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Title: World Lakes (VMAP0), 1997

Contributors:

Dates

  • Coverage: 1997

Publishers

  • National Imagery and Mapping Agency

Summary

World Lakes is a polygon theme representing inland water areas worldwide. 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

  • World
  • InlandWaters
  • Datasets

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (-180.0, 180.0, 83.575951, -70.917252)
  • Geometry: BBOX (-180.0, 180.0, 83.575951, -70.917252)

Provider

Columbia

Rights

  • Access rights: Restricted

Citation

National Imagery and Mapping Agency. World Lakes (VMAP0), 1997. National Imagery and Mapping Agency. Polygon data. https://geodata.library.columbia.edu/catalog/sde-columbia-landinfo_world_lakes_1997

Format

Shapefile

Languages

  • English