North America Shaded Relief

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
U.S. Geological Survey, EROS Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (EDC DAAC)
Originator: ESRI
Publication_Date: 20040301
Title: North America Shaded Relief
Edition: 2004
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster digital data
Series_Information:
Series_Name: ESRI® Data & Maps
Issue_Identification: 2004
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Redlands, California, USA
Publisher: ESRI
Other_Citation_Details: Location: \northamerica
Description:
Abstract:
North America Shaded Relief represents a shaded relief map for North America derived from the global digital elevation model (DEM) - GTOPO30 data sets from the U.S. Geological Survey's EROS Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (EDC DAAC).
Purpose:
North America Shaded Relief provides a base map layer displaying shaded relief information of North America for geographic analysis on regional and national scales.
Supplemental_Information: Largest scale when displaying the data: 1:3,000,000.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1996
Currentness_Reference: publication date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Matches software update releases
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -179.907824
East_Bounding_Coordinate: 179.737373
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 90.000000
South_Bounding_Coordinate: -4.721598
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: image
Theme_Keyword: shaded relief
Theme_Keyword: elevation
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: North America
Place_Keyword: Canada
Place_Keyword: Mexico
Place_Keyword: United States
Place_Keyword: Central America
Place_Keyword: Caribbean
Temporal:
Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Temporal_Keyword: 1996
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Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: ESRI
Contact_Person: Data Team
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 380 New York Street
City: Redlands
State_or_Province: California
Postal_Code: 92373-8100
Country: USA
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Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.1.3.679

Data_Quality_Information:
Logical_Consistency_Report: No report.
Completeness_Report: No report.
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
U.S. Geological Survey, EROS Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (EDC DAAC)
Publication_Date: 1996
Title: GTOPO30 - Global Topographic Data
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster digital data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
Publisher:
U.S. Geological Survey, EROS Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (EDC DAAC)
Other_Citation_Details:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: These data are distributed by the EROS Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (EDC DAAC), located at the U.S. Geological Survey's EROS Data Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Direct questions concerning use or redistribution of data to: EDC DAAC User Services EROS Data Center Mundt Federal Building Sioux Falls, SD 57198 Telephone: 605-594-6116 Facsimile: 605-594-6963 Email: edc@eos.nasa.gov"

Note: The data set was downloaded from the web site in 2000.

Online_Linkage: <http://edcdaac.usgs.gov/gtopo30/gtopo30.html>
Type_of_Source_Media: online
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1996
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: USGS - EDC DAAC
Source_Contribution: Attribute and geospatial data
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
GTOPO30 is a global digital elevation model (DEM) with a horizontal grid spacing of 30 arc seconds (approximately 1 kilometer). GTOPO30 was derived from several raster and vector sources of topographic information. Detailed information on the characteristics of GTOPO30 including the data distribution format, the data sources, production methods, accuracy, and hints for users, is found in the GTOPO30 README file (<http://edcdaac.usgs.gov/gtopo30/README.html>).

GTOPO30, completed in late 1996, was developed over a three-year period through a collaborative effort led by staff at the U.S. Geological Survey's EROS Data Center (EDC). The following organizations participated by contributing funding or source data: the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the United Nations Environment Programme/Global Resource Information Database (UNEP/GRID), the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Instituto Nacional de Estadistica Geografica e Informatica (INEGI) of Mexico, the Geographical Survey Institute (GSI) of Japan, Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research of New Zealand, and the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR).

Process_Date: 1993–1996
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: USGS - EDC DAAC
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The following steps were performed by ESRI: Downloaded each tile of the data from <http://edcdaac.usgs.gov/gtopo30/gtopo30.html>, extracted each, and assembled all into a global data set. Clipped the area to the extent of North America (without Greenland). Ran the ArcGIS® Spatial Analyst Hillshade function on the elevation data to create the shaded relief map with the angle of illumination 315 degrees in azimuth (from the northwest) and 45 degrees above the surface. Projected to Albers Conical Equal Area - Clarke 1866 datum.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: USGS - EDC DAAC
Process_Date: 20001121

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Raster
Raster_Object_Information:
Raster_Object_Type: Grid Cell
Row_Count: 8726
Column_Count: 10619
Vertical_Count: 1

Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Planar:
Map_Projection:
Map_Projection_Name: Albers Conical Equal Area
Albers_Conical_Equal_Area:
Standard_Parallel: 20.000000
Standard_Parallel: 60.000000
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -96.000000
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 40.000000
False_Easting: 0.000000
False_Northing: 0.000000
Planar_Coordinate_Information:
Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: row and column
Coordinate_Representation:
Abscissa_Resolution: 1000.000000
Ordinate_Resolution: 1000.000000
Planar_Distance_Units: meters
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222
Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Altitude_System_Definition:

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: shadedrelief
Entity_Type_Definition:
The ArcInfo grid represents a shaded relief map for North America.
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ObjectID
Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Value
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Count

Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
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Contact_Organization: ESRI; ESRI International Distributors
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Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 380 New York Street
City: Redlands
State_or_Province: California
Postal_Code: 92373-8100
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 800-447-9778
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Outside the United States, please direct all inquiries to your local ESRI International Distributor. This information can be found at <http://gis.esri.com/intldist/contactint.cfm>.

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Technical_Prerequisites:
To use this data requires software that supports ArcInfo™ grids.

Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20031112
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: ESRI
Contact_Person: Data Team
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 380 New York Street
City: Redlands
State_or_Province: California
Postal_Code: 92373-8100
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 909-793-2853
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 909-793-5953
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: info@esri.com
Hours_of_Service: 8:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Pacific time, Monday–Friday
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Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
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