World Continents is a polygon theme representing the continents of the world. Attribute information includes the name and area of the continents.
Purpose
World Continents provides a base map layer of the continents for the world.
Supplemental Information
Largest scale when displaying the data: 1:15,000,000.
Temporal Extent
Currentness Reference
publication date
Bounding Box
West
-180.000000
East
180.000000
North
83.623600
South
-90.000000
Theme Keyword
polygon
continents
coastlines
boundaries
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
None
Theme Keyword
boundaries
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
ISO 19115 Topic Categories
Place Keyword
World
Place Keyword Thesaurus
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Temporal Keyword
1996
1998
2000
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 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 originally extracted from the ArcWorld Supplement database and then generalized (tolerance unknown). The positional accuracy is unknown.
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
Global Mapping International
Title
Missions Database
Publication Information
Publication Place
Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
Publisher
Global Mapping International
Type of Source Media
CD-ROM
Source Temporal Extent
Time Period Information
Single Date/Time
Calendar Date
2000
Source Currentness Reference
publication date
Contribution
Attribute 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.
