VMAP airport locations for 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.

VMAP airport locations for the Wider Caribbean

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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:: National Imagery and Mapping Agency (formerly U.S. Defense Mapping Agency)
Publication_Date: 1997
Title: VMAP airport locations for the Wider Caribbean
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Online_Linkage: <http://mapping.usgs.gov/esic/cdrom/vmap.html>

Description:

Abstract:: VMap Level 0 is a comprehensive 1:1,000,000 scale vector basemap of the world. It consists of cartographic, attribute, and textual data stored on compact disc read only memory (CD-ROM). This dataset is a subset of all major airports for countries bordering the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea and the islands of the Caribbean Sea.
Purpose:: This dataset was created by the World Resources Institute for the purposes of the Reefs at Risk Caribbean Project (<http://reefsatrisk.wri.org/>). This ArcView shapefile may be used as a data layer to illustrate airport locations of countries bordering the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, and the islands of the Caribbean Sea region. It may be utilized in any Geographic Information System (GIS).

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

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: -104.886391
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -54.037888
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 34.998611
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 2.570278

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Theme_Keyword: VMAP Level 0
Theme_Keyword: National Imagery and Mapping Agency
Theme_Keyword: Defense Mapping Agency
Theme_Keyword: digital vector data
Theme_Keyword: ArcView
Theme_Keyword: shapefile
Theme_Keyword: airports

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Place_Keyword: Caribbean Sea
Place_Keyword: gulf of mexico

Access_Constraints: none

Use_Constraints: none

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: World Resources Institute

Contact_Position: GIS lab manager

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 10 G Street NE
City: Washington
State_or_Province: DC
Postal_Code: 20008
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 202-729-7600

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 202-729-7775

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: reefsatrisk.wri.org

Data_Set_Credit:

Please recognize the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) as the originator of the source data.

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.0.0.535

Data_Quality_Information:

Source_Contribution:

The Vector Map (VMap) Level 0 database represents the third edition of the Digital Chart of the World. The second edition was a limited release item published 1995 09. The product is dual named to show its lineage to the original DCW, published in 1992, while positioning the revised product within a broader emerging-family of VMap products. VMap Level 0 is a comprehensive 1:1,000,000 scale vector basemap of the world. It consists of cartographic, attribute, and textual data stored on compact disc read only memory (CD-ROM). The primary source for the database is the National Imagery and Mapping Agency's (NIMA) Operational Navigation Chart (ONC) series. This is the largest scale unclassified map series in existence that provides consistent, continuous global coverage of essential basemap features. The database contains more than 1,900 megabytes of vector data and is organized into 10 thematic layers. The data includes major road and rail networks, major hydrologic drainage systems, major utility networks (cross-country pipelines and communication lines), all major airports, elevation contours (1000 foot(ft), with 500ft and 250ft supplemental contours), coastlines, international boundaries and populated places. The database can be accessed directly from the four optical CD-ROMs that store the database or can be transferred to a magnetic media.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The airport locations for the Wider Caribbean region (see bounding coordinates) were extracted from the VMAP North America Data CD (aerofacp.shp dataset).

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: VMAP

Process_Date: 2003

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: World Resources Institute

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

From this dataset extracted the name and classification of the airport and then latitude/longtitute coordinates were added using the AcrView 'Add XY' extension (available from arcscripts.esri.com)

Process_Date: 2003

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: 1555

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

Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Depth_System_Definition:

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: airports_vmap

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: DESCRIPTIO
Attribute_Definition: Airport/Airfield

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: NAME
Attribute_Definition: name of the airport

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: USE
Attribute_Definition: classification of airport

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LAT
Attribute_Definition: laititude (decimal degrees)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LONG
Attribute_Definition: longtitude (decimal degrees)

Overview_Description:

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