Date ( Publication )

2015-12-30

Edition

2015

Presentation form

mapDigital Digital map

Name

Data and Maps for ArcGIS®

Issue identification

2015 - World, Europe, and United States

Other citation details

Location: \world\data

Purpose

World Cities provides a base map layer of the cities for the world. The cities include national capitals, provincial capitals, major population centers, and landmark cities.

Status

completed Completed

Maintenance and update frequency

annually Annually

Keywords ( Place )

• World

Keywords ( Temporal )

• 2003
• 1999
• 2001
• 2002
• 1996
• 2009
• 1993/1994
• 2000
• 2011
• 2007

Keywords ( Theme )

• population
• port identification numbers
• point
• capitals
• administrative division and international codes
• cities
• country names
• society

Keywords

• Downloadable Data

Use limitation

See Resource Constraints > legal constraints.

Access constraints

license License

Use constraints

otherRestrictions Other restrictions

Other constraints

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Spatial representation type

vector Vector

Metadata language

eng English

Character set

utf8 UTF8

Topic category

• Society

Environment description

Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.6.1.9270

Description

publication date

Begin date

1993-12-21T00:00:00

End date

1994-03-20T00:00:00

Reference system identifier

EPSG / 0 / 8.6.2

Topology level

geometryOnly Geometry only

Geometric object type

point Point

Geometric object count

2540

Distribution format

• File Geodatabase Feature Class ()

• File Geodatabase Feature Class ()

  File decompression technique

  ArcGIS® software

OnLine resource

Downloadable Data  

Downloadable Data

Name

dvd DVD

Density units

GB (gigabytes)

Medium format

UDF UDF

Medium note

Offline Data

Hierarchy level

dataset Dataset

Description

The following steps were performed by Esri for Data & Maps 2002: Moved Mangyshlak to its correct location. Updated Fips_cntry and Cntry_name attributes for East Timor, Yugoslavia and their capitals. Created ArcGIS® layer file (.lyr) and ArcView GIS legend file (.avl). Copied projection file (.prj) and created spatial indices. The following steps were performed by Esri: Extracted the features from ArcWorld Supplement. Updated by adding/deleting features and changing attribute values, based on political changes and other factors. Created ArcGIS® layer file (.lyr). Created ArcView GIS legend file (.avl). Created projection file (.prj). Created spatial indices.

Date / Time

2002-01-30T00:00:00

Description

The following steps were performed by Esri: Added one city each to West Bank and Gaza Strip. Added or recorded provincial capitals for South Africa. Corrected spellings of two cities. Changed Yugoslavia to Serbia & Montenegro. Created ArcGIS® layer file (.lyr), projection file (.prj), and spatial indices. Converted the data set to SDC.

Date / Time

2002-09-24T00:00:00

Description

The following steps were performed by Esri: Updated attribute values for East Timor and Taiwan. Added LABEL_FLAG attribute to assist in the display of the map documents (.mxd).

Date / Time

2004-03-08T00:00:00

Description

The following steps were performed by Esri: Reduced the attribute widths for CITY_NAME and CNTRY_NAME.

Date / Time

2005-02-11T00:00:00

Description

The following steps were performed by Esri: Edited the STATUS and CITY_NAME attributes based on referencing the CAPITAL attribute in World Country Memberships of Political Organizations (table).

Date / Time

2006-08-30T00:00:00

Description

The following steps were performed by Esri: Updated ADMIN_NAME for Paris. Updated country attributes for Belgrade (Serbia) and Podgorica (Montenegro). Changed city Kiev to Kyiv.

Date / Time

2007-06-01T00:00:00

Description

The following steps were performed by Esri: Corrected the domain values for the POP_CLASS attribute. Updated the names for four cities. Converted the data set to SDC. Created projection file (.prj), and spatial indices.

