Data · collection
Africa Surface Hydrography, 1984
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR
The First-Third Order Stream Network member of the African Surface Hydrography data set is part of the UNEP/FAO/ESRI Database project that covers the entire world but focuses here on Africa.
Description
The maps were prepared by Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI), USA. Most data for the database were provided by the Land and Water Development Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Italy.
The database was developed by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), as part of a project initiated by the same. The base map used was the FAO/UNESCO Soil Map of the World, scale 1:5000000 (1977) in Miller Oblated Stereographic projection. All sources were re-registered to the base map by comparing known features on the base map and the source maps.
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The digitizing was done with a spatial resolution of 0.002 inches. The maps were then transformed from inch coordinates to latitude/longitude degrees. The transformation was done using an unpublished algorithm by US Geological Survey and ESRI) to create coverage for one-degree graticules.
References: ESRI. Final Report UNEP/FAO World and Africa GIS data base (1977). Internal Publication by ESRI, FAO and UNEP FAO.
UNESCO Soil Map of the World.(1977). Scale 1:5000000. UNESCO, Paris Source :FAO/UNESCO Soil Map of the World.
Scale 1:5000000 Publication Date :Dec 1984 Projection :Geographic (lat/lon) Feature type :line Related Data sets :All UNEP/FAO/ESRI Data sets, Outline of Africa OUTLINE3.E00, HYDRMAJLL, HYDRMINLL (Surface Hydrography), Hydrologic Basins Comment : No boundary (outline) for Africa.
Links
Catalogue records · 2
- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2232848062-CEOS_EXTRA.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2232848062-CEOS_EXTRA.umm_json ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
Topics
- Stated by source
- Marine Ecosystems · Not provided · Rivers/Stream · Rivers/Streams
Provenance · 1 source records, 10 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Earthdata CMR | C2232848062-CEOS_EXTRA | 13 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/ecosystems/freshwater-ecosystems/rivers-stream | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/ecosystems/marine-ecosystems | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/terrestrial-hydrosphere/surface-water/surface-water-features/rivers-streams | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:not-provided | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/Abstract |
| spatial | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/SpatialExtent |
| temporal | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/TemporalExtents |
| title | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/EntryTitle |
| version_label | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 |