Global GIS Database

Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: USGS

Publication_Date: Unknown

Title: Global GIS Database

Edition:

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: GIS maps

Series_Information:

Series_Name:

Issue_Identification:

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Virginia

Publisher: American Geological Institute (AGI)

Other_Citation_Details:

Online_Linkage: http://www.agiweb.org/pubs/pubindex.html?Catagory=GlobalGIS

Description:

Abstract:

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and The American Geological Institute (AGI) announced a cooperative agreement that will focus on making the USGS Global Geographic Information System (GIS) database readily available to educators and the general public in the form of a GIS based world atlas. This USGS Global GIS database contains a wealth of USGS and other public domain data, including global coverages of elevation, landcover, seismicity, and resources of minerals and energy at a nominal scale of 1:1 million. The GIS, which will run on the included Environmental Systems Research Institute's (ESRI) ArcView Data Publisher software, will be produced both by region on seven CD-ROM's or on one DVD. Detailed Description of Data Sets Included on each volume of the CD-ROM and DVD (See http://webgis.wr.usgs.gov/globalgis/datasets.htm for additional details and metadata on each data layer) Vector Datasets: -County Political boundaries -Administrative boundaries -Major cities -City Gazetteer -Large Urban areas (polygons) -Roads -Railroads -Utility lines -Airfields -Geologic providence Geologic age -Faults -Ecological Regions -Perennial rivers -Small rivers and streams -Springs, wells, and dams -Drainage basins -River basins -Volcanoes -Earthquakes -Ore deposits -Oil and gas fields -U.S. national Oil and Gas Assessment -Mineral deposits and metallogenic belt maps of the Russian Far East -Mines -Elevation data -Climate data (temperature, precipitation, potential and actual evapotranspiration, cloud coverage) Raster Datasets: -Shaded relief -Landcover -12 Greenness (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (one for each month)) -Population -Lights and night -Slope -MODIS Blue Marble True-color satellite image -Simulated Earth Image [Summary provided by USGS)

Purpose:

Not Available

Supplemental_Information:

REFERENCE: D. Galuska, M. Gishey, S. hamlin, T. Joyle, B. Redding, S. Dudask, K. Tribbett, K. Ross,, D. Sherrill, C, Lamer, and P. Tsushima, ESRI Virtual Campus.

Status:

Progress: In Work

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Description_of_Geographic_Extent:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -180.0

East_Bounding_Coordinate: 180.0

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 90.0

South_Bounding_Coordinate: -90.0

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD SCIENCE PARAMETERS

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD PLATFORM

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD INSTRUMENT

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: PROJECT

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ANCILLARY KEYWORDS

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO TOPIC CATEGORY

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: DATA SET LANGUAGE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > EVAPOTRANSPIRATION

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD FREQUENCY > CLOUD COVER

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION AMOUNT

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > AGRICULTURAL LANDS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > ALPINE/TUNDRA

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > BEACHES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > DESERTS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > DUNES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > FORESTS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > GRASSLANDS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > ISLANDS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > KARST LANDSCAPE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > MONTANE HABITATS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > SAVANNAS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > SHRUBLAND/SCRUB

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > URBAN LANDS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > WETLANDS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > VEGETATION INDEX

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > VEGETATION INDEX > NDVI

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > BOUNDARIES > ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > BOUNDARIES > POLITICAL DIVISIONS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > INFRASTRUCTURE > BUILDINGS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > INFRASTRUCTURE > CULTURAL FEATURES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > INFRASTRUCTURE > ELECTRICITY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > INFRASTRUCTURE > TRANSPORTATION

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT > LAND MANAGEMENT > LAND USE CLASSES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > POPULATION > POPULATION DISTRIBUTION

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > POPULATION > POPULATION SIZE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SURFACE WATER > DISCHARGE/FLOW > STREAMFLOW

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SURFACE WATER > DRAINAGE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SURFACE WATER > HYDROPATTERN

