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Mexico Municipalities, 2008

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Identification Information
Citation
Originator
Sistemas Nacionales Estadístico y de Información Geográfica (Mexico)
Originator
Environmental Systems Research Institute (Redlands, Calif.)
Publication Date
2008
Title
Mexico Municipalities, 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
Environmental Systems Research Institute (Redlands, Calif.)
Online Linkage
https://www1.columbia.edu/sec/acis/eds/dgate/studies/C1301/data/esri_2008_mexico_admin.zip
Abstract
Mexico Municipalities is a polygon theme representing the municipios of Mexico with coastlines, international boundaries, state boundaries, and municipio boundaries. Attribute information includes the area, state and name of the municipio. This dataset is a part of the 2008 ESRI Data Maps collection.
Purpose
Mexico Municipalities provides the municipalities of Mexico with detail appropriate for national, regional, and local levels.
Supplemental Information
Largest scale when displaying the data: 1:400,000.
Temporal Extent
Currentness Reference
publication date
Time Instant
2008
Bounding Box
West
-118.365391
East
-86.710312
North
32.718658
South
14.533270
Theme Keyword
polygon
states
municipalities
municipios
administrative units
area
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
None
ISO Topic Category
Boundaries
Place Keyword
Mexico
Place Keyword Thesaurus
GeoNames
Temporal Keyword
2007
2004
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
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 not known.
Lineage
Source
Originator
Sistemas de Informacin Geogrfica, S.A. de C.V.
Publication Date
200703
Title
Proyecto Mxico Informacin Cartogrfica Digital
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
vector digital data
Series Information
Series Name
Proyecto Mxico Informacin Cartogrfica Digital
Issue Identification
2007
Publication Information
Publication Place
Mxico, D.F., Mxico
Publisher
Sistemas de Informacin Geogrfica, S.A. de C.V.
Online Linkage
http://www.sigsa.info/
Source Scale Denominator
400000
Type of Source Media
online
Source Temporal Extent
Time Period Information
Single Date/Time
Calendar Date
200703
Source Currentness Reference
publication date
Contribution
Attribute and geospatial data
Source
Originator
Sistemas de Informacin Geogrfica, S.A. de C.V.
Originator
Environmental Systems Research Institute (Redlands, Calif.)
Publication Date
20040301
Title
Mexico Municipalities, 2008
Edition
2004
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
vector digital data
Series Information
Series Name
ESRI Data Maps
Issue Identification
2004
Publication Information
Publication Place
Redlands, California, USA
Publisher
ESRI
Other Citation Details
Provides the sources for: 1) the added islands in the Pacific Ocean and off of the Yucatan Peninsula, 2) the repositioned islands of Ensenada, and 3) the attributes ST_ID, MUN_ID, COLORMAP, and SQKM.
Online Linkage
http://www.esri.com
Source Scale Denominator
250000, 300000
Type of Source Media
DVD-ROM
Source Temporal Extent
Time Period Information
Single Date/Time
Calendar Date
20040301
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
G-polygon
Point and Vector Object Count
2430
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
admin
Entity Type Definition
The polygons represent the municipio (county) political units for Mexico.
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
MUN_NAME
The municipality name. (Names for the features.)
Definition Source
Sistemas de Informacin Geogrfica, S.A. de C.V.
ST_NAME
The state name in which the municipality is located. (Names for the features.)
Definition Source
Sistemas de Informacin Geogrfica, S.A. de C.V.
ST_MUN_ID
The combined state and municipality codes as a numeric code. Use this code to uniquely identify a municipality. (Unique numbers for the features.)
Definition Source
Sistemas de Informacin Geogrfica, S.A. de C.V.
ST_ID
The character code for the state in which the municipality is located. (Characters for the features.)
Definition Source
ESRI
MUN_ID
The character code for the municipality. (Characters for the features.)
Definition Source
ESRI
SQKM
The area of the municipality in square kilometers. (Calculated areas for the features.)
Definition Source
ESRI
COLORMAP
The number allows the municipality to be colored so municipalities of the same color don't touch. (1 to 15)
Definition Source
ESRI
Distribution Information
Format Name
GeoPackage
Distributor
Environmental Systems Research Institute (Redlands, Calif.)
Name
Metadata Reference Information
Metadata Date
20090713
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
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