[Location: Location_Category='OCEAN', Location_Type='INDIAN OCEAN', Location_Subregion1='COMOROS']
Global Rural-Urban Mapping Project, Version 1 (GRUMPv1): National Administrative Boundaries
Entry ID: CIESIN_SEDAC_GRUMPv1_NADMINBND

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Summary
Abstract: The Global Rural-Urban Mapping Project, Version 1 (GRUMPv1) consists of estimates of human population for the years 1990, 1995, and 2000 by 30 arc-second (1km) grid cells and associated datasets dated circa 2000. National Administrative boundaries are derived from the land area grid to show the outlines of pixels (cells) that contain administrative units in GRUMPv1 on a per-country/territory ... View entire text

Purpose: To permit cartographic display of countries and territories that exactly match the GRUMPv1 population surfaces.
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Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: 85.0   S: -58.0   E: 180.0   W: -180.0

Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator: Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), The World Bank, and Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT)
Dataset Title: Global Rural-Urban Mapping Project, Version 1 (GRUMPv1): National Administrative Boundaries
Dataset Release Date: 2011
Dataset Release Place: Palisades, NY
Dataset Publisher: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)
Version: 1.00
Data Presentation Form: vector
Online Resource: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/grump-v1-national-admin-b...
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1990-07-01
Stop Date: 1990-07-01
Location Keywords
CONTINENT > AFRICA > NORTHERN AFRICA > ALGERIA
CONTINENT > AFRICA > CENTRAL AFRICA > ANGOLA
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Data Resolution
Latitude Resolution: 2 kilometers
Longitude Resolution: 2 kilometers
Temporal Resolution: 3-hour
Science Keywords
ISO Topic Category
Instrument
NEXRAD > NEXt Generation RADar Ancillary Description
Project
Ancillary Keywords
Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
Originating Center
NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC
Data Center
NSIDC Distributed Active Archive Center Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/daac/index.html
Dataset ID: nsidc-0300

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC USER SERVICES
Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199
Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468
Email: nsidc at nsidc.org
Contact Address:
National Snow and Ice Data Center
CIRES, 449 UCB
University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Distribution
Distribution Media: FTP
Personnel
RALPH FERRARO
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Email: Ralph.Ferraro at noaa.gov
Contact Address:
ESSIC/CICS
2207 Computer and Space Sciences Building
University of Maryland
City: College Park
Province or State: MD
Country: USA
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Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2006-07-25
Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-05-15

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