Continent and Islands

General description

GeoDataset name: Continent and Islands

This dataset is an excerpt from the ArcWorld and was prepared by Grid Arendal, Norway, as part of INSROP Project I.3.1 in 1994. The dataset is in scale 1:1 mill., and includes the area north of 50°N and from 0°E eastwards to 150°W.

Technical description

Shapefile name: land3m.shp

Path: <NSR_DATA>\basecart\arcworld

GeoDataset type: Shapefile with Polygon features.

Coordinate system: Latitude/longitude in decimal degrees

Label field: Country

* Continent and Islands

1677 Polygons, 5 descriptive fields.

Fields: [<Name>] -- <Alias> (type of field)

[Wri3mdd_] -- "Wri3mdd_" (Numeric, no decimals)

[Wri3mdd_id] -- "Wri3mdd_id" (Numeric, no decimals)

[Country] -- "Country" (String, max. 2 characters)

[Land_ocean] -- "Land or ocean" (String, max. 9 characters)

[Islnd_rank] -- "Island Rank" (Numeric, no decimals)