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World Administrative Units 2002
- 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, Inc. (ESRI)
- Publication Date
- 20020401
- Title
- World Administrative Units 2002
- Edition
- 2002
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Series Information
- Series Name
- ESRI Data Maps
- Issue Identification
- 2002
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Redlands, California, USA
- Publisher
- Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI)
- Online Linkage
- https://figgy.princeton.edu/downloads/d037ddfc-bb5e-4c12-ab13-f9811204652c/file/16558803-262f-4146-8675-0424dbde589f
- Abstract
- World Administrative Units 2002 represents the boundaries for the first-level administrative units of the world, as they existed in 2002.
- Purpose
- World Administrative Units 2002 provides first-level administrative unit boundaries for the world in 2002.
- Temporal Extent
- Currentness Reference
- publication date: 1996, 1998, Winter 1993/1994, 20000101, 2000, 20000225, 20010128, 20000612; ground condition: 1994, 19990401
- Bounding Box
- West
- -180.000000
- East
- 180.000000
- North
- 83.623596
- South
- -90.000000
- Theme Keyword
- polygon
- administrative units
- countries
- international boundaries
- coastlines
- area
- administrative unit and international codes
- population
- English and local names
- boundaries
- society
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- None
- Place Keyword
- World
- Place Keyword Thesaurus
- None
- Access Restrictions
- Access granted to Licensee only.
- Use Restrictions
- The data are provided by multiple, third party data vendors under license to ESRI for inclusion on ESRI Data Maps CD–ROMs for use with ESRI® software. Each data vendor has its own data licensing policies and may grant varying redistribution rights to end users. Please consult the redistribution rights below for this data set provided on ESRI Data Maps CD–ROMs. As used herein, “Geodata” shall mean any digital data set consisting of geographic data coordinates and associated attributes. The redistribution rights for this data set: Redistribution rights are granted by the data vendor for hard-copy renditions or static, electronic map images (e.g. .gif, .jpeg, etc.) that are plotted, printed, or publicly displayed with proper metadata and source/copyright attribution to the respective data vendor(s). Geodata is redistributable with a Value-Added Software Application developed by ESRI Business Partners on a royalty-free basis with proper metadata and source/copyright attribution to the respective data vendor(s). Geodata is redistributable without a Value-Added Software Application (i.e., adding the sample data to an existing, [non]commercial data set for redistribution) with proper metadata and source/copyright attribution to the respective data vendor(s). The terms and conditions below apply to all the data sets provided on the ESRI Data Maps CD–ROMs. Proprietary Rights and Copyright: Licensee acknowledges that the Data and Related Materials contain proprietary and confidential property of ESRI and its licensor(s). The Data and Related Materials are owned by ESRI and its licensor(s) and are protected by United States copyright laws and applicable international copyright treaties and/or conventions. Limited Warranty and Disclaimer: ESRI warrants that the media upon which the Data and Related Materials are provided will be free from defects in materials and workmanship under normal use and service for a period of ninety (90) days from the date of receipt. THE DATA AND RELATED MATERIALS ARE EXCLUDED FROM THE LIMITED WARRANTY, AND THE LICENSEE EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE DATA CONTAINS SOME NONCONFORMITIES, DEFECTS, OR ERRORS. ESRI DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE DATA WILL MEET LICENSEE'S NEEDS OR EXPECTATIONS; THAT THE USE OF THE DATA WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED; OR THAT ALL NONCONFORMITIES, DEFECTS, OR ERRORS CAN OR WILL BE CORRECTED. ESRI IS NOT INVITING RELIANCE ON THIS DATA, AND THE LICENSEE SHOULD ALWAYS VERIFY ACTUAL DATA. EXCEPT FOR THE LIMITED WARRANTY SET FORTH ABOVE, THE DATA AND RELATED MATERIALS CONTAINED THEREIN ARE PROVIDED "AS-IS," WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Exclusive Remedy and Limitation of Liability: The entire liability of ESRI or its licensor(s) and Licensee's exclusive remedy shall be to terminate the Agreement upon Licensee returning the Data and Related Materials to ESRI with a copy of Licensee's invoice/receipt and ESRI returning the license fees paid to Licensee. IN NO EVENT SHALL ESRI AND/OR ITS LICENSOR(S) BE LIABLE FOR COSTS OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOST PROFITS, LOST SALES, OR BUSINESS EXPENDITURES, INVESTMENTS, OR COMMITMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH ANY BUSINESS; LOSS OF ANY GOODWILL; OR FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR USE OF THE DATA AND RELATED MATERIALS, HOWEVER CAUSED, ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, AND WHETHER OR NOT ESRI OR ITS LICENSOR(S) HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. THESE LIMITATIONS SHALL APPLY NOTWITHSTANDING ANY FAILURE OF ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY EXCLUSIVE REMEDY. Third Party Beneficiary: ESRI's licensor(s) has (have) authorized ESRI to (sub)distribute and (sub)license its (their) data as incorporated into the Data and Related Materials. As an intended third party beneficiary to this Agreement, the ESRI licensor(s) is (are) entitled to directly enforce, in its own name, the rights and obligations undertaken by the Licensee and to seek all legal and equitable remedies as are afforded to ESRI. In the event that the data vendor(s) has (have) granted the end user permission to redistribute the Geodata, please use proper proprietary or copyright attribution for the various data vendor(s), and provide the associated metadata file(s) with the Geodata. In compliance with FGDC metadata standards, ESRI has attempted to practice proper metadata methodologies by providing any data source information, descriptions, and file names to assist in this effort.
