Central and South America
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Ideal for a variety of applications, this new dataset is the most comprehensive, seamless, and current available from any single source for Central and South America. Provides a map accuracy scale of 1:1,000,000 coverage with 1:250,000 coastlines.
Content
- Land Use
- Physiography
- Hydrography
- Utilities
- Cultural Landmarks
- Airports
- Railroads
- Marine Ports
- One Degree Grids
- Time Zones
Coverage
49 Countries in Central and South America. Click here for a complete listing.
Features
- Over 986,000 km of current roads
- 898 International Boundaries
- Expanded utilities (power plants, pump stations, hydroelectric power stations)\
- Climate Information
- World Fact Book details of socioeconomic statistics
- Contours and spot heights
- Raster Bathymetry
- Geology
Formats
ESRI - shape (.shp)
MapInfo - .TAB
Coordinate Systems
Geographic Decimal Degrees (Lat/Long) - WGS84
Data Sources
VMap0, National Imagery & Mapping Agency, Military Specification Vector Smart Map (Vmap) Level 0, Int. J. Climatology 10(2), Legates, D.R. & C. J. Willmott, NOAA Baseline Climatological Dataset, Baker, C.B., J.K. Eischeid, T.R. Karl, and H.F. Diaz, World Vector Shoreline National Imagery & Mapping Agency, WorldWide Reference System (WRS), GTOP030, The Global Demography Project, U.S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series DDS-20, Release 1,U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-470D, CIA World Data Bank II, HYDRO1k Data Set; U.S. Geological Survey EROS Data Center, US AID/FEWS Project & EDC International Program, NIMA Geographic Names Database (GNDB), ETOP05, National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), Global Land Cover Characteristic Data Base, DAAC, Time Zone Data: Central Intelligence Agency, USGS Geographic Names Information System, The Global Demography Project; Technical Report, World Fact Book (CIA)
