World Continents

ISO-19139 Metadata

Metadata Information

Metadata language: eng
Metadata character set: utf8
Last update: 2024-12-11
Metadata contact:
Role: pointOfContact
Individual's name: ArcGIS Content Team
Organization's name: Esri
Contact information:
Phone:
Voice: +1-909-793-2853
Fax: +1-909-793-5953
Address:
Delivery point: 380 New York Street
City: Redlands
Administrative area: California
Postal code: 92373-8100
Country: US
e-mail address: info@esri.com
Hours of service: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Pacific time, Monday–Friday
Scope of the data described by the metadata: dataset
Name of the metadata standard used: NAP - Metadata
Version of the metadata standard: 1.2
Metadata identifier: 57c1ade4fa7c4e2384e6a23f2b3bd254

Data Identification Information

Resource citation:
Title: World Continents
Date:
Reference date - publication: 2024-12-01
Edition: 2024
Presentation format: mapDigital
Series:
Name: ArcGIS® Data and Maps
Issue: 2024 - World, Europe, and United States
Other citation details: Location: \world
Cited responsible party:
Role: publisher
Organization's name: Esri
Contact information:
Address:
Delivery point: Redlands, California, USA
Cited responsible party:
Role: originator
Organization's name: Esri
Contact information:
Themes or categories of the resource: boundaries
Descriptive keywords:
Place keywords:
Keywords: World
Descriptive keywords:
Temporal keywords:
Keywords: 1996, 1998, 2000, 2007, 2022
Descriptive keywords:
Theme keywords:
Keywords: polygon, continents, Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America, Antarctica, coastlines, boundaries
Descriptive keywords:
Keyword type not provided
Keywords: Downloadable Data
Keyword thesaurus:
Citation reference: 723f6998-058e-11dc-8314-0800200c9a66
Abstract: World Continents represents the boundaries for the continents of the world.This layer is best viewed out beyond a maximum scale (zoomed in) of 1:3,000,000. The sources of this dataset are Esri, Global Mapping International (GMI), U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (The World Factbook), and Garmin. It is updated as country boundaries coincident to continental boundaries change. To download the data for this layer as a layer package for use in ArcGIS desktop applications, refer to World Continents.
Purpose: World Continents provides a basemap layer for the continents of the world, delivering a straightforward method of selecting a small multi-country area for display or study.
Dataset language:eng
Dataset character set: utf8
Status: completed
Resource maintenance:
Update frequency: annually
Resource constraints:
General constraints:
Limitations of use: This work is licensed under the Esri Master License Agreement. View Summary | View Terms of Use
Resource constraints:
Legal constraints:
Access constraints: license
Use constraints: otherRestrictions
Other constraints: The data are provided by multiple, third party data vendors under license to Esri for inclusion on ArcGIS® Data and Maps for use with ArcGIS software. Each data vendor has its own data licensing policies and may grant varying redistribution rights to end users. Consult the redistribution rights below for this dataset provided on Data and Maps. As used herein, “Geodata” shall mean any digital dataset consisting of geographic data coordinates and associated attributes. The redistribution rights for this dataset: Redistribution rights are granted by the data vendor for hard-copy renditions or static, electronic map images (for example, .gif, .jpeg, and so on) that are plotted, printed, or publicly displayed with proper metadata and source/copyright attribution to the respective data vendor(s). The terms and conditions below apply to all the datasets provided on Data and Maps. 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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, 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.
Spatial representation type: vector
Processing environment: Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.9.1.28388
Resource extent:
Extent description: publication date
Temporal element:
Temporal extent:
Date/Time: 1998-01-01T00:00:00
Object GML ID: N65727
Temporal element:
Temporal extent:
Date/Time: 2007-03-01T00:00:00
Object GML ID: N65742
Temporal element:
Temporal extent:
Date/Time: 2000-01-01T00:00:00
Object GML ID: N65757
Temporal element:
Temporal extent:
Date/Time: 1996-01-01T00:00:00
Object GML ID: N65772
Temporal element:
Temporal extent:
Date/Time: 2022-12-01T00:00:00
Object GML ID: N65787
Resource extent:
Geographic element:
Bounding rectangle:
Extent contains the resource: true
West longitude: -180
East longitude: 180
North latitude: 83.6236
South latitude: -90
Credits: Sources: Esri; Global Mapping International (GMI); U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (The World Factbook); Garmin International, Inc.
Resource point of contact:
Role: pointOfContact
Individual's name: ArcGIS Content Team
Organization's name: Esri
Contact information:
Phone:
Voice: +1-909-793-2853
Fax: +1-909-793-5953
Address:
Delivery point: 380 New York Street
City: Redlands
Administrative area: California
Postal code: 92373-8100
Country: US
e-mail address: info@esri.com
Hours of service: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Pacific time, Monday–Friday
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Spatial Representation

Vector Data

Level of topology for this dataset: geometryOnly
Geometric objects:
Object type: composite
Object count: 8

Reference System Information

Reference system identifier:
Value: 4326
Code space: EPSG
Version: 6.2(3.0.1)

