Mexico Water Bodies is a polygon theme representing the major lakes, reservoirs, and lagoons in Mexico. Attribute information includes the name, type, status, rank and area of the water body.
This dataset is a part of the 2008 ESRI Data Maps collection.
Purpose
Mexico Water Bodies provides a base map layer of major lakes, reservoirs, and lagoons within Mexico.
Supplemental Information
Largest scale when displaying the data: 1:200,000.
Temporal Extent
Currentness Reference
publication date
Time Instant
200703
Bounding Box
West
-115.805233
East
-86.743531
North
32.567551
South
14.800599
Theme Keyword
polygon
lake
reservoir
lagoon
swamp
hydrography
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
None
Theme Keyword
inlandWaters
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
ISO 19115 Topic Categories
Place Keyword
Mexico
Place Keyword Thesaurus
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Temporal Keyword
2007
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
Annually
Point of Contact
Contact Organization
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
Hours of Service
7:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Pacific time, Monday-Friday
Native Data Set Environment
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.2.1350
Data Quality Information
Logical Consistency Report
The shapefile is converted to SDC (Smart Data Compression) format using either ESRI SDC Data Development Kit Professional 2 (DDKP2) or tools in ArcGIS. The SDC data set is then loaded into ArcSDE to verify and validate the geometry.
Completeness Report
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 positional accuracy is not known.
Lineage
Source
Originator
Sistemas de Informacin Geogrfica, S.A. de C.V.
Publication Date
200703
Title
Proyecto Mxico Informacin Cartogrfica Digital
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
vector digital data
Series Information
Series Name
Proyecto Mxico Informacin Cartogrfica Digital
Issue Identification
2007
Publication Information
Publication Place
Mxico, D.F., Mxico
Publisher
Sistemas de Informacin Geogrfica, S.A. de C.V.
Online Linkage
http://www.sigsa.info/
Source Scale Denominator
400000
Type of Source Media
online
Source Temporal Extent
Time Period Information
Single Date/Time
Calendar Date
200703
Source Currentness Reference
publication date
Contribution
Attribute and geospatial data
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
441
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_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
hydro_p
Entity Type Definition
The polygons represent the major lakes, reservoirs, and lagoons in Mexico.
Entity Type Definition Source
ESRI
Attributes
ObjectID
Internal feature number. (Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.)
Definition Source
ESRI
Shape
Feature geometry. (Coordinates defining the features.)
Definition Source
ESRI
NAME
The water body name. (Names for the features.)
Definition Source
Sistemas de Informacin Geogrfica, S.A. de C.V.
TYPE
The type of water body.
Area subject to inundation
The type of feature is an area subject to inundation.
Reservoir
The type of feature is a reservoir.
Swamp
The type of feature is a swamp.
Water Body
The type of feature is a water body (lake, lagoon, etc.).
Definition Source
ESRI
STATUS
The status of the water body.
Intermittent
The status of the feature is intermittent.
Perennial
The status of the feature is perennial.
Definition Source
ESRI
SQKM
The area of the water body in square kilometers. (Calculated areas for the features.)
Definition Source
ESRI
RANK
The rank of the water body based on its area.
Primary
The feature is at least 500 square kilometers in area.
Major
The feature is between 100 and 499.99 square kilometers in area.
Medium
The feature is between 50 and 99.99 square kilometers in area.
Minor
The feature is between 25 and 49.99 square kilometers in area.
Small
The feature is less than 25 square kilometers in area.
Definition Source
ESRI
Distribution Information
Format Name
SDC
Distributor
ESRI; ESRI International Distributors
Name
Metadata Reference Information
Metadata Date
20090713
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
