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Title: World Countries (Generalized), 1993-2013

Contributors:

Dates

  • Issued: 2014
  • Coverage: 1993
  • Coverage: 2013

Publishers

  • Environmental Systems Research Institute (Redlands, Calif.)

Summary

This polygon shapefile contains generalized boundaries for the countries of the world and population statistics at 1:50,000,000 scale. This layer is part of the 2014 ESRI Data and Maps collection for ArcGIS 10.2. World Countries (Generalized) provides generalized political boundaries for the world. The generalized political boundaries improve draw performance and effectiveness at a global level. ESRI and National Geographic Society (U.S.). (2014). World Countries (Generalized), 1993-2013. ESRI. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/xq439ky7501

Subjects

  • Boundaries
  • Society
  • Earth (Planet)
  • Countries
  • Coasts
  • Population statistics
  • Datasets

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (-180.0, 180.0, 83.6236, -90.0)
  • Geometry: BBOX (-180.0, 180.0, 83.6236, -90.0)

Provider

Stanford

Rights

  • Access rights: Restricted

Citation

Environmental Systems Research Institute (Redlands, Calif.), National Geographic Society (U.S.). World Countries (Generalized), 1993-2013. Environmental Systems Research Institute (Redlands, Calif.). Polygon data. https://purl.stanford.edu/xq439ky7501

Format

Shapefile

Languages

  • English