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World Countries 2008 (Generalized) (line)
- 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
- ESRI
- Publication Date
- 2008
- Title
- World Countries 2008 (Generalized) (line)
- Edition
- 2008
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Series Information
- Series Name
- ESRI Data Maps
- Issue Identification
- 2008 World, Europe, United States, Canada, and Mexico
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Redlands, California, USA
- Publisher
- ESRI
- Online Linkage
- https://www1.columbia.edu/sec/acis/eds/dgate/studies/C1301/data/esri_2008_world_country_ln.zip
- Abstract
- World Countries 2008 (Generalized) (line) is a polyline theme representing the generalized boundary lines for the countries of the world.
- Purpose
- World Countries 2008 (Generalized) (line) provides the generalized political boundary lines for the world. The generalized political boundary lines 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
- publication date
- Time Instant
- 2008
- Bounding Box
- West
- -180.000000
- East
- 180.000000
- North
- 83.604154
- South
- -85
- Theme Keyword
- line
- country boundaries
- international boundaries
- coastlines
- countries
- nations
- states
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- None
- Theme Keyword
- boundaries
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- ISO 19115 Topic Categories
- Place Keyword
- World
- Earth
- Place Keyword Thesaurus
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Temporal Keyword
- 1996
- 2000
- 2006
- 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 geospatial part of this data set was originally extracted from the ArcWorld Supplement database and then generalized (tolerance unknown) and generalized again to a tolerance of 0.1 decimal degrees. The positional accuracy is unknown.
- Lineage
- Source
- Originator
- ESRI
- Publication Date
- 20050401
- Title
- World Countries (Generalized)
- Edition
- 2005
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Series Information
- Series Name
- ESRI Data Maps
- Issue Identification
- 2005
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Redlands, California, USA
- Publisher
- ESRI
- Online Linkage
- http://www.esri.com/
- Type of Source Media
- DVD-ROM
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Multiple Dates/Times
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 1996
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 20000612
- Source Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Contribution
- Attribute and geospatial data
- Source
- Originator
- ESRI
- Publication Date
- 20061001
- Title
- World Administrative Units, 2008
- Edition
- 2006
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Series Information
- Series Name
- ESRI Data Maps
- Issue Identification
- 2006 World, Europe, United States, Canada, and Mexico
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Redlands, California, USA
- Publisher
- ESRI
- Other Citation Details
- Provides the boundary between Montenegro and Serbia.
- Online Linkage
- http://www.esri.com/
- Source Scale Denominator
- 15000000
- Type of Source Media
- DVD-ROM
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 20061001
- Source Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Contribution
- Geospatial data
- Source
- Originator
- United States Central Intelligence Agency
- Publication Date
- 200703
- Title
- The World Factbook 2007
- Edition
- 2007
- Series Information
- Series Name
- The World Factbook
- Issue Identification
- 2007
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Washington, DC, USA
- Publisher
- United States Central Intelligence Agency
- Other Citation Details
- The online Factbook is updated periodically throughout the year.
- Online Linkage
- http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
- Type of Source Media
- online
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 200703
- Source Currentness Reference
- publication date
- 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
- 1446
- 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
- country_ln
- Entity Type Definition
- The lines represent the generalized boundary lines for the countries of the world.
- 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
- BND_TYPE
- The type of boundary.
- Coastline
- The type of boundary is a coastline.
- Intl Bnd
- The type of boundary is an international boundary.
- Median Line
- The type of boundary is a median line.
- Definition Source
- ESRI
- IN_WATER
- The indicator that the boundary line is in water.
- 0
- The boundary line is not in water.
- 1
- The boundary line is in water.
- Definition Source
- ESRI
- Distribution Information
- Format Name
- SDC
- Distributor
- ESRI; ESRI International Distributors
- Name
- Metadata Reference Information
- Metadata Date
- 20090716
- 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
- Metadata Standard Version
- FGDC-STD-001-1998