Date / Time

2007-11-12T00:00:00

Description

The following steps were performed by Esri: Downloaded the data from the GeoNames website. Added the POP field and calculated city population values from the GeoNames data. Calculated the POP field to -999 (Unknown) for cities that didn't find a match in the GeoNames data or didn't have a population value. Recalculated the existing POP_RANK and POP_CLASS fields from the POP field. Converted the data set to SDC. Created ArcGIS® layer file (.lyr), projection file (.prj), and spatial indices.

Date / Time

2010-03-01T00:00:00

Description

The following steps were performed by Esri: Added a new point for Juba, South Sudan using the World Factbook and the World Topographic Map. Selected Juba and the other two existing cities in South Sudan and updated their field values based on GeoNames, the World Factbook, and Geopolitical Entities and Codes. Updated the field values for cities Skopje and Laayoune. Converted the data set to SDC. Created ArcGIS® layer file (.lyr), projection file (.prj), and spatial indices.

Date / Time

2011-09-27T00:00:00

Description

Converted the dataset into a file geodatabase.

Date / Time

2014-04-01T00:00:00

Description

Attribute data

Alternate title

http://www.iso.ch

Date ( Publication )

2002-11-15

Presentation form

documentHardcopy Hardcopy document

Other citation details

ISO 3166-1 NEWSLETTER No. V-6 [20021115]

Description

publication date

Description

Attribute data

Alternate title

Geographic and Global Issues

Date

Edition

Volume 3, Number 4

Name

Geographic and Global Issues Quarterly

Issue identification

Volume 3, Number 4

Description

publication date

Begin date

1993-12-21T00:00:00

End date

1994-03-20T00:00:00

Description

Attribute data

Alternate title

GeoNames

Date

Presentation form

documentDigital Digital document

Other citation details

Provides the source for the population-based attributes and others.

Description

publication date

Description

Attribute and geospatial data

Alternate title

Times Atlas 10th

Date ( Publication )

1999-10-01

Edition

10th comprehensive edition

Name

The Times Atlas of the World

Issue identification

10th comprehensive edition

Description

publication date

Description

Attribute data

Alternate title

ESFN FIPS 10-4 20000225

Date ( Publication )

2000-02-25

Edition

4

Presentation form

documentDigital Digital document

Name

FIPS 10-4

Description

publication date

Description

Attribute data

Alternate title

ESFN FIPS 10-4 20010128

Date ( Publication )

2001-01-28

Edition

6

Presentation form

documentDigital Digital document

Name

FIPS 10-4

Description

publication date

Description

Attribute data

Alternate title

http://news.bbc.co.uk

Date ( Publication )

2002-03-14

Presentation form

documentHardcopy Hardcopy document

Name

BBC News Online

Issue identification

March 14, 2002

Description

publication date

Description

Attribute and geospatial data

Denominator

144000

Alternate title

ArcGIS.com - World Topographic Map

Date ( Publication )

2011-08-01

Presentation form

mapDigital Digital map

Other citation details

This map is updated monthly and was last updated August 2011.

Description

publication date

Description

Attribute data

Alternate title

NIMA - WPI and NGA Geopolitical

Date

Presentation form

documentHardcopy Hardcopy document

Other citation details

Geopolitical Entities and Codes (Formerly FIPS PUB 10-4) Update 5

Description

publication date

Description

Attribute and geospatial data

Alternate title

CIA Factbook

Date

Presentation form

documentHardcopy Hardcopy document

Other citation details

The online Factbook is updated weekly.

Description

publication date

Description

Attribute data

Alternate title

GMI

Date

Description

publication date

Description

Attribute and geospatial data

Denominator

3000000

Alternate title

ArcWorld Supplement

Date ( Publication )

1996-01-01

Edition

1

Presentation form

mapDigital Digital map

Description

publication date

gmd:MD_Metadata

File identifier

1680aecc-72af-4db2-8a35-03f44a36b274   XML

Metadata language

eng English

Character set

utf8 UTF8

Hierarchy level

dataset Dataset

Date stamp

2021-08-12

Metadata standard name

NAP - Metadata

Metadata standard version

1.2