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Europe Cities, 2008
- 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
- AND International Publishers N.V.
- Originator
- ESRI
- Publication Date
- 2008
- Title
- Europe Cities, 2008
- Edition
- 2008
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Series Information
- Series Name
- ESRI Data Maps
- Issue Identification
- 2008 World, Europe, United States, Canada, and Mexico
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Redlands, California, USA
- Publisher
- ESRI
- Online Linkage
- https://www1.columbia.edu/sec/acis/eds/dgate/studies/C1301/data/esri_2008_europe_cities.zip
- Abstract
- Europe Cities is a point theme representing national capitals, major population centers, and landmark cities throughout Europe. Attribute information indicates the name of the city, the population class, the country and province the city is located in, and whether the city is a capital. This dataset is a part of the 2008 ESRI Data Maps collection.
- Purpose
- Europe Cities provides a base map layer of cities for Europe.
- Supplemental Information
- Largest scale when displaying the data: 1:250,000.
- Temporal Extent
- Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Time Instant
- 2008
- Bounding Box
- West
- -21.961400
- East
- 64.074900
- North
- 78.207900
- South
- 27.995600
- Theme Keyword
- point
- cities
- capitals
- landmark cities
- society
- Urban areas
- towns
- city
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- None
- Theme Keyword
- society
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- ISO 19115 Topic Categories
- Place Keyword
- Europe
- Place Keyword Thesaurus
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Temporal Keyword
- 2006
- Temporal Keyword Thesaurus
- None
- Access Restrictions
- For current Columbia affiliates only.
- Use Restrictions
- For educational, non-commercial use only.
- Status
- Complete
- Maintenance and Update Frequency
- Annually
- Point of Contact
- Contact Organization
- ESRI
- Delivery Point
- 380 New York Street
- City
- Redlands
- State
- California
- Postal Code
- 92373-8100
- Country
- USA
- Contact Telephone
- 909-793-2853
- Contact Facsimile Telephone
- 909-793-5953
- Contact Electronic Mail Address
- info@esri.com
- Hours of Service
- 7:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Pacific time, Monday-Friday
- Native Data Set Environment
- Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.2.1350
- Data Quality Information
- Logical Consistency Report
- The shapefile is converted to SDC (Smart Data Compression) format using either ESRI SDC Data Development Kit Professional 2 (DDKP2) or tools in ArcGIS. The SDC data set is then loaded into ArcSDE to verify and validate the geometry.
- 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 International Publishers N.V. (AND Products B.V.)
- Publication Date
- 2006
- Title
- AND Global Road Data
- Edition
- 2006 H2-V1.0
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Series Information
- Series Name
- AND Global Road Data
- Issue Identification
- 2006 H2-V1.0
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Publisher
- AND International Publishers N.V.
- Other Citation Details
- Level: Europe (Level 2)
- Online Linkage
- http://www.and.com
- Source Scale Denominator
- 250000
- Type of Source Media
- DVD-ROM
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 2006
- Source Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Contribution
- Attribute and geospatial data
- Source
- Originator
- AND International Publishers N.V.
- Originator
- ESRI
- Publication Date
- 20061001
- Title
- Europe Basemap
- Edition
- 2006
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Series Information
- Series Name
- ESRI Data Maps
- Issue Identification
- 2006 World, Europe, United States, Canada, and Mexico
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Redlands, California, USA
- Publisher
- ESRI
- Other Citation Details
- Provides information from Europe Cities and Europe Places.
- Online Linkage
- http://www.esri.com
- Source Scale Denominator
- 250000
- Type of Source Media
- DVD-ROM
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 20061001
- 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
- 1568
- Spatial Reference Information
- Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
- Geographic
- Latitude Resolution
- 0.000000
- Longitude Resolution
- 0.000000
- 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
- cities
- Entity Type Definition
- The points represent the cities of Europe.
- Entity Type Definition Source
- ESRI
- Attributes
- ObjectID
- 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 of city.
- Capital
- The feature is a national capital.
- Large City
- The feature is a large city.
- Medium City
- The feature is a medium city.
- Small City
- The feature is a small city.
- Definition Source
- AND International Publishers N.V.
- LEVEL
- The connection level of the city matches the level of the road on which it is situated.
- 0
- The city is situated on an E-road (European Highway System).
