Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI) Publication_Date: 20020401 Title: World Continents 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) Other_Citation_Details: Location: ESRI Data & Maps 2002 (CD 1) \world Description: Abstract: World Continents represents the boundaries for the continents of the world. 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. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Multiple_Dates/Times: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 1996 Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 1998 Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 2000 Currentness_Reference: publication date Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Matches software update releases Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -180.000000 East_Bounding_Coordinate: 180.000000 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 83.623596 South_Bounding_Coordinate: -90.000000 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Theme_Keyword: polygon Theme_Keyword: continents Theme_Keyword: coastlines Theme_Keyword: boundaries Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Place_Keyword: World Temporal: Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Temporal_Keyword: 1996 Temporal_Keyword: 1998 Temporal_Keyword: 2000 Access_Constraints: Access granted to Licensee only. 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(ESRI) Contact_Person: Data Team Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 380 New York Street City: Redlands State_or_Province: California Postal_Code: 92373-8100 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 909-793-2853 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 909-793-5953 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: info@esri.com Hours_of_Service: 8:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Pacific time, Monday–Friday Contact_Instructions: In the United States– Please direct all inquiries regarding software/data pricing and consulting services to your local ESRI Regional Office. For support, you may contact Technical Support by telephone (voice) between 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Pacific time, Monday through Friday, by dialing 909-793-3774; facsimile (fax) available at 909-792-0960; electronic mail (e-mail) support@esri.com; or visit http://support.esri.com; ESRI holidays excluded. Outside the United States– Please direct all inquiries regarding software/data pricing, sales, support, and consulting services to your local ESRI International Distributor. This information can be found at http://gis.esri.com/intldist/contactint.cfm. For other questions or comments, you may contact ESRI headquarters by e-mail, telephone, or fax or write to us. 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. Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: 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_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: 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_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 1996 Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date Source_Citation_Abbreviation: ArcWorld Supplement Source_Contribution: Attribute and geospatial data Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: 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_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 2000 Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date Source_Citation_Abbreviation: GMI Source_Contribution: Attribute data Process_Step: Process_Description: The following steps were performed by ESRI: Extracted the features from ESRI Data & Maps 1999 data set-admin98.shp. Updated political boundaries for countries and first-level administrative units. Used Continent attribute to dissolve out the necessary features to create the continents. Removed unnecessary attributes. Created ArcGIS™ layer file (.lyr). Created ArcView legend file (.avl). Created projection file (.prj). Created spatial indices. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: ArcWorld Supplement Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: GMI Process_Date: 20010111 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: 8 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: Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: continent Entity_Type_Definition: The polygons represent the boundaries for the continents of the world. Entity_Type_Definition_Source: ESRI Attribute: Attribute_Label: FID Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number. Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Attribute: Attribute_Label: Shape Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry. Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features. Attribute: Attribute_Label: CONTINENT Attribute_Definition: The continent name. Attribute_Definition_Source: ArcWorld Supplement Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: The continents of the world. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: ArcWorld Supplement Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI); ESRI International Distributors Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 380 New York Street City: Redlands State_or_Province: California Postal_Code: 92373-8100 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 800-447-9778 Contact_Instructions: In the United States, contact the ESRI Telesales staff at 800-447-9778 for more information about our software and data. Outside the United States, please direct all inquiries to your local ESRI International Distributor. This information can be found at http://gis.esri.com/intldist/contactint.cfm. Resource_Description: Offline Data Distribution_Liability: See use constraints. Standard_Order_Process: Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: SHP Format_Specification: The SHP file contains the geospatial data. The SHX file contains the index of the geospatial data. The DBF file contains the attribute data in dBASE format. The PRJ file contains the coordinate system information (optional). The AVL file contains the legend information (optional). The SBN and SBX files contain the spatial index of the geospatial data (optional). The XML file contains the metadata describing the data set .shp.xml (optional). File_Decompression_Technique: no compression applied Transfer_Size: 2.897 Digital_Transfer_Option: Offline_Option: Offline_Media: ESRI Data & Maps 2002 CD–ROM Set is available only as part of ESRI® software. Recording_Capacity: Recording_Density: 650 Recording_Density_Units: MB (megabytes) Recording_Format: ISO 9660 Fees: Software purchase price Technical_Prerequisites: To use this data requires software that supports ArcView® GIS shapefiles. Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20020208 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI) Contact_Person: Data Team Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 380 New York Street City: Redlands State_or_Province: California Postal_Code: 92373-8100 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 909-793-2853 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 909-793-5953 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: info@esri.com Hours_of_Service: 8:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Pacific time, Monday–Friday Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998 Metadata_Time_Convention: local time Metadata_Extensions: Online_Linkage: http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile