Latin American Population Database

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Glenn Hyman

Publication_Date: 20001109

Title: Latin American Population Database

Edition: 1.0

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Eros Data Center, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA

Publisher: UNEP-GRID Sioux Falls

Online_Linkage: <http://grid2cr.usgs.gov/>

Description:

Abstract:

This documentation describes the Latin American Population Database, a collaborative effort between the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP-GRID, Sioux Falls) and the World Resources Institute (WRI). This work is intended to provide a population database that compliments previous work carried out for Asia and Africa. This data set is more detailed than the Africa and Asia data sets. Population estimates for 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990 and 2000 are also provided. The work discussed in the following paragraphs is also related to NCGIA activities to produce a global database of subnational population estimates (Tobler et al. 1995), and an improved database for the Asian continent (Deichmann 1996a).

Purpose:

The Latin America population database is part of an ongoing effort to improve global, spatially referenced demographic data holdings. Such databases are useful for a variety of applications including strategic-level agricultural research and applications in the analysis of the human dimensions of global change.

Supplemental_Information:

The population figures attached to the GIS database represent estimated totals for the standardized years 1960, 70, 80 and 90. Data sources vary by country. In general we attempted to obtain population data from each census that has been carried out at the geographical level for which boundary data were available. Where official population estimates or projections were available from the national statistical office, these were used as well. In order to provide an indication of population dynamics and to maximize comparability across national boundaries, population estimates were produced for 1960, 70, 80, and 90.

File size: BIL - 6934K, TIFF - 6985K

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Projection Parameters

Spatial Information Raster: Number of Columns: 1893 Number of Rows: 2055 Pixel Resolution (m): 2.5 minutes Data Type: byte

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Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 1960

Ending_Date: 2000

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -120

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -31

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 36

South_Bounding_Coordinate: -60

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none

Theme_Keyword: population density

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none

Place_Keyword: Latin America Caribbean

Temporal:

Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: none

Temporal_Keyword: 2000

Access_Constraints:

The GRID database is maintained for the purpose of assisting individual nations and the international community in making sound decisions related to resource management and environmental planning, and where applicable providing data for scientific studies. In general, requests for data from the archive will be filled according to data availability, GRID workload and the nature of the data set being requested. Requests will be queued with priority given to requests related to joint activities with UNEP programme areas. UN organizations, intergovernmental organizations, scientific and academic organizations, non-governmental organizations are all eligible to request data from the GRID archive. Requests from eligible organizations for data with unrestricted access rating will normally be filled without further clearance. Requests for data with a source approval rating will be referred to the relevant authority for clearance, and in some cases, the requestor will be advised to seek the data from the source. Data sets with an in-house rating will not be distributed; however, information about such data sets, including the distributor's name, will be sent to eligible organizations on request. Data requests from private commercial firms and private individuals will not be filled. Exceptional cases in which the intended use of the data would be of direct benefit to the United Nations or member states will be considered on a case-by-case basis by the GRID Director, in consultation with the UNEP Assistant Executive Director-Programme.

Use_Constraints:

Users of datasets supplied through GRID are requested to incorporate in output products and reports acknowledgments to the originator of the data and to the fact that they were acquired through GRID. Appropriate wording may be "UNESCO(1987) through GRID".

Browse_Graphic:

Browse_Graphic_File_Name:

Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Population Density for Latin America - 2000

Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF - Graphic Interchange Format

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Raster

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person:

Contact_Organization: UNEP/GRID-Sioux Falls

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: EROS Data Center U.S. Geological Survey

City: Sioux Falls

State_or_Province: South Dakota

Postal_Code: 57198

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 605-594-6107

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 605-594-6119

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: webmaster@grid2.cr.usgs.gov

Resource_Description: Latin America and Caribbean Population Database

Distribution_Liability: none

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20001109

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person:

Contact_Organization: UNEP/GRID-Sioux Falls

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: EROS Data Center U.S. Geological Survey

City: Sioux Falls

State_or_Province: South Dakota

Postal_Code: 57198

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 605-594-6107

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 605-594-6119

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: webmaster@grid2.cr.usgs.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998