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 Countries provides a basemap layer for the countries of the world. It has been designed to be used as a basemap that can be easily edited. Included are fields for name, ISO code, FIPS code, capital, continent, and land type and rank.

Status

completed Completed

Maintenance and update frequency

annually Annually

Keywords ( Place )

• World

Keywords ( Temporal )

• 2007-2013
• 2013
• 2014
• 2015
• 1993-2008
• 1994

Keywords ( Theme )

• polygon
• countries
• ISO codes
• FIPS codes
• capitals
• coastlines
• international boundaries
• boundaries
• 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

• Boundaries
• Society

Environment description

Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.6.1.9270

Description

publication date: all dates but; ground condition: 1994

Begin date

2007-12-15T00:00:00

End date

2013-04-01T00:00:00

Begin date

1993-12-01T00:00:00

End date

2008-03-01T00:00:00

Reference system identifier

EPSG / 4326 / 6.14(3.0.1)

Topology level

geometryOnly Geometry only

Geometric object type

composite Composite

Geometric object count

658

Distribution format

• File Geodatabase Feature Class ()

• File Geodatabase Feature Class ()

  File decompression technique

  ArcGIS® software

Transfer size

136.841

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: Copied the dataset from Data and Maps 2014 World Administrative Divisions. Dissolved features on the fields COUNTRY, ISO_CC, CONTINENT, LAND_TYPE, LAND_RANK, and COUNTRYAFF to create the multipart polygon country features. Deleted fields not needed.

Date / Time

2014-10-29T00:00:00

Description

The following steps were performed by Esri: Copied the feature class from Data and Maps 2014 World Countries. Added fields FIPS_CNTRY, ISO_2DIGIT, and ISO_3DIGIT. Calculated ISO_2DIGIT from ISO_CC. Joined to Data & Maps 10 World Countries to get FIPS_CNTRY and ISO_3DIGIT values. Renamed COUNTRY field to NAME. Added fields LONG_NAME, LOCSHRTNAM, LOCLNGNAM, and CAPITAL and populated them from The World Factbook Online. Added COLORMAP field and calculated its values from 1 to 8. Separated Svalbard and Jan Mayen from Norway and separated Juan De Nova Island and Glorioso Islands from the French Southern Territories. Deleted and rearranged fields as needed. Copied the feature class from Data and Maps 2014 World Countries (Disputed Boundaries).

Date / Time

2015-02-26T00:00:00

Description

Attribute and geospatial data

Denominator

1000000

Alternate title

Data & Maps for ArcGIS 2013

Date ( Publication )

2013-06-01

Edition

2013

Presentation form

mapDigital Digital map

Name

Data & Maps for ArcGIS®

Issue identification

2013 - World, Europe, and United States

Description

publication date

Begin date

2007-12-15T00:00:00

End date

2013-04-01T00:00:00

Description

Attribute and geospatial data

Denominator

1000000

Alternate title

DeLorme World Base Map 2013

Date ( Publication )

2013-12-01

Edition

2013

Presentation form

mapDigital Digital map

Name

A subset of DeLorme World Base Map (DWBM).

Issue identification

2013

Description

publication date

Description

Attribute and geospatial data

Alternate title

The World Factbook Online

Date

Presentation form

documentDigital Digital document

Other citation details

The online Factbook is updated weekly.

Description

publication date

Description

Attribute and geospatial data

Denominator

15000000

Alternate title

Data & Maps 10

Date ( Publication )

2010-06-30

Edition

10

Presentation form

mapDigital Digital map

Name

Esri® Data & Maps

Issue identification

10 - World, Europe, and United States

Description

publication date: all dates but; ground condition: 1994

Begin date

1993-12-01T00:00:00

End date

2008-03-01T00:00:00

gmd:MD_Metadata

File identifier

bf0582fa-3a97-481f-a8c0-951c2c3777d1   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