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

Major cities of the Wider Caribbean

Major cities if the Wider Caribbean (from ESRI's World Cities)

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI)

Publication_Date: 20020401

Title: Major cities if the Wider Caribbean (from ESRI's World Cities)

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

Online_Linkage: \\W03306\c\rrcarib_cd2\gis\data_gis\towns\city_esri.shp

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, and landmark cities.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Multiple_Dates/Times:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1996

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: Winter 1993/1994

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20000101

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2000

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1999

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20000225

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20010128

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Matches software update releases

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -104.897003

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -54.074001

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 34.761002

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 2.581000

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: port identification numbers

Theme_Keyword: society

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Place_Keyword: World

Temporal:

Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Temporal_Keyword: 1996

Temporal_Keyword: 1993/1994

Temporal_Keyword: 2000

Temporal_Keyword: 2000

Temporal_Keyword: 1999

Temporal_Keyword: 2000

Temporal_Keyword: 2001

Major cities of the US

Major cities of the US (ESRI)

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI)

Publication_Date: 20020401

Title: Major cities of the US (ESRI)

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

Online_Linkage: \\W03306\c\rrcarib_cd2\gis\data_gis\towns\uscity_esri.shp

Description:

Abstract:

U.S. Cities represents locations for cities within United States with populations of 10,000 or greater and all state capitals.

Purpose: U.S. Cities provides locations and attributes for cities.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Multiple_Dates/Times:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1996

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: Winter 1993/1994

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20000101

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2000

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1999

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20000225

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20010128

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Matches software update releases

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -104.529928

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -76.894576

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 34.997096

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 24.563264

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: point

Theme_Keyword: cities

Theme_Keyword: administrative unit and international codes

Theme_Keyword: population

Theme_Keyword: country names

Theme_Keyword: society

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Place_Keyword: United states

Temporal:

Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Temporal_Keyword: 1996

Temporal_Keyword: 1993/1994

Temporal_Keyword: 2000

Temporal_Keyword: 2000

Temporal_Keyword: 1999

Temporal_Keyword: 2000

Temporal_Keyword: 2001

Access_Constraints: Access granted to Licensee only.

Use_Constraints:

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Point_of_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

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Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 909-793-5953

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Data_Set_Credit: Please acknowledge ESRI 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

MODIS Land cover for the Wider Caribbean

MODIS Land cover for the Wider Caribbean

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Boston University Land Cover Faculty

Publication_Date: 2001

Title: MODIS Land cover for the Wider Caribbean

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster digital data

Online_Linkage: <http://geography.bu.edu/landcover/>

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Description:

Abstract:

Land cover classification produced at Boston University Land Cover Faculty based on MODIS data from 2000-2001. (250m data were used to produce 1km resolution classification). The MODerate resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Land Cover Science Data Product (MOD12Q1) provides a suite of Land Cover classifications with the primary classification in the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) scheme.

Purpose:

This datset provides a 1-km classification of land cover. This dataset was extracted for the purposes of the Reefs at Risk in the Caribbean project (World Resources Institute, 2004 - <http://reefsatrisk.wri.org>) analysis of sedimetation from land-based sources.

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: -123.485002

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -33.003808

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 48.042010

South_Bounding_Coordinate: -6.191149

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none

Theme_Keyword: land cover

Theme_Keyword: MODIS

Theme_Keyword: IGBP

Place:

Place_Keyword: north america

Place_Keyword: Central America

Place_Keyword: Caribbean

Place_Keyword: South America

Access_Constraints: none

Use_Constraints: none

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

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

Data_Quality_Information:

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Boston University Land Cover Faculty

Publication_Date: 2002

Title:

MODIS/Terra Land Cover Type 96-Day L3 Global 1km ISIN Grid (MOD12Q1)

Online_Linkage: <http://edcdaac.usgs.gov/modis/mod12q1.asp>

Type_of_Source_Media: downloadable data

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: MODIS

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

This is an extraction from the MODIS/Terra Land Cover Type 96-Day L3 Global 1km ISIN Grid global dataset and reprojected to Lambert Azimuthal (-76,16)

