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Southern Cameroons extracted historical administrative boundaries, 1951
- 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
- 20171121
- Title
- Southern Cameroons extracted historical administrative boundaries, 1951
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Online Linkage
- https://figgy.princeton.edu/downloads/e782cdc9-80d4-4a20-ab84-494a5704ea46/file/218b06fe-7988-4ca9-8d6d-325c03b917e2
- Abstract
- Shapefile representing historical boundaries of provinces, divisions, native court areas, and tribal areas in Southern Cameroons for 1951. 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
- 20171121
- Bounding Box
- West
- 8.484366
- East
- 11.210441
- North
- 7.041901
- South
- 3.896245
- Theme Keyword
- boundary
- boundaries
- administrative boundaries
- administrative divisions
- colony
- colonies
- colonial boundaries
- historical boundaries
- public
- open access
- province
- provinces
- division
- divisions
- native court areas
- courts
- jurisdiction
- jurisdictions
- tribes
- tribal areas
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- None
- Theme Keyword
- boundaries
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- ISO 19115 Topic Categories
- Place Keyword
- Cameroon
- Cameroons
- British Cameroons
- Southern Cameroons
- Cameroons Trust Territory
- Place Keyword Thesaurus
- None
- Temporal Keyword
- 1951
- 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
- 19510101
- Title
- Cameroons under United Kingdom trusteeship: administered as part of Eastern Provinces of Nigeria
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- map
- Online Linkage
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/2j62s7932
- Source Scale Denominator
- 1000000
- Type of Source Media
- hardcopy
- Contribution
- Map of Southern Cameroons. Issued in: Report by His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the General Assembly of the United Nations on the administration of the Cameroons under United Kingdom trusteeship for the year 1950. Colonial, no. 276. 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
- 62
- Spatial Reference Information
- Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
- Planar
- Map Projection
- Map Projection Name
- World Polyconic
- Polyconic
- Longitude of Central Meridian
- 10.0
- 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
- Southern_Cameroons_boundaries_1951_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
- Nigeria Survey Dept.
- Division
- Division name.
- Definition Source
- Nigeria Survey Dept.
- Native_Crt
- Native Court Area name.
- Definition Source
- Nigeria Survey Dept.
- Tribal
- Tribal area name, if given.
- -
- Indicates that no distinct tribal boundaries or groups are shown within Native Court Area.
- x
- Indicates a delineated tribal area for which no name has been given.
- Definition Source
- Nigeria Survey Dept.
- Distribution Information
- Name
- Metadata Reference Information
- Metadata Date
- 20171121
- 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