China County Boundaries, 2000 is a polyline theme representing county boundaries in China for 2000. County boundaries include national level boundaries with generalized coastlines corresponding to 2000 year GB (Guo Biao -- National Standard) administrative geography used for statistical reporting and population census. This data layer is part of the China 2000 county population census data set produced by the All China Marketing Research Co. and distributed by the University of Michigan, China Data Center (2003). The new version (III) of 2000 county data include 2000 county boundary GIS map and several other GIS maps, integrated with more than 1,900 variables from 2000 population census data for counties and urban districts. Source scale: 1:1,000,000.
Purpose
The data set was developed for display and analysis using GIS.
Temporal Extent
Currentness Reference
ground condition
Time Instant
2000
Bounding Box
West
73.44696
East
135.085831
North
53.557926
South
6.318641
Theme Keyword
boundaries
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
ISO 19115 Topic Categories.
Theme Keyword
Cities and towns --China --Population --Statistics --Databases.
Cities and towns --China --Population --Statistics --Maps.
Cities and towns --Census, 2000 --China --Databases.
Cities and towns --Census, 2000 --China --Maps.
China --Population --Statistics --Databases.
China --Population --Statistics --Maps.
China --Census, 2000 --Databases.
China --Census, 2000 --Maps.
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Theme Keyword
Administrative and political divisions
Counties
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
None
Place Keyword
China
Place Keyword Thesaurus
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Temporal Keyword
2000
Temporal Keyword Thesaurus
None
Access Restrictions
For current Columbia affiliates only.
Use Restrictions
For educational, non-commercial use only.
Status
Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency
Unknown
Point of Contact
Contact Organization
China Data Center - University of Michigan
Delivery Point
1007 E Huron St
City
Ann Arbor
State
MI
Postal Code
48104
Contact Telephone
(734) 647-9610
Contact Facsimile Telephone
(734) 763-0335
Contact Electronic Mail Address
chinadata@umich.edu
Native Data Set Environment
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.1850
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
4306
Spatial Reference Information
Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
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
cline
Entity Type Definition
county boundary
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
FNODE_
From node.
TNODE_
To node.
LPOLY_
Left polygon.
RPOLY_
Right polygon.
LENGTH
Length of county
CLINE_
Arc/info Inter ID
CLINE_ID
Arc/info User ID
Distribution Information
Format Name
Geopackage
Distributor
China Data Center - University of Michigan
Name
Metadata Reference Information
Metadata Date
20090203
Metadata Contact
Contact Information
Contact Organization Primary
Contact Organization
Research Data Services (RDS), Columbia University Libraries
Contact Person
GIS/Metadata Librarian
Contact Address
Address
420 W. 118th St., 215 IAB, MC 3301
City
New York
State or Province
NY
Postal Code
10027
Country
USA
Contact Voice Telephone
(212)854-6012
Contact Electronic Mail Address
data@library.columbia.edu
Metadata Standard Name
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
