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Gambia extracted historical administrative boundaries, 1948
- 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
- 20161129
- Title
- Gambia extracted historical administrative boundaries, 1948
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Online Linkage
- https://figgy.princeton.edu/downloads/04c7e880-2694-4fc9-a0b6-d4216bb11efc/file/596eea0c-97fc-4f28-8aea-d43edbf6ceb7
- Abstract
- Shapefile representing historical boundaries of The Gambia for 1948. Boundaries were extracted from a scanned British Colonial Office map.
- Purpose
- For displaying historical boundaries with GIS software.
- Temporal Extent
- Currentness Reference
- Coverage.
- Bounding Box
- West
- -16.815554
- East
- -13.779892
- North
- 13.828665
- South
- 13.066671
- Theme Keyword
- boundary
- boundaries
- administrative boundaries
- administrative divisions
- colony
- colonies
- colonial boundaries
- historical boundaries
- public
- open access
- province
- district
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- None
- Theme Keyword
- boundaries
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- ISO 19115 Topic Categories
- Place Keyword
- Gambia
- Place Keyword Thesaurus
- None
- Temporal Keyword
- 1948
- 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
- 19480101
- Title
- Gambia
- 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/p5547v25z
- Type of Source Media
- hardcopy
- Contribution
- Map of Gambia. Issued in 1948 map supplement to Colonial Office list. Including administrative maps of British colonial possessions in Africa. Published for the British Colonial Office. 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
- 47
- Spatial Reference Information
- Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
- Planar
- Map Projection
- Map Projection Name
- World Mercator
- Mercator
- Standard Parallel
- 0.0
- Longitude of Central Meridian
- 0.0
- False Easting
- 0.0
- False Northing
- 0.0
- Planar Coordinate Information
- Planar Coordinate Encoding Method
- coordinate pair
- Coordinate Representation
- Abscissa Resolution
- 0.000000006705369592907575
- Ordinate Resolution
- 0.000000006705369592907575
- 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
- Gambia_boundaries_1948_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.
- Definition Source
- Colonial Office
- District
- Principal town or towns of district. (District-level divisions were delineated on the map, but not named. Names given are those of the district's largest town. If multiple towns were symbolized as being the same size, and were larger than any other towns in the district, the names of all the largest towns are given.)
- -
- Indicates that the district contains no labeled towns.
- x
- Indicates a river island within MacCarthy Island Province, the district-level jurisdiction of which is unspecified.
- Definition Source
- Colonial Office
- Distribution Information
- Name
- Metadata Reference Information
- Metadata Date
- 20170220
- 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