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Title: Vegetation Points : Marks of Vegetation Description, Antigua Guatemala Region, Guatemala, 1988

Contributors:

Dates

  • Issued: April 09, 2002
  • Coverage: 1976

Publishers

  • US Geological Survey, Hurricane Mitch Program

Summary

Vegetation points : marks of vegetation description for the Antigua Guatemala region, Guatemala. This layer was vectorized from original hard copy 1:50,000 topographic maps produced from the early 1970s to the mid 1980s. Hurricane Mitch devastated Central America during the months of October-November of 1998. From 1998 to 2001 the US Geological Survey was involved along with other federal agencies in the reconstruction effort. The source CD consists of a compilation of GIS data layers and computer applications focused on hazard prevention and useful in municipal planning. Each dataset includes layers for a base area of one hundred square kilometers around the urban center of each municipality in the Hurricane Mitch project.

Subjects

  • Guatemala
  • Antigua Guatemala, Municipio de
  • Antigua Guatemala
  • Plants
  • biota
  • Datasets

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (-90.762739, -90.746936, 14.597073, 14.527747)
  • Geometry: BBOX (-90.762739, -90.746936, 14.597073, 14.527747)

Provider

Harvard

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Geological Survey (U.S.), Chirico, Pete., United States. Agency for International Development. Vegetation Points : Marks of Vegetation Description, Antigua Guatemala Region, Guatemala, 1988. US Geological Survey, Hurricane Mitch Program. Point data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-usgs-gt-antigua-vgp

Format

Shapefile