World Topography and Bathymetry

Metadata also available as

Metadata:


Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: ESRI
Publication_Date: 20040301
Title: World Topography and Bathymetry
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: \world\elevation
Description:
Abstract:
World Topography and Bathymetry represents a color hillshaded Digital Elevation Model (DEM) based image of all continents and ocean beds of the world. The hillshading effect (illumination from azimuth of 315 degrees, or northwest) provides the appearance of three dimensions (also know as 2.5 D). The data set is in MrSID® format to minimize the file size.
Purpose:
World Topography and Bathymetry provides a base map layer displaying global color shaded relief of topography and bathymetry.
Supplemental_Information: Largest scale when displaying the data: 1:10,000,000.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Multiple_Dates/Times:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1975–1999
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 20000925
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1988
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1992
Currentness_Reference: publication date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Matches software update releases
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -180.000000
East_Bounding_Coordinate: 179.991685
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 90.000000
South_Bounding_Coordinate: -90.000000
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: image
Theme_Keyword: topography
Theme_Keyword: bathymetry
Theme_Keyword: elevation
Theme_Keyword: relief
Theme_Keyword: sea floor
Theme_Keyword: shaded relief
Theme_Keyword: hillshaded
Theme_Keyword: color
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: World
Place_Keyword: Globe
Place_Keyword: Earth
Temporal:
Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Temporal_Keyword: 1975–1999
Temporal_Keyword: 2000
Temporal_Keyword: 1988
Temporal_Keyword: 1992
Access_Constraints: Access granted to Licensee only.
Use_Constraints:
The data are provided by multiple, third party data vendors under license to ESRI for inclusion on ESRI Data & Maps for use with ESRI® software. Each data vendor has its own data licensing policies and may grant varying redistribution rights to end users. Please consult the redistribution rights below for this data set provided on ESRI Data & Maps. As used herein, “Geodata” shall mean any digital data set consisting of geographic data coordinates and associated attributes.

The redistribution rights for this data set:

Acknowledgement: Data for Australia courtesy of the Australian Surveying and Land Information Group, Canberra, Australia. Crown Copyright ©. All rights reserved. www.auslig.gov.au. Requests and inquiries concerning reproduction and rights should be addressed to the Manager, Australian Surveying and Land Information Group, Department of Industry, Science and Resources, PO Box 2, Belconnen, ACT, 2616, or by email to copyright@auslig.gov.au

Internal Use Only. No redistribution rights are granted by the data vendor and the data is for the end user's own internal use only.

The terms and conditions below apply to all the data sets provided on ESRI Data & Maps.

Proprietary Rights and Copyright: Licensee acknowledges that the Data and Related Materials contain proprietary and confidential property of ESRI and its licensor(s). The Data and Related Materials are owned by ESRI and its licensor(s) and are protected by United States copyright laws and applicable international copyright treaties and/or conventions.

Limited Warranty and Disclaimer: ESRI warrants that the media upon which the Data and Related Materials are provided will be free from defects in materials and workmanship under normal use and service for a period of ninety (90) days from the date of receipt.

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. ESRI DOES NOT 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. ESRI IS NOT INVITING RELIANCE ON THIS DATA, AND THE LICENSEE SHOULD ALWAYS VERIFY ACTUAL DATA.

EXCEPT FOR THE LIMITED WARRANTY SET FORTH ABOVE, THE DATA AND RELATED MATERIALS CONTAINED THEREIN ARE PROVIDED "AS-IS," WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Exclusive Remedy and Limitation of Liability: The entire liability of ESRI or its licensor(s) and Licensee's exclusive remedy shall be to terminate the Agreement upon Licensee returning the Data and Related Materials to ESRI with a copy of Licensee's invoice/receipt and ESRI returning the license fees paid to Licensee.

IN NO EVENT SHALL ESRI AND/OR ITS LICENSOR(S) 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.

Third Party Beneficiary: ESRI's licensor(s) has (have) authorized ESRI to (sub)distribute and (sub)license its (their) data as incorporated into the Data and Related Materials. As an intended third party beneficiary to this Agreement, the ESRI licensor(s) is (are) entitled to directly enforce, in its own name, the rights and obligations undertaken by the Licensee and to seek all legal and equitable remedies as are afforded to ESRI.

In the event that the data vendor(s) has (have) granted the end user permission to redistribute the Geodata, please use proper proprietary or copyright attribution for the various data vendor(s), and provide the associated metadata file(s) with the Geodata. In compliance with FGDC metadata standards, ESRI has attempted to practice proper metadata methodologies by providing any data source information, descriptions, and file names to assist in this effort.