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: MODIS

Process_Date: 2003

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: World Resources Institute

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: reefsatrisk@wri.org

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Raster

Raster_Object_Information:

Raster_Object_Type: Grid Cell

Row_Count: 5756

Column_Count: 7266

Vertical_Count: 1

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Map_Projection:

Map_Projection_Name: Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area

Lambert_Azimuthal_Equal_Area:

Longitude_of_Projection_Center: -76.000000

Latitude_of_Projection_Center: 16.000000

False_Easting: 0.000000

False_Northing: 0.000000

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: row and column

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 1000.000000

Ordinate_Resolution: 1000.000000

Planar_Distance_Units: meters

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: D_Sphere_ARC_INFO

Ellipsoid_Name: Sphere_ARC_INFO

Semi-major_Axis: 6370997.000000

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: infinity

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: modis_2001

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ObjectID

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: Value

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Evergreen Needleleaf Forest

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 2

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Evergreen Broadleaf Forest

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 3

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Deciduous Needleleaf Forest

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 4

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Deciduous Broadleaf Forest

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 5

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Mixed Forest

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 6

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Closed Shrublands

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 7

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Open Shrublands

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 8

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Woody Savannas

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 9

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Savannas

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 10

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Grasslands

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 11

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Permanent Wetlands

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 12

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Croplands

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 13

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Urban and Built-Up

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 14

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Cropland/Natural Vegetation Mosaic

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 15

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Snow and Ice

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 16

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Barren or Sparsely Vegetated

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 17

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Water Bodies

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 0

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: No data

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Count

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.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Transfer_Size: 12.155

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: Washingtron

State_or_Province: DC

Postal_Code: 20002

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

VMAP oil and gas extraction points for the Wider Caribbean

VMAP oil and gas extraction points for the Wider Caribbean

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

National Imagery and Mapping Agency (formerly U.S. Defense Mapping Agency)

Publication_Date: 1997

Title: VMAP oil and gas extraction points 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 oill and gas extarction points 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 oil and gas extraction points 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: -99.282219

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -57.919762

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 32.650127

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 3.746718

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: oil

Theme_Keyword: gas

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General

Place_Keyword: Caribbean Sea

Place_Keyword: gulf of mexico

Place_Keyword: wider caribbean

Place_Keyword: central america

Place_Keyword: north america

Place_Keyword: south america

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:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: NIMA - National Imagery & Mapping Agency

Publication_Date: 1997

Publication_Time: Unknown

Title: Vector Map (VMap) Level 0 database

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Online_Linkage: <http://mapping.usgs.gov/esic/cdrom/vmap.html>

Source_Scale_Denominator: 1000000

Type_of_Source_Media: CD-ROM

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: VMAP

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.

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: 146

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

Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Depth_System_Definition:

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: oil_gas_vmap

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape

Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LAT

Attribute_Definition: laititude (decimal degrees)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LONG

Attribute_Definition: longtitude (decimal degrees)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ID

Attribute_Definition: VMAP ID

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: F_CODE

Attribute_Definition: VMAP code

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: F_CODE_DES

Attribute_Definition: VMAP code description

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: TXT

Attribute_Definition: label

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SOURCETHM

Attribute_Definition: source dataset

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: vmap_extraction

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: vmap extarction point features dataset

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: vmap_misc_indus

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: vmap miscellaneous features dataset

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: WRI

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: on-screen digitied by WRI

Overview_Description:

Soils classification for North and South America (FAO)

Soils classification for North and South America (FAO)

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Publication_Date: 1995

Title: Soils classification for North and South America (FAO)

Edition: 1

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Other_Citation_Details:

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 1998. Digital Soil Map of the World and Derived Soil Properties CD-ROM. FAO, Land and Water Digital Media Series Number1, ISBN 92-5-104050-8, Rome, Italy.

