Title: Administrative Divisions, Papua New Guinea, 2016
- Polygon data
- 2016
- Not owned by MIT (Owned by Stanford)
Dates
- Issued: 2016
- Coverage: 2016
Publishers
- International Steering Committee for Global Mapping
Summary
This polygon shapefile represents administrative areas Papua New Guinea. This layer is part of Global Map Papua New Guinea version 2.0 Global Map data were developed under the cooperation of National Geospatial Information Authorities (NGIAs) of respective countries and regions. Global Map of Papua New Guinea © ISCGM/ National Mapping Bureau Global Map data of National/Regional version were developed with consistent specifications by NGIAs of respective countries and regions for fundamental geospatial information of their respective coverage by using geospatial information owned by them, and they were provided. The data have been authorized by NGIAs of respective countries and regions. Therefore, the contents of respective data are based on the views of respective data developers. For some countries and regions, there may be parts where data have not been developed. National/Regional version of Global Map data was to be updated in about five-year cycle on the basis of resolutions of an ISCGM meeting. To know about the year data were updated and about data developers, please refer to metadata attached to each data. Depending on the period the data were prepared, they were developed in line with two different specifications, namely, version 1 in VPF and BIL formats, and version 2 in GML and BIL formats. This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.
Subjects
- Boundaries
- Papua New Guinea
- Administrative and political divisions
- Datasets
Geospatial coordinates
- Bounding Box: BBOX (140.876678, 157.037048, -0.757591, -11.656156)
- Geometry: BBOX (140.876678, 157.037048, -0.757591, -11.656156)
Provider
Stanford
Rights
- Access rights: Public
Citation
International Steering Committee for Global Mapping, Papua New Guinea. National Mapping Bureau. Administrative Divisions, Papua New Guinea, 2016. International Steering Committee for Global Mapping. Polygon data. https://purl.stanford.edu/rk284rn5285
Format
Shapefile
Languages
- English