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SURFACE WATER > LAKES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SURFACE WATER > RIVERS/STREAMS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SURFACE WATER > WATER CHANNELS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > GEOMORPHOLOGY > COASTAL LANDFORMS/PROCESSES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > GEOMORPHOLOGY > EOLIAN LANDFORMS/PROCESSES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > GEOMORPHOLOGY > FLUVIAL LANDFORMS/PROCESSES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > GEOMORPHOLOGY > GLACIAL LANDFORMS/PROCESSES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > GEOMORPHOLOGY > KARST LANDFORMS/PROCESSES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > GEOMORPHOLOGY > TECTONIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > TOPOGRAPHY > CONTOURS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > TOPOGRAPHY > LANDFORMS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > TOPOGRAPHY > TOPOGRAPHICAL RELIEF

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > TOPOGRAPHY > TERRAIN ELEVATION

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > TOPOGRAPHY > TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECTS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > ROCKS/MINERALS/CRYSTALS > SEDIMENTARY ROCKS > COAL

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > EARTH GASES/LIQUIDS > NATURAL GAS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > EARTH GASES/LIQUIDS > PETROLEUM

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > ROCKS/MINERALS/CRYSTALS > AGE DETERMINATIONS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > ROCKS/MINERALS/CRYSTALS > BEDROCK LITHOLOGY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > ROCKS/MINERALS/CRYSTALS > SEDIMENTS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > EARTHQUAKES > EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE/INTENSITY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > EARTHQUAKES > EARTHQUAKE OCCURRENCES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > PLATE TECTONICS > FAULT MOVEMENT

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > PLATE TECTONICS > FOLDS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > VOLCANIC ACTIVITY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > PLATE TECTONICS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > PLATE TECTONICS > PLATE BOUNDARIES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > WETLANDS

Theme_Keyword: MAPS

Theme_Keyword: TERRA > EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEM, TERRA (AM-1)

Theme_Keyword: AVHRR > ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETER

Theme_Keyword: MODIS > MODERATE-RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER

Theme_Keyword: GLOBAL GIS > GLOBAL GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Theme_Keyword: Gis

Theme_Keyword: Usgs

Theme_Keyword: Geographic Information Systems

Theme_Keyword: Global

Theme_Keyword: Datasets

Theme_Keyword: Atlas

Theme_Keyword: Political Boundaries

Theme_Keyword: Shaded Relief

Theme_Keyword: Digital Data

Theme_Keyword: Elevation

Theme_Keyword: Slope

Theme_Keyword: Hydrology

Theme_Keyword: Rivers

Theme_Keyword: Springs

Theme_Keyword: Wells

Theme_Keyword: Cities

Theme_Keyword: Towns

Theme_Keyword: Airfields

Theme_Keyword: Roads

Theme_Keyword: Utility Lines

Theme_Keyword: Population

Theme_Keyword: Population Density

Theme_Keyword: Geology

Theme_Keyword: Geomorphology

Theme_Keyword: Ecological Regions

Theme_Keyword: Historical Seismicity

Theme_Keyword: Epicenter Locations

Theme_Keyword: Volcanoes

Theme_Keyword: Natural Resources

Theme_Keyword: Ore Deposits

Theme_Keyword: Oil Fields

Theme_Keyword: Gas Fields

Theme_Keyword: Us National Oil And Gas Assessment

Theme_Keyword: Climate Data

Theme_Keyword: Land Cover

Theme_Keyword: Vegetation Index

Theme_Keyword: Lights At Night

Theme_Keyword: Blue Marble True-color Satellite Image

Theme_Keyword: Simulated Earth

Theme_Keyword: Modis

Theme_Keyword: Tems

Theme_Keyword: Gtos

Theme_Keyword: G3os

Theme_Keyword: FARMING

Theme_Keyword: BIOTA

Theme_Keyword: BOUNDARIES

Theme_Keyword: CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Theme_Keyword: ECONOMY

