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Cities of the Wider Caribbean

Source: Lauretta Burke and Jon Maidens and contributing authors: Mark Spalding, Philip Kramer, Edmund Green, Suzie Greenhalgh, Hillary Nobles, Johnathan Kool. 2004. Reefs at Risk in the Caribbean.

Gazetteer

Cities of the Wider Caribbean (Gazetteer)

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Metadata:

Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Stefan Helders
Publication_Date: 2002
Title: Cities of the Wider Caribbean (Gazetteer)
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Series_Information:
Publication_Information:
Online_Linkage: <http://www.world-gazetteer.com>
Description:
Abstract:
World Cities represents the locations of major cities of the world.
Purpose:
World Cities provides a base map layer of the cities for the world. The cities include national capitals, provincial capitals, major population centers.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Multiple_Dates/Times:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: unknown
Currentness_Reference: publication date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -104.900000
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -52.650000
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 32.370000
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 2.940000
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: point
Theme_Keyword: cities
Theme_Keyword: capitals
Theme_Keyword: administrative unit and international codes
Theme_Keyword: population
Theme_Keyword: country names
Theme_Keyword: society
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: caribbean
Access_Constraints:
The World gazetteer website is regarded as a free data provider. If you use its data/images the only thing requested is to promote this site. If you would like to republish the data presented, please do not change the data and use a copyright note as described as follows: © by Stefan Helders www.world-gazetteer.com
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Stefan Helders
Contact_Organization: Independent
Contact_Address:
Country: Germany
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: helders@gmx.net
Data_Set_Credit:
Please acknowledge Stefan Helders www.world-gazetteer.com as the originator of this dataset
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.0.0.535
Data_Quality_Information:
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Stefan Helders (Independent)
Publication_Date: 2002
Title: World Gazetteer
Online_Linkage: <http://www.world-gazetteer.com>
Type_of_Source_Media: downloadable data
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: gaz
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
This dataset was extracted from a download of the World Gazetteer dataset - a subset was taken for the Wider Caribbean region.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: gaz
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: World Resources Institute
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: 1500
Spatial_Reference_Information:
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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: city_gaz
Entity_Type_Definition:
The points represent the locations of major cities of the world.
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: LAT
Attribute_Definition: Latitude (decimal degrees)
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: LONG
Attribute_Definition: Longtitude (decimal degrees)
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: COUNTRY
Attribute_Definition: Country name
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PLACE
Attribute_Definition: City or town
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ADMIN
Attribute_Definition: Administrative District
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: POP_2002
Attribute_Definition: population in 2002
Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: World Resources Institute
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: reefsatrisk@wri.org
Resource_Description: Reefs at Risk in the Caribbean Data CD
Distribution_Liability:
Although this data set has been used by the World Resources Institute, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by WRI as to the accuracy of the data and/or related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by WRI in the use of these data or related materials
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Technical_Prerequisites:
The data are available in Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) shapefile format. The user must have ArcGIS® or ArcView® 3.0 or greater software to read and process the data file. In lieu of ArcView or ArcGIS, the user may utilize another GIS application package capable of importing data.
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20050126
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: World Resources Institute
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 10 G Street NE
City: Washington
State_or_Province: DC
Postal_Code: 2002
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 202-729-7600
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gislab@wri.org
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
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