Title: "ESRI: World at Night" (2004) Description: World at Night represents a nighttime view of the Earth produced by mosaicking Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) Operational Linescan System (OLS) satellite images. This system was originally designed to view clouds by moonlight and to map the locations of permanent lights on the Earth's surface. These data are derived from 9 months of observations superimposed on a darkened land surface. ESRI georeferenced these data to a real world coordinate system. World at Night provides an informational and educational view of our planet at night. | ||||
Keywords and Themes: Base Maps, Cities, Earth Cover, Imagery, Map Scan Images, Night, Society, | ||||
Filename Prefix: earth_city_lights_5km.bil | ||||
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Mapped Drive Folder: /esri2004/images/world/images | ||||
Total size of data files: 96 MB | ||||
Data Type: ESRI BIL | ||||
Feature Type: raster digital data | ||||
Coordinate System: GCS_WGS_1984 | ||||
Datum: D_WGS_1984 | Map Units: Decimal degrees | |||
Spatial Extent: World | ||||
Source Scale: 1:18,500,000 | ||||
Created by: NASA - Visible Earth | ||||
Released by: ESRI; ESRI International Distributors | ||||
Content Date: 200109 | ||||
Published Date: 20040301 | ||||
Collection Name: ESRI® Data & Maps 2004 | ||||
Physical Location: Reference GIS Data Cabinet | ||||
Call Number: G70.212 .E77 2004 | ||||
Acquired Date: 20040630 | ||||
Distribution Restrictions: http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/gis/esridm/2004/help/rdstrght.htm | ||||
Note: To use this data requires software that supports ESRI BIL files. | ||||
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Record ID: 2369_edm04 |
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