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Nigeria extracted historical administrative boundaries, 1931
- Identification Information
- Data Quality Information
- Spatial Data Organization Information
- Spatial Reference Information
- Entity and Attribute Information
- Distribution Information
- Metadata Reference Information
- Identification Information
- Citation
- Originator
- Map and Geospatial Information Center, Lewis Library, Princeton University
- Publication Date
- 20170707
- Title
- Nigeria extracted historical administrative boundaries, 1931
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Online Linkage
- https://figgy.princeton.edu/downloads/a1de1392-b1bf-4201-a348-33b640a3439c/file/5d916a5c-3767-4f49-b6da-40053f83acc8
- Abstract
- Shapefile representing historical boundaries of provinces in Nigeria for 1931. Boundaries were extracted from a scanned British Colonial Office map.
- Purpose
- For displaying historical boundaries with GIS software.
- Temporal Extent
- Currentness Reference
- Publication date.
- Time Instant
- 20170707
- Bounding Box
- West
- 2.543172
- East
- 14.736826
- North
- 13.882546
- South
- 3.892049
- Theme Keyword
- boundary
- boundaries
- administrative boundaries
- administrative divisions
- colony
- colonies
- colonial boundaries
- historical boundaries
- public
- open access
- province
- provinces
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- None
- Theme Keyword
- boundaries
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- ISO 19115 Topic Categories
- Place Keyword
- Nigeria
- Cameroon
- Cameroons
- British Cameroons
- Place Keyword Thesaurus
- None
- Temporal Keyword
- 1931
- Temporal Keyword Thesaurus
- None
- Access Restrictions
- None
- Use Restrictions
- This dataset is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Any non-commercial use is permitted. All uses must credit Princeton University Library and carry this same license.
- Status
- Complete
- Maintenance and Update Frequency
- Unknown
- Point of Contact
- Contact Organization
- Map and Geospatial Information Center, Lewis Library, Princeton University
- Delivery Point
- Map and Geospatial Information Center, Lewis Library, Princeton University
- City
- Princeton
- State
- NJ
- Postal Code
- 08544
- Country
- US
- Contact Telephone
- 609-258-1097
- Credit
- Princeton University Library
- Native Data Set Environment
- Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; Esri ArcGIS 10.2.0.3348
- Data Quality Information
- Lineage
- Source
- Publication Date
- 19310101
- Title
- Map of the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- map
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- London, GB
- Publisher
- His Majesty's Stationery Office
- Online Linkage
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/2z10wt108
- Source Scale Denominator
- 3000000
- Type of Source Media
- hardcopy
- Contribution
- Map of Nigeria. Issued in: Nigeria Report for 1930. Colonial Reports - Annual, no. 1528. Map held in Lewis Library at Princeton University; volume held in Firestone Library at Princeton University.
- Spatial Data Organization Information
- Direct Spatial Reference Method
- Vector
- Point and Vector Object Information
- SDTS Terms Description
- SDTS Point and Vector Object Type
- GT-polygon composed of chains
- Point and Vector Object Count
- 25
- Spatial Reference Information
- Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
- Planar
- Map Projection
- Map Projection Name
- World Polyconic
- Polyconic
- Longitude of Central Meridian
- 8.0
- Latitude of Projection Origin
- 0.0
- False Easting
- 0.0
- False Northing
- 0.0
- Planar Coordinate Information
- Planar Coordinate Encoding Method
- coordinate pair
- Coordinate Representation
- Abscissa Resolution
- 0.000000004449263180106301
- Ordinate Resolution
- 0.000000004449263180106301
- Planar Distance Units
- meter
- Geodetic Model
- Horizontal Datum Name
- D WGS 1984
- Ellipsoid Name
- WGS 1984
- Semi-major Axis
- 6378137.0
- Denominator of Flattening Ratio
- 298.257223563
- Entity and Attribute Information
- Entity Type
- Entity Type Label
- Nigeria_boundaries_1931_extracted
- Entity Type Definition
- Polygons representing administrative divisions.
- Entity Type Definition Source
- Colonial Office
- 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
- Province
- Province name.
- -
- Indicates a province-level division for which no name has been given.
- Definition Source
- Colonial Office
- Region
- Distribution Information
- Name
- Metadata Reference Information
- Metadata Date
- 20170707
- Metadata Contact
- Contact Information
- Contact Organization Primary
- Contact Organization
- Map and Geospatial Information Center, Lewis Library, Princeton University
- Contact Address
- Address
- Map and Geospatial Information Center, Lewis Library, Princeton University
- City
- Princeton
- State or Province
- NJ
- Postal Code
- 08544
- Country
- US
- Contact Voice Telephone
- 609-258-1097
- Metadata Standard Name
- FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
- Metadata Standard Version
- FGDC-STD-001-1998