World Urban Areas, 1:50 million (2012)
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- This polygon shapefile contains the boundaries of urban areas with dense areas of human habitation worldwide derived from 2002-2003 MODIS satellite data at 1 km. resolution. 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.
Description
Type of resource | cartographic, software, multimedia |
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Form | Shapefile |
Extent | 0.661 |
Publisher | North American Cartographic Information Society |
Date valid | 2012 |
Publication date | 2012 |
Edition | 2.0.0 |
Language | English |
Digital origin | born digital |
Map data | 1:50000000 ; W 157°59ʹ2ʺ--E 174°58ʹ12ʺ/N 69°21ʹ5ʺ--S 46°16ʹ6ʺ, Scale not given ; EPSG::4326 |
Creators/Contributors
Creator | Patterson, Tom | |
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Creator | Kelso, Nathaniel Vaughn |
Subjects
Subject | Countries |
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Subject | Cities and towns |
Subject | Capitals (Cities) |
Subject | Cities and towns |
Subject | Metropolitan areas |
Subject | Urban density |
Subject | Population statistics |
Subject | Earth (Planet) |
Subject | 2012 |
Subject | Boundaries |
Subject | Society |
Genre | Geospatial data |
Genre | Cartographic dataset |
Bibliographic information
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
- This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use.
- Copyright
- This work is in the Public Domain, meaning that it is not subject to copyright.
Preferred citation
- Preferred citation
- Kelso, N. V. and Patterson, T. (2012). Made with Natural Earth, online at http://www.naturalearthdata.com.
Collection
Natural earth
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