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British Togoland extracted historical administrative boundaries, 1955
- 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
- 20161017
- Title
- British Togoland extracted historical administrative boundaries, 1955
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Online Linkage
- https://figgy.princeton.edu/downloads/4124d0a6-446a-4894-8158-75a44fddf67d/file/0b3f72a4-d578-4ab7-b523-dd4637b6e727
- Abstract
- Shapefile representing historical boundaries of administrative districts, electoral districts, and local councils in British Togoland (Eastern Ghana) for 1955. 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
- 20161017
- Bounding Box
- West
- -0.486226
- East
- 0.878130
- North
- 11.137175
- South
- 6.335569
- Theme Keyword
- boundary
- boundaries
- administrative boundaries
- administrative divisions
- colony
- colonies
- colonial boundaries
- historical boundaries
- public
- open access
- district
- elections
- electoral districts
- electoral boundaries
- councils
- local councils
- constituency
- constituencies
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- None
- Theme Keyword
- boundaries
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- ISO 19115 Topic Categories
- Place Keyword
- Ghana
- Togoland
- British Togoland
- Place Keyword Thesaurus
- None
- Temporal Keyword
- 1955
- 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
- Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report
- Text from original Gold Coast Survey Department map: "Apart from the territorial boundary, the boundaries shown on the map are unsurveyed and undefined, and should be regarded as merely diagrammatic."
- Lineage
- Source
- Publication Date
- 19560101
- Title
- Togoland under U.K. Trusteeship: administrative districts, electoral districts, and local council areas
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- map
- Online Linkage
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/1544br72r
- Type of Source Media
- hardcopy
- Contribution
- Two maps of Togoland. Issued in: Report by Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the General Assembly of the United Nations on Togoland under United Kingdom administration for the year 1955. Colonial reports, no. 323. Maps 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
- 34
- Spatial Reference Information
- Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
- Geographic
- Latitude Resolution
- 8.983152841195215e-009
- Longitude Resolution
- 8.983152841195215e-009
- Geographic Coordinate Units
- Decimal Degrees
- 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
- British_Togoland_boundaries_1955_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
- Admin_Dist
- Administrative district.
- Definition Source
- Gold Coast Survey Dept.
- Elect_Dist
- Electoral district or constituency.
- Definition Source
- Gold Coast Survey Dept.
- Loc_Councl
- Local council area.
- Definition Source
- Gold Coast Survey Dept.
- 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