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
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
Contact_Instructions:
In the United States– Please direct all inquiries regarding software/data pricing and consulting services to your local ESRI Regional Office. For support, you may contact Technical Support by telephone (voice) between 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Pacific time, Monday through Friday, by dialing 909-793-3774; facsimile (fax) available at 909-792-0960; electronic mail (e-mail) support@esri.com; or visit <http://support.esri.com>; ESRI holidays excluded.

Outside the United States– Please direct all inquiries regarding software/data pricing, sales, support, and consulting services to your local ESRI International Distributor. This information can be found at <http://gis.esri.com/intldist/contactint.cfm>.

For other questions or comments, you may contact ESRI headquarters by e-mail, telephone, or fax or write to us.

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:
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Geophysical Data Center
Publication_Date: 1999
Title:
The Global Land One-kilometer Base Elevation (GLOBE) Digital Elevation Model - The Global Land One-km Base Elevation (GLOBE) Project: Get GLOBE Data.
Edition: Version 1.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster digital data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Boulder, Colorado, USA
Publisher:
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Geophysical Data Center
Other_Citation_Details:
GLOBE Task Team and others (Hastings, David A., Paula K. Dunbar, Gerald M. Elphingstone, Mark Bootz, Hiroshi Murakami, Hiroshi Maruyama, Hiroshi Masaharu, Peter Holland, John Payne, Nevin A. Bryant, Thomas L. Logan, J.-P. Muller, Gunter Schreier, and John S. MacDonald), eds., 1999.

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

Online_Linkage: <http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/topo/gltiles.shtml>
Type_of_Source_Media: online
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1975–1999
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NOAA, NGDC - GLOBE
Source_Contribution: Attribute and geospatial data
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
Smith, W. H. F., and D. T. Sandwell - University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
Publication_Date: 19970926
Title:
MEASURED AND ESTIMATED SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY: ftp digital gridded data
Edition: Version 7.2
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: La Jolla, California, USA
Publisher:
Smith, W. H. F., and D. T. Sandwell - University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
Other_Citation_Details:
Reference: Smith, W. H. F., and D. T. Sandwell, Global seafloor topography from satellite altimetry and ship depth soundings, Science, v. 277, p. 1957-1962, 26 Sept., 1997.

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

Online_Linkage: <http://topex.ucsd.edu/marine_topo/mar_topo.html>
Type_of_Source_Media: online
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 20000925
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: UCSD Marine_Topo
Source_Contribution: Attribute and geospatial data
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Geophysical Data Center, Marine Geology & Geophysics Division
Publication_Date: 1988
Title:
World Data Center for Marine Geology & Geophysics, Boulder - Global Relief Data & Images: FTP Area: ETOPO5
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Boulder, Colorado, USA
Publisher: NOAA, National Geophysical Data Center
Other_Citation_Details:
Data Announcement 88-MGG-02, Digital relief of the Surface of the Earth. NOAA, National Geophysical Data Center, Boulder, Colorado, 1988." The version of the data making up ETOPO5 is from May, 1988, with the exception of a small area in Canada (120-130 W, 65-70 N), which was regridded in 1990.
Online_Linkage: <http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/global/global.html>
Type_of_Source_Media: online
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1988
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NOAA, NGDC - ETOPO5
Source_Contribution: Attribute and geospatial data
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: ESRI
Originator:
Defense Mapping Agency, presently known as National Imagery and Mapping Agency
Publication_Date: 1992
Title: Digital Chart of the World
Edition: 1
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Redlands, California, USA
Publisher: ESRI
Source_Scale_Denominator: 1000000
Type_of_Source_Media: CD–ROM
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1992
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: DCW
Source_Contribution: Attribute and geospatial data
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Areas of this data set provided by the following data sources:

1. GLOBE Project (Global Land One-km Base Elevation); downloaded the data from <http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/topo/gltiles.shtml>; <http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/topo/globedoc.shtml> (Documentation Home Page); 30 arc second gridding (926 meters) - provided land relief information for the world.

2. University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Marine_Topo; topo_7.2.img; downloaded the data from <http://topex.ucsd.edu/marine_topo/mar_topo.html>; 2 arc minute gridding (3704 meters) - provided bathymetry data between 72 degrees north and 72 degrees south.

