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World Populated Places, 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
- DeLorme Publishing Company, Inc.
- Originator
- Environmental Systems Research Institute (Redlands, Calif.)
- Publication Date
- 2012
- Title
- World Populated Places, 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_gppl.zip
- Abstract
- World Populated Places is apoint theme representing the locations of the populated places of the world.
- Purpose
- World Populated Places provides a base map layer for the populated places of the world.
- Supplemental Information
- Largest scale when displaying the data: 1:250,000.
- Temporal Extent
- Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Bounding Box
- West
- -175.204102
- East
- 179.198762
- North
- 69.489538
- South
- -54.809273
- Theme Keyword
- point
- populated places
- cities
- capitals
- towns
- location
- society
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- None
- Theme Keyword
- location
- society
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- ISO 19115 Topic Categories
- Place Keyword
- World
- Place Keyword Thesaurus
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Temporal Keyword
- 2010
- 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
- Attribute Accuracy Report
- All data has been reviewed for correct application of attributes and is accurate to current conditions.
- 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.
- 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 level of detail for each feature is generally better than what is traditionally utilized in a 1:500,000 scale product. The positional accuracy is typical of a 1:100,000 scale map, or +/-50 meters 90% of the time.
- Lineage
- Source
- Originator
- DeLorme Publishing Company, Inc.
- Publication Date
- 2010
- Title
- Populated_Places, 2012
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Series Information
- Series Name
- A subset of DeLorme World Base Map (DWBM).
- Issue Identification
- 2010
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Yarmouth, Maine, USA
- Publisher
- DeLorme Publishing Company, Inc.
- Online Linkage
- http://www.delorme.com/
- Source Scale Denominator
- 1000000
- Type of Source Media
- DVD-ROM
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 2010
- Source Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Contribution
- Attribute and geospatial data
- Source
- Originator
- U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
- Publication Date
- 201109
- Title
- The World Factbook (online)
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- document
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- online
- Publisher
- U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
- Other Citation Details
- The online Factbook is updated weekly.
- Online Linkage
- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
- Type of Source Media
- online
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 201109
- Source Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Contribution
- Attribute and geospatial data
- Source
- Originator
- International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
- Publication Date
- 20110809
- Title
- Updates on ISO 3166
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- document
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- online
- Publisher
- ISO
- Other Citation Details
- ISO 3166-1 Newsletter VI-10 (Code elements for South Sudan)
- Online Linkage
- http://www.iso.org/iso/country_codes/updates_on_iso_3166.htm
- Type of Source Media
- online
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 20110809
- Source Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Source
- Originator
- GeoNames
- Publication Date
- 201109
- Title
- GeoNames, 2012
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- tabular digital data
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- online
- Publisher
- GeoNames
- Other Citation Details
- Provides information for the TYPE and RANK fields.
- 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
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 201109
- 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
- 7827
- 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
- pop_places
- Entity Type Definition
- The points represent the populated places in 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
- NAME
- The populated place name. (Names for the features.)
- Definition Source
- DeLorme Publishing Company, Inc.
- ISO_CC
- The ISO Country Code (two-letter) for the populated place. (ISO 3166-1 Alpha-2 codesInternational Organization for Standardization)
- Definition Source
- International Organization for Standardization
- TYPE
- The type of the populated place.
- National Capital
- The populated place is a national capital.
- Large City
- The populated place is a large city.
- Provincial Capital
- The populated place is a provincial capital.
- Town
- The populated place is a town.
- Definition Source
- DeLorme Publishing Company, Inc., CIA The World Factbook
- RANK
- The rank of the populated place based on its Level of Importance. The lower the number, the more important the feature is.
- 1
- Cities with populations greater than 1 million (and the majority of national capitals regardless of population).
- 2
- Specific to important cities that generally have populations 500,000 to 1 million considered more geographically important to include on a small scale map, e.g. Quebec and Miami.
- 3
- Cities with populations 500,000 to 1 million.
- 4
- Cities with populations 100,000 to 500,000.
- 5
- Cities with populations 50,000 to 100,000.
- Definition Source
- DeLorme Publishing Company, Inc., CIA The World Factbook
- 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