Online_Linkage: <http://www.fao.org/ag/agl/agll/dsmw.stm>

Description:

Abstract:

This is a subset of FAOs The Digital Soil Map of the World for North and South America and selected attributes. The Digital Soil Map of the World and Derived Soil Properties CD-ROM (Version 3.5, November 1995) is based on the FAO/UNESCO Soil Map of the World, original scale 1:5 million. The CD-ROM contains two types of files, Digital Soil Map of the World (DSMW) map sheets and derived soil properties files with images derived from the Soil Map of the World.

The Digital Soil Map of the World consists of ten map sheets: Africa, North America, Central America, Europe, Central and Northeast Asia, Far East, Southeast Asia, and Oceania. The maps are available in three different formats: one vector format (ARC/INFO Export) and two raster formats called ERDAS and IDRISI (or flat raster) formats. The ARC/INFO Export vector files can be read by ARC/INFO software on PC or other platforms that support ARC/INFO such as VAX/VMS and UNIX. The ERDAS raster files are in ERDAS version 7.5 GIS format and can be read by ERDAS software version 7.5 or later (e.g. version 8.1, called ERDAS/IMAGINE) on PC or UNIX and by other software that can import ERDAS 7.5 GIS files. The IDRISI raster files are in IDRISI IMG format and can be read by IDRISI software on PC and by most GIS and image-processing software that can read flat raster files.

All the maps are in geographic projection, with spherical datum. The coordinates are expressed in degree decimals. The scale of the original map (and the vector-formatted data) is 1:5 million. The cell size of the raster data is 5 x 5 arc-minute.

The Derived Soil Properties files consist of interpretation programs and related data files. The programs are written in QuickBASIC version 4.5 and can be read using a DOS or OS/2 operating system. Included are programs that interpret the maps in terms of agronomic and environmental parameters such as pH, organic carbon content, C/N ratio, clay mineralogy, soil depth, soil and terrain suitability for specific crop production, soil moisture storage capacity and soil drainage class. The output is given in the form of maps and data files which can be stored for later retrieval. Special country analyses can be made for specific soil inventories, problem soils and fertility capability classification for every country in the world. The output is in tabular form. Also included are maps of classification units of the World Soil Reference Base units and topsoil distribution, which can facilitate the teaching of soil science. In addition there is a soil database developed specifically for environmental studies on a global scale, which includes soil moisture storage capacity, soil drainage class and effective soil depth.

Purpose:

This subset of the FAO Soils database was extracted for the purposes of the Reefs at Risk in the Caribbean project (World Resources Institute, 2004) analysis of watershed-based sources of pollution and sedimentation.

Time_Period_of_Content:

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Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -115.169968

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -51.832405

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 50.249294

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 0.150406

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: general

Theme_Keyword: soils

Place:

Place_Keyword: Caribbean

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints: none

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Nachtergaele, Freddy O.F.

Contact_Organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Contact_Position: Land and Water Development Division

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: FAO, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla

City: Rome

Postal_Code: 00100

Country: ITALY

Contact_Voice_Telephone: +39-06-570-54888-5

Data_Set_Credit:

Please recognize the Land and Water Development Division, FAO, Rome 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:

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS (FAO)

Publication_Date: 1995

Title: DIGITAL SOIL MAP OF THE WORLD

Online_Linkage: <http://www.fao.org/ag/agl/agll/dsmw.htm>

Source_Scale_Denominator: 5000000

Type_of_Source_Media: CD-ROM

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: FAO_SOILS

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The polygon data layers was extracted from the FAO Soils database and saved as an ESRI shapefile. Only certain attributes were retsined for the purpose of the Reefs at Riskin the caribbean project.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: FAO_SOILS

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: World Resources Institute

Process_Step:

Process_Description: Metadata imported.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: C:\RRCARIB_CD2\GIS\Data_GIS\Soils\FAO_soils_mod.shp.xml

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Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 2111

Spatial_Reference_Information:

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Geographic:

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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

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