- Status
- Complete
- Maintenance and Update Frequency
- Matches software update releases
- Point of Contact
- Contact Organization
- Princeton University Library
- Credit
- National Geographic Society
- Native Data Set Environment
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.1.3.679
- Data Quality Information
- Logical Consistency Report
- No duplicate features are present. The shapefile 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, Inc. (ESRI)
- Publication Date
- 1996
- Title
- ArcWorld Supplement
- Edition
- 1
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Series Information
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Redlands, California, USA
- Publisher
- Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (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
- 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
- Source
- Originator
- United States Central Intelligence Agency
- Publication Date
- 20000101
- Title
- The World Factbook 2000
- Edition
- 2000
- Series Information
- Series Name
- The World Factbook
- Issue Identification
- 2000
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Washington, DC, USA
- Publisher
- United States Central Intelligence Agency
- Type of Source Media
- online
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 20000101
- Source Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Source
- Originator
- National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis
- Publication Date
- 199504
- Title
- World Demography Project
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Santa Barbara, California, USA
- Publisher
- National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis at University of California, Santa Barbara
- Type of Source Media
- paper
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 1994
- Source Currentness Reference
- ground condition
- Source
- Originator
- Nunavut Planning Commission (NPC)
- Title
- Description of the Boundary of the Nunavut Settlement Area
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- document
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- online
- Publisher
- Nunavut Planning Commission (NPC)
- Online Linkage
- http://npc.nunavut.ca/eng/nunavut/boundary.html
- Type of Source Media
- online
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 19990401
- Source Currentness Reference
- ground condition
- 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
- Source
- Originator
- Executive Secretary for Foreign Names - US Board on Geographic Names
- Publication Date
- 20000225
- Title
- COUNTRIES, DEPENDENCIES, AREAS OF SPECIAL SOVEREIGNTY, AND THEIR PRINCIPAL ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS
- 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 - US Board on Geographic Names
- Publication Date
- 20010128
- Title
- COUNTRIES, DEPENDENCIES, AREAS OF SPECIAL SOVEREIGNTY, AND THEIR PRINCIPAL ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS
- 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
- International Border Treaty between the Republic of Yemen and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Publication Date
- 20000612
- Title
- THE TREATY OF JEDDAH, 2000
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- document
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- online
- Publisher
- Yemen Gateway - "BAB AL-YEMEN"
- Online Linkage
- http://www.al-bab.com/yemen/pol/int5.htm
- Type of Source Media
- online
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 20000612
- 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
- G-polygon
- Point and Vector Object Count
- 2607
- Spatial Reference Information
- Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
- Geographic
- Latitude Resolution
- 0.000001
- Longitude Resolution
- 0.000001
- 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
- admin02
- Entity Type Definition
- The polygons represent the boundaries for the first-level administrative units of the world, as they existed in 2002.
- Entity Type Definition Source
- ESRI
- Attributes
-
- FID
- Internal feature number. (Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.)
- Shape
- Feature geometry. (Coordinates defining the features.)
- FIPS_ADMIN
- The FIPS code (two-letter country code, two-number administrative unit code) for the administrative unit. (Federal Information Processing Standards Publication 10-4National Institute of Standards and Technology)
- GMI_ADMIN
- The administrative unit code (three-letter country code, three-letter administrative unit code) for the administrative unit. (Global Mapping International CodesGlobal Mapping International)
- ADMIN_NAME
- The name of the administrative unit. (Global Mapping International NamesGlobal Mapping International)
- FIPS_CNTRY
- The FIPS code (two-letter) for the country in which the administrative unit is located. (Federal Information Processing Standards Publication 10-4National Institute of Standards and Technology)
- GMI_CNTRY
- The country code (three-letter) for the country in which the administrative unit is located. (Global Mapping International CodesGlobal Mapping International)
- CNTRY_NAME
- The name for the country in which the administrative unit is located. (Names for the features.)
- POP_ADMIN
- The 1994 estimated population of the administrative unit.
- TYPE_ENG
- The English name for the type of administrative unit.
- TYPE_LOC
- The local name for the type of administrative unit.
- SQKM
- The administrative unit area in square kilometers using an equal area projection. (Calculated areas for the features.)
- SQMI
- The administrative unit area in square miles using an equal area projection. (Calculated areas for the features.)
- COLOR_MAP
- The number allows the administrative unit to be shaded unique from its neighbors. (1 to 12)
- Distribution Information
- Name
- Metadata Reference Information
- Metadata Date
- 20080930
- Metadata Contact
- Contact Information
- Contact Organization Primary
- Contact Organization
- Princeton University Library
- Contact Person
- Tsering Wangyal Shawa
- Contact Address
- Address
- Digital Map and Geospatial Information Center, The Lewis Library, Room 228, Princeton University
- City
- Princeton
- State or Province
- NJ
- Postal Code
- 08544
- Country
- USA
- Contact Voice Telephone
- 609-258-6804
- Contact Electronic Mail Address
- shawatw@princeton.edu
- Hours of Service
- 8:45 a.m.–5:00 p.m. EST, Monday–Friday
- Metadata Standard Name
- FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
- Metadata Standard Version
- FGDC-STD-001-1998
- Metadata Extensions
- Online Linkage
- http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html
- Profile Name
- ESRI Metadata Profile