Title: World Built Up Areas (VMAP0), 1997
- Polygon data
- 1997
- Not owned by MIT (Owned by Columbia)
Dates
- Coverage: 1997
Publishers
- National Imagery and Mapping Agency
Summary
World Built Up Areas is a polygon theme representing built-up areas worldwide; objects in this layer have a FACC (Feature and Attribute Coding Catalogue) Code of AL020, defined as, "Built-Up Area". This dataset is part of the Vector Map Level 0 database. The Vector Map (VMap) Level 0 database represents the third edition of the Digital Chart of the World. VMap Level 0 is a comprehensive 1:1,000,000 scale vector of the world. It consists of cartographic, attribute, and textual data stored on compact disc read only memory (CD-ROM). The primary source for the database is the National Imagery and Mapping Agency's (NIMA) Operational Navigation Chart (ONC) series. This is the largest scale unclassified map series in existence that provides consistent, continuous global coverage of essential basemap features. The data includes major road and rail networks, major hydrologic drainage systems, major utility networks (cross-country pipelines and communication lines), all major airports, elevation contours (1000 foot(ft), with 500ft and 250ft supplemental contours), coastlines, international boundaries and populated places.
Subjects
- Society
- World
- Datasets
Geospatial coordinates
- Bounding Box: BBOX (-179.129608, 178.443253, 70.992729, -53.167423)
- Geometry: BBOX (-179.129608, 178.443253, 70.992729, -53.167423)
Provider
Columbia
Rights
- Access rights: Restricted
Citation
National Imagery and Mapping Agency. World Built Up Areas (VMAP0), 1997. National Imagery and Mapping Agency. Polygon data. https://geodata.library.columbia.edu/catalog/sde-columbia-landinfo_world_cityareas_1997
Format
Shapefile
Languages
- English