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Rural population distribution (persons per pixel), 2000 (FGGD)

 ISO19115/19139 XML

Identification info
Title  Rural population distribution (persons per pixel), 2000 (FGGD)
Date  2007-05-10
Date type  Publication: Date identifies when the resource was issued
Edition  1.0
Presentation form  Digital map: Map represented in raster or vector form
Abstract  The FGGD rural population distribution map is a global raster datalayer with a resolution of 5 arc-minutes. Each pixel classified as rural by the urban area boundaries map contains a numeric count of persons in the land area represented by the pixel, aggregated from the 30 arc-second datalayer. All remaining pixels contain no data. The method used by FAO to generate this datalayer is described in FAO, 2005, Mapping global urban and rural population distributions, by M. Salvatore, et. al.
Purpose  The FGGD Digital Atlas consists of more than 100 global database that allows to analyse food insecurity and poverty in relation to the environment.
Status  Completed: Production of the data has been completed
Point of contact
Organisation name  FAO - GIS UNIT
Position name  GIS Manager
Role  Point of contact: Party who can be contacted for acquiring knowledge about or acquisition of the resource
Delivery point  Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 1
City  Rome
Postal code  00153
Country  Italy
Electronic mail address  gis-manager@fao.org
Maintenance and update frequency  As needed: Data is updated as deemed necessary
Descriptive keywords  population distribution , population density , rural population , demographic data (theme).
Descriptive keywords  World (place).
Access constraints  Copyright: Exclusive right to the publication, production, or sale of the rights to a literary, dramatic, musical, or artistic work, or to the use of a commercial print or label, granted by law for a specified period of time to an author, composer, artist, distributor
Use constraints  Copyright: Exclusive right to the publication, production, or sale of the rights to a literary, dramatic, musical, or artistic work, or to the use of a commercial print or label, granted by law for a specified period of time to an author, composer, artist, distributor
Spatial representation type  Grid: Grid data is used to represent geographic data
Language  English
Character set  UTF8: 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
Topic category code  Society
Extent
Geographic bounding box
North bound
West bound
Polygon((-180 -90,180 -90,180 90,-180 90,-180 -90))
 East bound
South bound
Supplemental Information  This dataset is contained in Module 2 "Population" of Food Insecurity, Poverty and Environment Global GIS Database (FGGD) (FAO, 2007).
Distribution Information
Transfer options
Data for download  Rural population distribution (persons per pixel), 2000 (ESRI GRID Format - 4 Mb)
OnLine resource  FAO, 2005. "Mapping global urban and rural population distributions"
Interactive Map  Rural population distribution (persons per pixel), 2000 (high resolution layer) (FGGD)
(OGC-WMS Server: http://data.fao.org/maps/wms?styles=geonetwork_pmrp_5_14031_style )
View in Google Earth  Rural population distribution (persons per pixel), 2000 (high resolution layer) (FGGD)   View in Google Earth
Spatial representation info
Number of dimensions 

2

Dimension name  Row: Ordinate (y) axis
Dimension size 

2160

Resolution
Units of measure  ,
Resolution 

0.08333333

Dimension name  Column: Abscissa (x) axis
Dimension size 

4320

Resolution
Units of measure  ,
Resolution 

0.08333333

Resolution
Units of measure  ,
Cell geometry  Area: Each cell represents an area
Transformation parameter availability 

false

Reference System Information
Code  GCS_WGS_1984
Metadata
File identifier  16c1b9a0-3124-11db-8671-000d939bc5d8
Metadata language  English
Character set  UTF8: 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
Date stamp  2012-01-25T15:14:23
Metadata standard name  ISO 19115:2003/19139
Metadata standard version  1.0
Contact
Individual name  Mirella Salvatore
Organisation name  FAO - GIS UNIT
Position name  Consultant
Role  Point of contact: Party who can be contacted for acquiring knowledge about or acquisition of the resource
Delivery point  Via delle Terme di Caracalla, 1
City  Rome
Postal code  00153
Country  Italy
Electronic mail address  mirella.salvatore@fao.org