3. ETOPO5; downloaded the data from <http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/global/global.html>; <http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/global/etopo5.html> (documentation); 5 arc minute gridding (9260 meters) - provided sea floor data from 72 degrees latitude poleward.

4. DCW (Digital Chart of the World); extracted the data from CD-ROM - major lakes extracted from DNNET (vector drainage layer) rasterized to 1 km resolution.

The following steps were performed by ESRI:

Downloaded and extracted the data from the sources listed above.

Resampled to 30 arc seconds of latitude (926 meters), data based on three global digital elevation models (DEM) of different resolutions covering the entire world. Prepared a customized color ramp to generate the original TIFF image, size 3.7 GB. Ran the Hillshade function (illumination from azimuth of 315 degrees, from the northwest) to see the data in 2.5 D (appears to be in three dimensions). Overlaid major permanent lakes of the world derived from DCW on the final DEM; dried out depressions (areas below sea level) not filled with water to properly represent the areas, e.g. Death Valley. Converted to MrSID format for its compression abilities to reduce file sizes.

Resampled to 1 kilometer, ETOPO5 and UCSD Marine_Topo DEMs with resolution coarser than 1 kilometer. Merged together these two DEMs and GLOBE DEM for land in a way such that the one with the finest original resolution would remain on top deriving the most information from the data. Ran the Hillshade function (illumination from north-west, azimuth 315 degrees) derived for the mosaicked global DEM.

Created a customized color ramp with 999 color symbols and applied to the entire elevation model. Special effort made to ensure sea-land border accuracy. HSV (hue saturation value) model of the data created with the color-ramped DEM assigned to serve as HUE and SATURATION while the hillshade information layer was applied as VALUE.

Converted HSV into RGB (red green blue). Overlaid the rasterized outlines of the major lakes reselected from DCW vector data on each of the RGB grids. Performed additional processing not to show world depressions (areas below sea level) as water. Saved as TIFF image - the total size 2.74 GB. All of the above processing was performed in ESRI's GRID.

Compressed by MrSID to 85 MB.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NOAA, NGDC - GLOBE
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: UCSD Marine_Topo
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NOAA, NGDC - ETOPO5
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: DCW
Process_Date: 20001216

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Indirect_Spatial_Reference: Geographic Coordinates (Decimal Degrees)
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Raster
Raster_Object_Information:
Raster_Object_Type: Pixel
Row_Count: 21600
Column_Count: 43199
Vertical_Count: 1

Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Planar:
Planar_Coordinate_Information:
Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: row and column
Coordinate_Representation:
Abscissa_Resolution: 0.008333
Ordinate_Resolution: 0.008333
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: D_WGS_1984
Ellipsoid_Name: WGS_1984
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257224
Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Altitude_System_Definition:
Altitude_Resolution: 926
Altitude_Distance_Units: meters
Depth_System_Definition:
Depth_Datum_Name: Mean sea level
Depth_Resolution: 3704
Depth_Distance_Units: meters

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: Band_1
Entity_Type_Definition: The red band.
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
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: Band_2
Entity_Type_Definition: The green band.
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
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: Band_3
Entity_Type_Definition: The blue band.
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:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: ESRI; ESRI International Distributors
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: 800-447-9778
Contact_Instructions:
In the United States, contact the ESRI Telesales staff at 800-447-9778 for more information about our software and data.

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>.

Resource_Description: Offline Data
Distribution_Liability: See use constraints.
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: MrSID
Format_Specification:
The SID file contains the image data. The SDW file contains the world (location) information. The AUX file contains auxiliary information (optional). The XML file (*.sid.xml) contains the metadata describing the data set (optional).
File_Decompression_Technique: MrSID
Transfer_Size: 83.055
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Offline_Option:
Offline_Media: DVD–ROM
Recording_Capacity:
Recording_Density: 4.38
Recording_Density_Units: GB (gigabytes)
Recording_Format: ISO 9660
Offline_Option:
Offline_Media: CD–ROM
Recording_Capacity:
Recording_Density: 650
Recording_Density_Units: MB (megabytes)
Recording_Format: ISO 9660
Fees: Software purchase price
Ordering_Instructions: ESRI Data & Maps is available only as part of ESRI® software.
Technical_Prerequisites:
To use this data requires software that supports MrSID® image format.

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
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
Metadata_Extensions:
Online_Linkage: <http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html>
Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile

Generated by mp version 2.7.33 on Mon Mar 15 08:37:02 2004