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Record Search Query: [Location: Location_Category='GEOGRAPHIC REGION', Location_Type='GLOBAL LAND']
Global Land One-km Base Elevation (GLOBE) Project
Entry ID: gov.noaa.ngdc.mgg.dem.280

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Summary
Abstract: ABSTRACT: GLOBE is a project to develop the best available 30-arc-second (nominally 1 kilometer) global digital elevation data set. This version of GLOBE contains data from 11 sources, and 17 combinations of source and lineage. It continues much in the tradition of the National Geophysical Data Center's TerrainBase (FGDC 1090), as TerrainBase served as a generally lower-resolution prototype of ... View entire text

Purpose: PURPOSE: Provide Topographic Data for Scientific, Technical, and other Applications
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Description: GLOBE documentation manual
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Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: 90.0   S: -90.0   E: 180.0   W: -180.0

Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator: DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC > National Geophysical Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Dataset Title: Global Land One-km Base Elevation (GLOBE) Project
Dataset Release Date: 1999
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO
Dataset Publisher: DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC > National Geophysical Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Version: Version 1.0
Data Presentation Form: Raster Digital Data
Online Resource: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/topo/globe.html
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1940-01-01
Stop Date: 1999-12-31
Data Resolution
Latitude Resolution: 30.000000 Decimal seconds
Longitude Resolution: 30.000000 Decimal seconds
Horizontal Resolution Range: 1 km - < 10 km or approximately .01 degree - < .09 degree
Vertical Resolution: 1.000000 Meters
Vertical Resolution Range: 1 meter - < 10 meters
Temporal Resolution: generally current (no special instant in time)
ISO Topic Category
Quality ATTRIBUTE ACCURACY REPORT: Some of the methods used to measure elevation do not actually measure that of the ground surface. See GLOBE documentation (KGRD 34).

LOGICAL CONSISTENCY REPORT: GLOBE documentation (KGRD 34) discusses logical consistency implicitly in its quality control & accuracy assessments. Adjacent data files have no gaps between themselves. A few land areas of 30 ... View entire text
Access Constraints Required to enter into a license agreement for access to the data.
Use Constraints Copyright remains the property of the province of Prince Edward Island.
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Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
Originating Center
Data Center
Agriculture, Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Forestry, Prince Edward Island, Canada Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://www.gov.pe.ca/af/index.php3

Data Center Personnel
Name: BRAD POTTER
Phone: +01-902-569-7595
Fax: +01-902-368-5830
Email: bdpotter at gov.pe.ca
Contact Address:
11 Kent Street, PO Box 2000
City: Charlottetown
Province or State: Prince Edward Island
Postal Code: C1A 7N8
Country: Canada
Distribution
Fees: Please consult distributor.
Personnel
Role: DIF AUTHOR
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Phone: +01-902-569-7595
Fax: +01-902-368-5830
Email: bdpotter at gov.pe.ca
Contact Address:
11 Kent Street, PO Box 2000
City: Charlottetown
Province or State: Prince Edward Island
Postal Code: C1A 7N8
Country: Canada
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2002-10-31
Last DIF Revision Date: 2009-03-16
Future DIF Review Date: 2005-09-25



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