Data Quality

Scope of quality information:
Level of the data:dataset
Resource lineage:
Process step:
When the process occurred: 2001-01-11T00:00:00
Description: The following steps were performed by Esri: Extracted the features from Esri Data & Maps 1999 dataset-admin98.shp. Updated political boundaries for countries and first-level administrative units. Used Continent attribute to dissolve out the necessary features to create the continents. Removed unnecessary attributes. Created ArcGIS layer file (.lyr). Created projection file (.prj). Created spatial indices. Converted the dataset to Smart Data Compression (SDC) format.
Process step:
When the process occurred: 2004-03-07T00:00:00
Description: The following steps were performed by Esri: Added SQKM attribute and calculated its values. Added SQMI attribute and calculated its values.
Process step:
When the process occurred: 2005-02-11T00:00:00
Description: The following steps were performed by Esri: Removed the Paracel and Spratly island groups.
Process step:
When the process occurred: 2006-03-24T00:00:00
Description: The following steps were performed by Esri: Corrected the east and south geographic extents. Converted the dataset to SDC.
Process step:
When the process occurred: 2007-03-22T00:00:00
Description: The following steps were performed by Esri: Removed an area in the Netherlands where land was in the process of being reclaimed from the sea but was never completed.
Process step:
When the process occurred: 2014-04-01T00:00:00
Description: Converted the dataset into a file geodatabase.
Process step:
When the process occurred: 2024-10-30T00:00:00
Description: The following steps were performed by Esri: Updated the coastline by manually editing parts of Antarctica and Greenland.
Source:
Level of the source data: Attribute and geospatial data
Source scale denominator:
Scale denominator: 3000000
Source citation:
Title: ArcWorld Supplement
Alternate title: ArcWorld Supplement
Date:
Reference date - publication: 1996-01-01
Edition: 1
Presentation format: mapDigital
Cited responsible party:
Role: originator
Organization's name: Esri
Contact information:
Cited responsible party:
Role: publisher
Organization's name: Esri
Contact information:
Address:
Delivery point: Redlands, California, USA
Source extent:
Extent description: publication date
Temporal element:
Temporal extent:
Date/Time: 1996-01-01
Object GML ID: N66276
Source:
Level of the source data: Attribute and geospatial data
Source citation:
Title: The World Factbook 2007
Alternate title: CIA World Factbook
Date:
Reference date - publication: 2007-03-01
Edition: 2007
Presentation format: documentDigital
Series:
Name: The World Factbook
Issue: 2007
Other citation details: The online Factbook is updated periodically throughout the year.
Cited responsible party:
Role: publisher
Organization's name: U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Contact information:
Address:
Delivery point: Washington, DC, USA
Cited responsible party:
Role: originator
Organization's name: U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Contact information:
Source extent:
Extent description: publication date
Temporal element:
Temporal extent:
Date/Time: 2007-03-01
Object GML ID: N66388
Source:
Level of the source data: Attribute data
Source citation:
Title: Missions Database
Alternate title: GMI
Date:
Cited responsible party:
Role: originator
Organization's name: Global Mapping International
Contact information:
Cited responsible party:
Role: publisher
Organization's name: Global Mapping International
Contact information:
Address:
Delivery point: Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
Source extent:
Extent description: publication date
Temporal element:
Temporal extent:
Date/Time: 2000-01-01
Object GML ID: N66470
Source:
Level of the source data: Geospatial data
Source scale denominator:
Scale denominator: 1000000
Source citation:
Title: Country_Boundaries, Hydropolys
Alternate title: World Base Map 2022
Date:
Reference date - publication: 2022-12-01
Edition: 2022
Presentation format: mapDigital
Series:
Name: A subset of World Base Map.
Issue: 2022
Cited responsible party:
Role: originator
Organization's name: Garmin International, Inc.
Contact information:
Cited responsible party:
Role: publisher
Organization's name: Garmin International, Inc.
Contact information:
Address:
Delivery point: Olathe, Kansas, USA
Source extent:
Extent description: publication date
Temporal element:
Temporal extent:
Date/Time: 2022-12-01T00:00:00
Object GML ID: N66585
Data quality report:
Topological consistency:
Evaluation method: The dataset is created directly from a topologically correct ArcInfo coverage.
Data quality result:
Data quality report:
Conceptual consistency:
Measure produced by the test: The dataset is converted to file geodatabase (FGDB) format using tools in ArcGIS. The geometry is checked, and if needed repaired.
Data quality result:
Data quality report:
Completeness omission:
Measure produced by the test: After processing, the dataset is checked for drawing display and number of records and file sizes compared with source materials.
Data quality result:
Data quality report:
Absolute external positional accuracy:
Measure produced by the test: The geospatial part of this dataset was originally extracted from the ArcWorld Supplement database and then generalized (tolerance unknown). The positional accuracy is unknown.
Data quality result:

Distribution Information

Distributor:
Distributor contact:
Role: distributor
Organization's name: Esri; Esri Offices
Contact information:
Phone:
Voice: +1-800-447-9778
Address:
Delivery point: 380 New York Street
City: Redlands
Administrative area: California
Postal code: 92373-8100
Country: US
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Distribution order process:
Terms and fees: Software purchase price
Turnaround time: Data and Maps is available only as part of ArcGIS software.
Distribution format:
Format name: File Geodatabase Feature Class
Format version:
Distribution format:
Format name: File Geodatabase Feature Class
Format version:
File decompression technique: ArcGIS software
Transfer options:
Online distribution information:
Online location: https://services.arcgis.com/P3ePLMYs2RVChkJx/arcgis/rest/services/World_Continents/FeatureServer
Connection protocol:
Transfer options:
Online distribution information:
Name of resource: ArcGIS Data and Maps group
Online location: https://www.arcgis.com/home/group.html?id=24838c2d95e14dd18c25e9bad55a7f82#overview
Connection protocol:
Description: Downloadable Data; Hosted Feature Layer
Transfer options:
Online distribution information:
Name of resource: My Esri
Online location: https://my.esri.com
Connection protocol:
Description: Downloadable Data