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CODATA Catalog of Roads Data Sets, Version 1

Entry ID: CIESIN_SEDAC_GROADS_CCRDSv1

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Summary

Abstract: The CODATA Catalog of Roads Data Sets, Version 1 contains 367 entries describing national-level road network data sets for 147 countries and four entries describing global data sets. It was produced by the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) under the oversight of the CODATA Global Roads Data Development Working Group, and as a contribution to ...

Purpose: To provide documentation on roads data sets that are potential candidates for inclusion in the Global Roads Open Access Data Set (gROADS), and which may be useful to others searching for data on road infrastructure.

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 90.0

S: -55.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) Global Roads Data Development Working Group, and Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University

Dataset Title: CODATA Catalog of Roads Data Sets, Version 1

Dataset Release Date: 200909

Dataset Release Place: Palisades, NY

Dataset Publisher: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)

Version: 1.00

Data Presentation Form: tabular

Online Resource: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/groads-codata-roads-catal...

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1976-01-01

Stop Date: 2008-12-31

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > AFRICA > NORTHERN AFRICA > ALGERIA

CONTINENT > AFRICA > CENTRAL AFRICA > ANGOLA

Science Keywords

AGRICULTURE > ANIMAL SCIENCE > ANIMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > BIOMASS

ISO Topic Category

FARMING

BIOTA

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Ancillary Keywords

AGRICULTURE

LAND CAPABILITY

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

GeoAccess Division, Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, Geomatics Canada, Earth Sciences Sector, Natural Resources Canada

Data Center URL: http://geogratis.cgdi.gc.ca/

Data Center Personnel
Name: GEOGRATIS CLIENT SERVICES Fax: +01-613-947-2410 Email: info at GeoGratis.cgdi.gc.ca Contact Address: 615 Booth Street, Room 650 City: Ottawa Province or State: Ontario Postal Code: K1A 0E9 Country: Canada