3 results returned
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Title: Current Distributions of Selected Amphibians in the United States, 1941-2000
Contributors:- Polygon data
- 2002
- Not owned by MIT (Owned by Stanford)
Summary: This polygon shapefile portrays the distribution of 10 selected amphibians in the United States, based on historical literature and museum records from current and historical sources ranging from 1941 to 2000. This layer is part of the 1997-2014 edition of the National Atlas of the United States. These data are intended for geographic display and analysis at the national level, and for large regional areas. The data should be displayed and analyzed at scales appropriate for 1:2,000,000-scale data. No responsibility is assumed by the National Atlas of the United States in the use of these data. Lannoo, Michael J., Blackburn, Laura, and Nanjappa, Priya. (2002). Current Distributions of Selected Amphibians in the United States, 1941-2000. National Atlas of the United States. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/zg854sn7772. None. Acknowledgment of the primary sources used to acquire these data and (or) the National Atlas of the United States of America is appreciated in products derived from these data. This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.
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Title: Amphibians, New York State, 2000
Contributors:- Polygon data
- 2000
- Not owned by MIT (Owned by CUGIR, Cornell University)
- Priya Nanjappa, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
- Laura (Leininger) Blackburn, Ball State University
- Dr. Michael J. Lannoo, Ph.D., Indiana University School of Medicine
Summary: This data set portrays the distribution of 10 selected amphibians in New York State, based on historical literature and museum records from current and historical sources. The amphibians included are northern cricket frog, American toad, Cope's gray treefrog, gray treefrog, eastern newt, eastern red-backed salamander, northern two-lined salamander, mudpuppy, western lesser siren, and spring peeper. These data are intended for geographic display and analysis at the national level, and for large regional areas. The data should be displayed and analyzed at scales appropriate for 1:2,000,000-scale data. No responsibility is assumed by the U.S. Geological Survey in the use of these data.
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Title: Romanian Artists Birth Places, 2018
Contributors:- Point data
- 2018
- Not owned by MIT (Owned by NYU Libraries)
Summary: This point shapefile represents the birth location of Romanian artists from the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries. The data table includes both the birth and death locations and dates as well as the artists' nationality and art movement. The data was scraped from WikiArt.com. More about this project is available at https://lauxenos.hosting.nyu.edu/dhs/p/6/. This data was collected as part of a student project for the NYU Abu Dhabi course Data and Human Space taught by David Wrisley during fall semester 2018.