- 1
- The city is situated on an important national road that connects all capital, large, medium and small cities.
- 2
- The city is situated on a secondary road that connects all capital, large, medium, and small cities, and towns.
- Definition Source
- AND International Publishers N.V.
- NAME
- The name of the city. (Names for the features.)
- Definition Source
- AND International Publishers N.V.
- CODE
- The code for the city. Examples: community code, etc. (Numbers for the features.)
- Definition Source
- AND International Publishers N.V.
- POP_CLASS
- The population class of the city.
- 500,000
- The population of the city is greater than 500,000.
- 100,001 - 500,000
- The population of the city is at least 100,001 but not greater than 500,000.
- 50,001 - 100,000
- The population of the city is at least 50,001 but not greater than 100,000.
- 50,000
- The population of the city is less than 50,000.
- 20,001 - 50,000
- The population of the city is at least 20,001 but not greater than 50,000.
- blank
- The population of the city is unknown.
- Definition Source
- AND International Publishers N.V.
- NATION
- The code for the country in which the city is located.
- 7
- Russian Federation
- 30
- Greece
- 31
- Netherlands
- 32
- Belgium
- 33
- France
- 34
- Spain
- 36
- Hungary
- 39
- Italy
- 40
- Romania
- 41
- Switzerland
- 43
- Austria
- 44
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- 45
- Denmark
- 46
- Sweden
- 47
- Norway
- 48
- Poland
- 49
- Germany
- 90
- Turkey
- 247
- Aland Islands
- 298
- Faeroe Islands
- 350
- Gibraltar
- 351
- Portugal
- 352
- Luxembourg
- 353
- Ireland
- 354
- Iceland
- 355
- Albania
- 356
- Malta
- 357
- Cyprus
- 358
- Finland
- 359
- Bulgaria
- 370
- Lithuania
- 371
- Latvia
- 372
- Estonia
- 373
- Republic of Moldova
- 374
- Armenia
- 375
- Belarus
- 376
- Andorra
- 377
- Monaco
- 378
- San Marino
- 380
- Ukraine
- 381
- Serbia and Montenegro
- 385
- Croatia
- 386
- Slovenia
- 387
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 389
- The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
- 390
- Vatican
- 420
- Czech Republic
- 421
- Slovakia
- 423
- Liechtenstein
- 744
- Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands
- 830
- Channel Islands
- 833
- Isle of Man
- 994
- Azerbaijan
- 995
- Georgia
- Definition Source
- AND International Publishers N.V.
- CNTRYNAME
- The name of the country in which the city is located. (Names for the features.)
- Definition Source
- AND International Publishers N.V.
- PROV1NAME
- The name of the province in which the city is located. (Names for the features.)
- Definition Source
- AND International Publishers N.V.
- CONURB
- The name of conurbation to which the city belongs. (Names for the features.)
- Definition Source
- AND International Publishers N.V.
- DUP_NAME
- The duplicate name indicator.
- Y
- The city name is duplicated in the data set.
- N
- The city name is not duplicated in the data set.
- Definition Source
- AND International Publishers N.V.
- CAPITAL
- The national capital indicator.
- Y
- The city is a national capital.
- N
- The city is a not national capital.
- Definition Source
- AND International Publishers N.V.
- LABEL_FLAG
- The indicator that the city has a corresponding area in Europe Urbanized Areas.
- 0
- The city does not have a corresponding area in Europe Urbanized Areas with the same name.
- 1
- The city has a corresponding area in Europe Urbanized Areas with the same name.
- Definition Source
- ESRI
- Distribution Information
- Format Name
- SDC
- Distributor
- ESRI; ESRI International Distributors
- Name
- Metadata Reference Information
- Metadata Date
- 20090708
- Metadata Contact
- Contact Information
- Contact Organization Primary
- Contact Organization
- Research Data Services (RDS), Columbia University Libraries
- Contact Person
- GIS/Metadata Librarian
- Contact Address
- Address
- 420 W. 118th St. 215 IAB, MC 3301
- City
- New York
- State or Province
- NY
- Postal Code
- 10027
- Country
- USA
- Contact Voice Telephone
- (212) 854-6012
- Contact Electronic Mail Address
- data@library.columbia.edu
- Metadata Standard Name
- FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
- Metadata Standard Version
- FGDC-STD-001-1998