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World Cities, 2012
- 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
- Environmental Systems Research Institute (Redlands, Calif.)
- Publication Date
- 2012
- Title
- World Cities, 2012
- Edition
- 2012
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Series Information
- Series Name
- Data Maps for ArcGIS
- Issue Identification
- 2012 - World, Europe, and United States
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Redlands, California, USA
- Publisher
- Esri
- Online Linkage
- https://www1.columbia.edu/sec/acis/eds/dgate/studies/C1301/data/esri_2012_world_cities.zip
- Abstract
- World Cities is a point theme representing the locations of major cities of the world. Attribute information includes the name, country and population classification of the city.
- Purpose
- World Cities provides a base map layer of the cities for the world. The cities include national capitals, provincial capitals, major population centers, and landmark cities.
- Supplemental Information
- Largest scale when displaying the data: 1:3,000,000.
- Temporal Extent
- Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Bounding Box
- West
- -176.151564
- East
- 179.221888
- North
- 78.200001
- South
- -54.792000
- Theme Keyword
- point
- cities
- capitals
- administrative division and international codes
- population
- country names
- port identification numbers
- society
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- None
- Theme Keyword
- society
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- ISO 19115 Topic Categories
- Place Keyword
- World
- Place Keyword Thesaurus
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Temporal Keyword
- 1996
- 1993/1994
- 2000
- 1999
- 2001
- 2002
- 2003
- 2007
- 2009
- 2011
- 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 Vista Version 6.1 (Build 7600) ; Esri ArcCatalog 9.3.1.4000
- Data Quality Information
- Logical Consistency Report
- The shapefile is converted to SDC (Smart Data Compression) format using tools in ArcGIS. The SDC data set is then imported into a file geodatabase to verify, validate, and if needed repair the geometry. The data set is created directly from a topologically correct ArcInfo coverage.
- 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 extracted from the ArcWorld Supplement database. No detailed evaluation of the positional accuracy of the ArcWorld Supplement data has been made; knowledge of the source World Data Bank II (WDBII) data is insufficient to determine positional accuracy of data derived from the source.
- Lineage
- Source
- Originator
- Environmental Systems Research Institute (Redlands, Calif.)
- Publication Date
- 1996
- Title
- ArcWorld™ Supplement
- Edition
- 1
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Redlands, California, USA
- Publisher
- Esri
- Source Scale Denominator
- 3000000
- Type of Source Media
- CD-ROM
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 1996
- Source Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Contribution
- Attribute and geospatial data
- Source
- Originator
- United States Department of State, Bureau of Intelligence and Research
- Publication Date
- Winter 1993/1994
- Title
- Geographic and Global Issues Quarterly
- Edition
- Volume 3, Number 4
- Series Information
- Series Name
- Geographic and Global Issues Quarterly
- Issue Identification
- Volume 3, Number 4
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Washington, DC, USA
- Publisher
- United States Department of State, Bureau of Intelligence and Research
- Type of Source Media
- paper
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- Winter 1993/1994
- Source Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Contribution
- Attribute data
- Source
- Originator
- U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
- Publication Date
- 20000101, 2003, 200703, 200711, 201109
- Title
- The World Factbook 2000; 2003; 2007; (online)
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- document
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Washington, DC, USA
- Publisher
- U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
- Other Citation Details
- The online Factbook is updated weekly.
- Online Linkage
- http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
- Online Linkage
- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
- Type of Source Media
- online
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Multiple Dates/Times
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 20000101
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 2003
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 200703
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 200711
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 201109
- Source Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Source
- Originator
- Global Mapping International
- Title
- Missions Database
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
- Publisher
- Global Mapping International
- Online Linkage
- http://www.gmi.org
- Type of Source Media
- CD-ROM
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 2000
- Source Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Source
- Originator
- U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (was U.S. National Imagery and Mapping Agency)
- Publication Date
- unknown, 20110831
- Title
- World Port Index; Geopolitical Entities and Codes, 2012
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- document
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Springfield, VA, USA
- Publisher
- U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- Other Citation Details
- Geopolitical Entities and Codes (Formerly FIPS PUB 10-4) Update 5
- Online Linkage
- http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/UPDATE5.pdf
- Type of Source Media
- online
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 20110831
- Source Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Source
- Originator
- Bartholemew and Times Books
- Publication Date
- 199910
- Title
- The Times Atlas of the World
- Edition
- 10th comprehensive edition
- Series Information
- Series Name
- The Times Atlas of the World
- Issue Identification
- 10th comprehensive edition
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Publisher
- Bartholemew and Times Books
- Type of Source Media
- paper
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 199910
- Source Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Source
- Originator
- Executive Secretary for Foreign Names - U.S. Board on Geographic Names
- Publication Date
- 20000225
- Title
- COUNTRIES, DEPENDENCIES, AREAS OF SPECIAL SOVEREIGNTY, AND THEIR PRINCIPAL ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONs, 2012
