Description of Dataset

Title:

Digital Chart of the World: Drainage (Bolivia)

Filename:

amazondnnet_bolivia

Abstract:

Drainage of Bolivia

Purpose:

Controlled Vocabulary:

Spatial Coverage:

BL

West Bounding Coordinate (dd):

-69.413857

East Bounding Coordinate (dd):

-57.463352

North Bounding Coordinate (dd):

-9.717752

South Bounding Coordinate (dd):

-22.868437

Beginning date:

End date:

Time period description:

Language of resource:

English

Management of Dataset

Custodian name:

Woods Hole Research Center

Address:

P.O. Box 296

City:

Woods Hole

State or Province:

MA

Zip or Postal Code:

02543-0296

Country Code:

USA

Telephone#:

001-508-540-9900

Fax:

001-508-540-9700

Email:

pschles@whrc.org

URL:

http://www.whrc.org/whrc.htm

FTP:

ftp://firma.whrc.org

Point of contact name:

Peter Schlesinger

Point of contact position:

Data Manager

Point of contact telephone:

001-508-540-9900

Point of contact fax:

001-508-540-9700

Point of contact email:

pschles@whrc.org

Sources of data:

Digital Chart of the World (Edition 1, July 1992)

Method of data collection:

Extracted from amazondnnet.shp from DCW

Processing history:

Quality-assurance procedures:

Accuracy:

1:1,000,000

Completeness:

Know errors, limits, or uncertainties:

Management status:

Access to Dataset

Distribution media:

FTP

Technical prerequisites:

Access to Datasets for Amazon Development Scenarios home page (see URL below)

File Format:

ArcView Shapefile

Projection Name:

Geographic_WGS84

Units:

decimal degrees

Datum:

WGS_1984

Spheriod:

WGS_1984

Parameters:

Ordering process:

None

Costs:

None

Constraints on access:

Distribution Rights Unclear

Constraints on use:

None

URL:

http://bunyan.whrc.org/amzsci.htm

Metadata Reference Data

Date of creation or last modified (yyyy-mm-dd):

2001-08-12

Control identifier:

MET_308