Theme_Keyword: ELEVATION

Theme_Keyword: ENVIRONMENT

Theme_Keyword: GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

Theme_Keyword: IMAGERY/BASE MAPS/EARTH COVER

Theme_Keyword: INLAND WATERS

Theme_Keyword: PLANNING CADASTRE

Theme_Keyword: SOCIETY

Theme_Keyword: STRUCTURE

Theme_Keyword: TRANSPORTATION

Theme_Keyword: UTILITIES/COMMUNICATIONS

Theme_Keyword: ENGLISH

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD

Place_Keyword: GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL

Access_Constraints: Required to Use CD-ROM Data Set: ArcView Data Publisher 3.1 works in Windows NT 4, Windows 2000, or Windows 95/98/ME and requires an industry-standard personal computer with a Pentium microprocessor, at least 24 MB of RAM (64 MB recommended), and 34 MB hard disk space (600 MB recommended). Required to Use DVD Data Set: ArcView Data Publisher 3.1 works in Windows NT 4, Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows 95/98/ME and requires at least a Pentium microprocessor and at least 64 MB RAM, and 34 MB hard disk space (10 GB recommended). THIS DISK IS A DVD-ROM AND REQUIRES A DVD-ROM DRIVE. The disk will NOT work in CD-ROM drives.

Use_Constraints:

USG, AGI, ESRI, AND/OR ITS LICENSOR(S) SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR COSTS OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOST PROFITS, LOST SALES, OR BUSINESS EXPENDITURES, INVESTMENTS, OR COMMITMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH ANY BUSINESS; LOSS OF ANY GOODWILL; OR FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR USE OF THE DATA AND RELATED MATERIALS, HOWEVER CAUSED, ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, AND WHETHER OR NOT ESRI OR ITS LICENSOR(S) HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. THESE LIMITATIONS SHALL APPLY NOTWITHSTANDING ANY FAILURE OF ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY EXCLUSIVE REMEDY.

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

THE DATA AND RELATED MATERIALS ARE EXCLUDED FROM THE LIMITED WARRANTY, AND THE LICENSEE EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE DATA CONTAINS SOME NONCONFORMITIES, DEFECTS, OR ERRORS. THERE IS NO WARRANT THAT THE DATA WILL MEET LICENSEE'S NEEDS OR EXPECTATIONS; THAT THE USE OF THE DATA WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED; OR THAT ALL NONCONFORMITIES, DEFECTS, OR ERRORS CAN OR WILL BE CORRECTED.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

Not Available

Completeness_Report:

Not Available

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Not Available

Process_Date: Unknown

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: AGI > American Geological Institute

Contact_Person: CHRISTOPHER M. KEANE

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: American Geological Institute

Address: 4220 King Street

City: Alexandria

State_or_Province: VA

Postal_Code: 22302-1502

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (703) 379-2480

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (703) 379-7563

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: keane@agiweb.org

Resource_Description: Global_GIS

Distribution_Liability:

Not Available

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: GIS

Format_Name: GIS

Transfer_Size: 34 MB

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://www.agiweb.org/

Access_Instructions:

DATA CENTER URL

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://www.agiweb.org/pubs/pubindex.html?Catagory=...

Access_Instructions:

Access to Global GIS CD-ROMs and information.

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://webgis.wr.usgs.gov/globalgis/

Access_Instructions:

USGWS News Release "USGS and the American Geological Institute Combine to Offer a World of Information".

Fees: $29.95 Per Cd-rom

Fees: $180.00 Per Dvd

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20021101

Metadata_Review_Date: 20111122

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: TYLER B. STEVENS

Contact_Position: DIF AUTHOR

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Address: Global Change Master Directory

City: Greenbelt

State_or_Province: MD

Postal_Code: 20771

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (301) 614-6898

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 301-614-5268

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Tyler.B.Stevens@nasa.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time