China Province boundaries, National level boundaries with generalized coastline corresponding to 2000 year GB administrative geography used for statistical reporting, used for population census.
Purpose
To make digital use of this data set.
Temporal Extent
Currentness Reference
ground condition: 2000
Time Instant
2000
Bounding Box
West
73.446960
East
135.085831
North
53.557926
South
6.318641
Theme Keyword
Administrative units
Provinces
Boundaries
Province Boundaries
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
ISO Topic
Place Keyword
China
Place Keyword Thesaurus
Temporal Keyword
2005
2000
Temporal Keyword Thesaurus
Access Restrictions
Data access and data use are copyrighted, require a license, and are restricted.
Use Restrictions
Data access and data use are copyrighted, require a license, and are restricted.
Status
Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency
As needed
Point of Contact
Contact Organization
Princeton University Library
Contact Telephone
609-258-6804
Contact Electronic Mail Address
shawatw@princeton.edu
Hours of Service
9:00am - 5:00pm, Monday - Friday
Native Data Set Environment
Microsoft Windows Vista Version 6.0 (Build 6001) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.0.1770
Data Quality Information
Lineage
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
925
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
D_Krasovsky_1940
Ellipsoid Name
Krasovsky_1940
Semi-major Axis
6378245.000000
Denominator of Flattening Ratio
298.300000
Entity and Attribute Information
Entity Type
Entity Type Label
china_provinces
Entity Type Definition
The polygons represent China province boundaries
Attributes
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
AREA
Area of province
PERIMETER
Length of province boundary
PROV_
Arc/info Inter ID
PROV_ID
Arc/info user ID
CODE
NAME
Name of province in Chinese characters
Distribution Information
Name
Metadata Reference Information
Metadata Date
20090515
Metadata Contact
Contact Information
Contact Organization Primary
Contact Organization
Princeton University Library
Contact Person
Tsering Wangyal Shawa
Contact Address
Address
Digital Map and Geospatial Information Center, The Lewis Library, Room 228, Princeton University
City
Princeton
State or Province
NJ
Postal Code
08544
Country
USA
Contact Voice Telephone
609-258-6804
Contact Electronic Mail Address
shawatw@princeton.edu
Hours of Service
9:00am - 5:00pm, Monday - Friday
Metadata Standard Name
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
