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Title: World Map Background

Contributors:

Dates

  • Issued: 2014
  • Coverage: 1996

Publishers

  • Environmental Systems Research Institute (Redlands, Calif.)

Summary

THis polygon shapefile represents grid cells of 30 by 30 degrees that cover the world. This layer is part of the 2014 ESRI Data and Maps collection for ArcGIS 10.2. World Map Background provides for displaying a shaded background on which other data can be displayed. For example, use the World Map Background to quickly display a blue ocean layer behind other land-based layers such as World Countries. ESRI. (2014). World Map Background. ESRI. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/tx261mb2730

Subjects

  • Location
  • Earth (Planet)
  • Grids (Cartography)
  • Latitude
  • Longitude
  • Datasets

Geospatial coordinates

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

Provider

Stanford

Rights

  • Access rights: Restricted

Citation

Environmental Systems Research Institute (Redlands, Calif.). World Map Background. Environmental Systems Research Institute (Redlands, Calif.). Polygon data. https://purl.stanford.edu/tx261mb2730

Format

Shapefile

Languages

  • English