- Edition
- 4
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- tabular digital data
- Series Information
- Series Name
- FIPS 10-4
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Bethesda, Maryland, USA
- Publisher
- National Imagery and Mapping Agency
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 20000225
- Source Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Source
- Originator
- Executive Secretary for Foreign Names - U.S. Board on Geographic Names
- Publication Date
- 20010128
- Title
- COUNTRIES, DEPENDENCIES, AREAS OF SPECIAL SOVEREIGNTY, AND THEIR PRINCIPAL ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONs, 2012
- Edition
- 6
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- tabular digital data
- Series Information
- Series Name
- FIPS 10-4
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Bethesda, Maryland, USA
- Publisher
- National Imagery and Mapping Agency
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 20010128
- Source Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Source
- Originator
- BBC News
- Publication Date
- 20020314
- Title
- Yugoslav partners sign historic deal
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- document
- Series Information
- Series Name
- BBC News Online
- Issue Identification
- March 14, 2002
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- online
- Publisher
- BBC News
- Online Linkage
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1872070.stm
- Type of Source Media
- online
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 20020314
- Source Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Source
- Originator
- International Organization for Standardization
- Publication Date
- 20021115
- Title
- Updates on ISO 3166
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- document
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- online
- Publisher
- International Organization for Standardization
- Other Citation Details
- ISO 3166-1 NEWSLETTER No. V-6 [20021115]
- Online Linkage
- http://www.iso.ch/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/03updates-on-iso-3166/nlv6e-tl.html
- Type of Source Media
- online
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 20021115
- Source Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Source
- Originator
- GeoNames
- Publication Date
- 200911, 201109
- Title
- GeoNames, 2012
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- tabular digital data
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- online
- Publisher
- GeoNames
- Other Citation Details
- Provides the source for the population-based attributes and others.
- Online Linkage
- http://www.geonames.org/
- Online Linkage
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
- Type of Source Media
- online
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Multiple Dates/Times
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 200911
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 201109
- Source Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Source
- Originator
- Environmental Systems Research Institute (Redlands, Calif.)
- Publication Date
- 201108
- Title
- ArcGIS.com - World Topographic Map
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Redlands, California, USA
- Publisher
- Esri
- Other Citation Details
- This map is updated monthly and was last updated August 2011.
- Online Linkage
- http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=f2498e3d0ff642bfb4b155828351ef0e
- Source Scale Denominator
- 144000
- Type of Source Media
- online
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 201108
- 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
- Entity point
- Point and Vector Object Count
- 2540
- 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
- cities
- Entity Type Definition
- The points represent the locations of the major cities 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
- CITY_NAME
- The city name. (Names for the features.)
- Definition Source
- ArcWorld Supplement, CIA The World Factbook
- GMI_ADMIN
- The administrative division code (three-letter country code and three-letter administrative division code (if available)) for the administrative division in which the city is located. (Global Mapping International CodesGlobal Mapping International)
- Definition Source
- Global Mapping International
- ADMIN_NAME
- The name of the administrative division in which the city is located. (Global Mapping International NamesGlobal Mapping International)
- Definition Source
- Global Mapping International
- FIPS_CNTRY
- The FIPS code (two-letter) for the country in which the city is located. (Federal Information Processing Standards Publication 10-4National Institute of Standards and Technology)
- Definition Source
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology
- CNTRY_NAME
- The name for the country in which the city is located. (Names for the features.)
- Definition Source
- ArcWorld Supplement, Geographic and Global Issues, CIA The World Factbook
- STATUS
- The status of the city.
- National and provincial capital, National capital, National capital and provincial capital enclave, Provincial capital, Provincial capital enclave, Other
- The types of status for the city.
- Definition Source
- ArcWorld Supplement, CIA The World Factbook
- POP
- The population of the city. (Numbers for the features.)
- -999
- Unknown.
- Definition Source
- GeoNames
- POP_RANK
- The rank of the population class for the city.
- 1
- 5,000,000 and greater.
- 2
- 1,000,000 to 4,999,999.
- 3
- 500,000 to 999,999.
- 4
- 250,000 to 499,999.
- 5
- 100,000 to 249,999.
- 6
- 50,000 to 99,999.
- 7
- Less than 50,000.
- Definition Source
- Esri
- POP_CLASS
- The classification of the city based on its population.
- 5,000,000 and greater, 1,000,000 to 4,999,999, 500,000 to 999,999, 250,000 to 499,999, 100,000 to 249,999, 50,000 to 99,999, less than 50,000.
- The list of population classifications.
- Definition Source
- Esri
- PORT_ID
- The Port Identification Number for the city.
- 0
- The city is not a port.
- Positive Number
- The Port Identification Number for the city.
- Definition Source
- U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- LABEL_FLAG
- The indicator that assists in the display of the map documents (.mxd).
- 0
- This name is not duplicated in another layer.
- 1
- This name is duplicated in another layer.
- Definition Source
- Esri
- Distribution Information
- Format Name
- SDC
- Distributor
- Esri; Esri Offices
- Online Access
- http://www.ArcGIS.com
- Name
- Metadata Reference Information
- Metadata Date
- 20130205
- 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
- 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
