the months of October-November of 1998. From 1998 to 2001 the US Geological Survey was involved along with other federal agencies in the reconstruction effort. The source CD consists of a compilation of GIS data layers and computer applications focused on hazard prevention and useful in municipal planning. Each dataset includes layers for a base area of one hundred square kilometers around the urban center of each municipality in the Hurricane Mitch project.

Creator:

Geological Survey (U.S.), Chirico, Pete., and United States. Agency for International Development

Publisher:

US Geological Survey, Hurricane Mitch Program

Provider:

Harvard

Collection:

Municipal GIS database of El Salvador and U.S. Geological Survey open-file report

Resource Class:

Datasets

Resource Type:

Point data

Subject:

Human settlements, Villages, Farms, and location

Temporal Coverage:

1976-1988

Date Issued:

2002-04-09

Spatial Coverage:

El Salvador, San Salvador, Departamento de, La Libertad, Departamento de, and San Salvador

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

Shapefile