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Title: Governorate Line Boundaries, Jordan, 2012

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Dates

  • Issued: 2012
  • Coverage: 2012

Publishers

  • International Steering Committee for Global Mapping

Summary

This line shapefile represents governorate line boundaries in Jordan. The Global Map Jordan version 1 was developed from Tourist Map of Jordan 2005 at 1:750,000 scale. The Global Map Jordan version 2 was developed to update Global Map Jordan version 1 based on Global Map Specifications version 2.1. Global Map data were developed under the cooperation of National Geospatial Information Authorities (NGIAs) of respective countries and regions. Global Map of Jordan ©ISCGM/RJGC 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
  • Jordan
  • Administrative and political divisions
  • Datasets

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (34.957478, 39.305199, 33.37973, 29.189165)
  • Geometry: BBOX (34.957478, 39.305199, 33.37973, 29.189165)

Provider

Stanford

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

International Steering Committee for Global Mapping, Sāzmān-i Naqshahʹbardārī-i Kishvar. Governorate Line Boundaries, Jordan, 2012. International Steering Committee for Global Mapping. Line data. https://purl.stanford.edu/xg824gr6201

Format

Shapefile

Languages

  • English