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World Populated Places, 1:50 million (2012)
- Identification Information
- Spatial Reference Information
- Distribution Information
- Content Information
- Spatial Representation Information
- Metadata Reference Information
Identification Information
- Citation
- Title
- World Populated Places, 1:50 million (2012)
- Originator
- Patterson, Tom
- Originator
- Kelso, Nathaniel Vaughn
- Publisher
- North American Cartographic Information Society
- Publication Date
- 2012-11-08
- Edition
- 2.0.0
- Identifier
- http://purl.stanford.edu/yf601cn7782
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- mapDigital
- Collection Title
- Natural Earth
- Other Citation Details
- These data were downloaded from the Natural Earth website (http://www.naturalearthdata.com) on June 15, 2014.
- Abstract
- This point shapefile depicts point symbols with name attributes for populated areas worldwide, including some smaller towns in sparsely inhabited regions. LandScan derived population estimates are provided for 90% of cities. Those lacking population estimates are often in sparsely inhabited areas. Population totals account for the "metropolitan" population rather than its administrative boundary population. Regional significance was favored over population census in determining the selection of places. These data are represented at 1:50,000,000 scale. This layer is part of the Natural Earth Collection (v.2.0.0).
- Purpose
- Natural Earth is a public domain map dataset available at 1:10, 1:50 and 1:110 million scales. Featuring tightly integrated vector and raster data, with Natural Earth you can make a variety of visually pleasing, well-crafted maps with cartography or GIS software.
- Scale Denominator
- 50000000
- Temporal Extent
- Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Time Instant
- 2012-11-08T00:00:00
- Bounding Box
- West
- -175.220564
- East
- 179.216647
- North
- 78.216684
- South
- -90
- ISO Topic Category
- society
- location
- Place Keyword
-
Earth (Planet)
- Place Keyword Thesaurus
- geonames
- Temporal Keyword
- 2012
- Theme Keyword
- Countries
- Cities and towns
- Metropolitan areas
-
Population statistics
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- lcsh
- Legal Constraints
- Use Limitation
- All versions of Natural Earth raster + vector map data found on this website are in the public domain. You may use the maps in any manner, including modifying the content and design, electronic dissemination, and offset printing. The primary authors, Tom Patterson and Nathaniel Vaughn Kelso, and all other contributors renounce all financial claim to the maps and invites you to use them for personal, educational, and commercial purposes. No permission is needed to use Natural Earth. Crediting the authors is unnecessary.
- Status
- completed
- Collection
- Collection Title
- Natural Earth
- URL
- http://purl.stanford.edu/qr604qw5282
- Originator
- Patterson, Tom
- Originator
- Kelso, Nathaniel Vaughn
- Publisher
- North American Cartographic Information Society
- Publication Date
- 2012-11-08
- Language
- eng
- Credit
- Kelso, N.V. and Patterson, T. (2012). World Populated Places, 1:50 million (2012). Made with Natural Earth, online at http://www.naturalearthdata.com.
- Point of Contact
- Contact
- Nathaniel Vaughn Kelso
- Position Name
- Project manager
- nathaniel@naturalearthdata.com
Spatial Reference Information
- Reference System Identifier
- Code
- 4326
- Code Space
- EPSG
- Version
- 8.2.6
Distribution Information
- Format Name
- Shapefile
- Distributor
- Stanford Geospatial Center
- Online Access
- http://purl.stanford.edu/yf601cn7782
- Protocol
- http
- Name
- ne_50m_populated_places.shp
- Function
- download
Content Information
- Feature Catalog Description
- Compliance Code
- false
- Language
- eng
- Included With Dataset
- true
- Feature Catalog Citation
- Title
- Feature Catalog for World Populated Places, 1:50 million (2012)
- Publication Date
- 2012-11-08
- Feature Catalog Identifier
- d548caef-855a-41a0-9555-2fc81187e643
Spatial Representation Information
- Vector
- Topology Level
- geometryOnly
- Vector Object Type
- point
- Vector Object Count
- 1249
Metadata Reference Information
- Hierarchy Level
- dataset
- Metadata File Identifier
- edu.stanford.purl:yf601cn7782
- Parent Identifier
- http://purl.stanford.edu/qr604qw5282.mods
- Dataset URI
- http://purl.stanford.edu/yf601cn7782
- Metadata Date Stamp
- 2015-06-09
- Metadata Standard Name
- ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
- Metadata Standard Version
- 2007
- Character Set
- utf8