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Europe Places 2000

Identification Information
Citation
Originator
AND Data Solutions, B.V.
Originator
Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI)
Publication Date
20001101
Title
Europe Places 2000
Edition
2000
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
vector digital data
Series Information
Series Name
ESRI Data Maps
Issue Identification
2000
Publication Information
Publication Place
Redlands, California, USA
Publisher
Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI)
Online Linkage
https://figgy.princeton.edu/downloads/8e53c1a8-3d48-42ad-80ee-df755c943cd0/file/8e997ff5-834b-49d6-9715-5805cdab2e8f
Abstract
Europe Places represents the populated places of Europe.
Purpose
Europe Places provides a base map layer of populated places for Europe.
Supplemental Information
Largest scale when displaying the data: 1:250,000.
Temporal Extent
Currentness Reference
publication date
Time Instant
1999
Bounding Box
West
-21.939300
East
64.025600
North
70.976900
South
28.101900
Theme Keyword
point
places
cities
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
None
Place Keyword
Europe
Place Keyword Thesaurus
None
Temporal Keyword
1999
Temporal 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: Internal Use Only. No redistribution rights are granted by the data vendor and the data is for the end user's own internal use only. 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
Contact 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
Native Data Set Environment
Microsoft Windows NT Version 4.0 (Build 1381) Service Pack 5; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.1.0.570
Data Quality Information
Logical Consistency Report
No duplicate features are present. The shapefile is exported using Avenue request ExportClean. This request verifies and enforces the correctness of shapes.
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 positional accuracy is unknown.
Lineage
Source
Originator
AND Data Solutions, B.V.
Publication Date
1999
Title
Global Road Data, Data set 1999/H2 Europe level 2
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
vector digital data
Publication Information
Publication Place
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Publisher
AND Data Solutions, B.V.
Source Scale Denominator
250000
Type of Source Media
CD-ROM
Source Temporal Extent
Time Period Information
Single Date/Time
Calendar Date
1999
Source Currentness Reference
publication date
Contribution
Attribute and geospatial data
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
50569
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
places
Entity Type Definition
The points represent the populated places of Europe.
Entity Type Definition Source
ESRI
Attributes
FID
Internal feature number. (Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.)
Definition Source
ESRI
Shape
Feature geometry. (Coordinates defining the features.)
Definition Source
ESRI
TYPE
The type expresses the importance of the place. The following parameters influence the importance: a capital (always type 10) and number of inhabitants.
10
Capital.
11
Large city 500,000.
12
Medium city 100,000.
13
Small city 50,000.
14
Town 20,000.
15
Village 5,000. A village (type 16 or 17) is upgraded (one type) if it is very important from a touristic point of view. In this way, each level contains a well-balanced number of town or villages with a more or less equal importance.
16
Small village 1,000. A village of type 17 is upgraded to 16 if it has its own postal code. A village (type 16 or 17) is upgraded (one type) if it is very important from a touristic point of view. In this way, each level contains a well-balanced number of town or villages with a more or less equal importance.
17
Tiny village 1,000. A village of type 17 is upgraded to 16 if it has its own postal code. A village (type 16 or 17) is upgraded (one type) if it is very important from a touristic point of view. In this way, each level contains a well-balanced number of town or villages with a more or less equal importance.
22
Town district 100,000.
23
Town district 50,000.
24
Town district 20,000.
25
Town district 5,000.
26
Town district 1,000.
Definition Source
AND Data Solutions, B.V.
LEVEL
The connection level of the place matches the level of the road on which it is situated.
0
The place is situated on an E-road (European Highway System) (not seamless).
1
The place is situated on an E-road (European Highway System) and/or important national road that connect all capital, large, medium and small cities.
2
The place is situated on a main road (on maps usually motor ways and red roads) with secondary roads that connect all capital, large, medium, and small cities, and towns.
3
The place is situated on a through road that connects all capital, large, medium, and small cities, and towns and villages.
4
The place is situated on a through road and/or local road that connect all capital, large, medium, and small cities, and towns, villages, small villages, postal code areas, numbered town districts and town districts greater than 1,000.
5
The place is situated on any road.
Definition Source
AND Data Solutions, B.V.
NAME
The name of the populated place. (Names for the features.)
Definition Source
AND Data Solutions, B.V.
NAMEPRE
The prefix for the name, e.g. "la". (Prefix names for the features.)
Definition Source
AND Data Solutions, B.V.
NAMEDIR
The compass direction to the populated place from the conurbation.
W
West.
Definition Source
AND Data Solutions, B.V.
CODE
The code for the populated place. Examples: Exit number, Community code, Train station code, IATA code, etc. (Numbers for the features.)
Definition Source
AND Data Solutions, B.V.
NATION
The code for the country in which the populated place is located. It matches the International Calling Code for the country except for Vatican City and Liechtenstein.
7
Russia
30
Greece
31
Netherlands
32
Belgium
33
France
34
Spain
36
Hungary
39
Italy
40
Romania
41
Switzerland
43
Austria
44
United Kingdom
45
Denmark
46
Sweden
47
Norway
48
Poland
49
Germany
90
Turkey
298
Faeroe Islands
350
Gibraltar
351
Portugal
352
Luxembourg
353
Irish Republic
354
Iceland
355
Albania
356
Malta
357
Cyprus
358
Finland
359
Bulgaria
370
Lithuania
371
Latvia
372
Estonia
373
Moldova
374
Armenia
375
Byelorussia
376
Andorra
377
Monaco
378
San Marino
380
Ukraine
381
Yugoslavia
385
Croatia
386
Slovenia
387
Bosnia and Hercegovina
389
Macedonia
392
Vatican City
411
Liechtenstein
420
Czech Republic
421
Slovakia
994
Azerbaydzhan
995
Georgia
Definition Source
AND Data Solutions, B.V.
CNTRYNAME
The name of the country in which the populated place is located. (Names for the features.)
Definition Source
AND Data Solutions, B.V.
PROVINCE
The code for the province in which the populated place is located. (Numbers for the features.)
Definition Source
AND Data Solutions, B.V.
PROVNAME
The name of the province in which the populated place is located. (Names for the features.)
Definition Source
AND Data Solutions, B.V.
UNPROV
The indicator for if province code is needed for unique making of name.
0
The province code is not needed for unique making of name.
1
The province code is needed for unique making of name since there are multiple populated places of the same name in the same country.
Definition Source
AND Data Solutions, B.V.
UNCITYNAME
The name of a nearby city for unique making of the name of the populated place. This is needed if there are multiple populated places of the same name in the same province. This city is generally the nearest city to the populated place. By combining name, province code, and uncityname, a unique name is created. (Names for the features.)
Definition Source
AND Data Solutions, B.V.
UNCITYPRE
The prefix for the city in uncityname. (Prefix names for the features.)
Definition Source
AND Data Solutions, B.V.
UNCITYPROV
The code for the province of the city in uncityname. (Numbers for the features.)
Definition Source
AND Data Solutions, B.V.
UNCITYDIR
The compass direction to the populated place from the city in uncityname.
E
East.
N
North.
NE
Northeast.
NW
Northwest.
S
South.
SE
Southeast.
SW
Southwest.
W
West.
Definition Source
AND Data Solutions, B.V.
CONURB
The name of conurbation to which populated place belongs. (Names for the features.)
Definition Source
AND Data Solutions, B.V.
CONURBPRE
The prefix for the conurbation, e.g. " 's- ". (Prefix names for the features.)
Definition Source
AND Data Solutions, B.V.
CUPROV
The code for the province in which the conurbation is located. (Numbers for the features.)
Definition Source
AND Data Solutions, B.V.
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
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