Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) Global Roads Data Development Working Group, and Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University Publication_Date: 200909 Title: CODATA Catalog of Roads Data Sets, Version 1 Edition: 1.00 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Palisades, NY Publisher: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) Online_Linkage: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/groads-codata-roads-catalog-v1 Description: Abstract: The CODATA Catalog of Roads Data Sets, Version 1 contains 367 entries describing national-level road network data sets for 147 countries and four entries describing global data sets. It was produced by the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) under the oversight of the CODATA Global Roads Data Development Working Group, and as a contribution to the development of the Global Roads Open Access Data Set (gROADS). Purpose: To provide documentation on roads data sets that are potential candidates for inclusion in the Global Roads Open Access Data Set (gROADS), and which may be useful to others searching for data on road infrastructure. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 1976 Ending_Date: 2008 Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -180.000000 East_Bounding_Coordinate: 180.000000 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 90.000000 South_Bounding_Coordinate: -55.000000 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CIESIN Indexing Vocabulary Version 2.1 (GCMD Format) Theme_Keyword: CIESIN > Environmental Protection > Disasters > Environmental Contingency Planning Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General Theme_Keyword: Roads Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: EI Gateway Vocabulary Theme_Keyword: Infrastructure Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Data Granularity Theme_Keyword: Country Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: SEDAC Topic Theme_Keyword: Poverty & Food Security Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CSA-NBII Biocomplexity Theme_Keyword: Roads Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO Topic Theme_Keyword: Geoscientific Information Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: WDC Theme Theme_Keyword: Poverty Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD Parameter Valids Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Human Dimensions > Environmental Impacts > Urbanization Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: CIESIN Location Terms, version 2.0 Place_Keyword: Continent > Africa Place_Keyword: Continent > Asia Place_Keyword: Continent > Australia Place_Keyword: Region > Central Africa Place_Keyword: Region > Central America Place_Keyword: Region > East Asia Place_Keyword: Region > Equatorial Place_Keyword: Continent > Europe Place_Keyword: Global Place_Keyword: Region > Middle East Place_Keyword: Region > Mid-Latitude Place_Keyword: Region > North Africa Place_Keyword: Continent > North America Place_Keyword: Region > Oceania Place_Keyword: Region > Polar Place_Keyword: Continent > South America Place_Keyword: Region > South Asia Place_Keyword: Region > Southeast Asia Place_Keyword: Region > West Africa Place_Keyword: Region > West Bank Place_Keyword: Country > Afghanistan Place_Keyword: Country > Albania Place_Keyword: Country > Algeria Place_Keyword: Country > Angola Place_Keyword: Country > Argentina Place_Keyword: Country > Armenia Place_Keyword: Country > Australia Place_Keyword: Country > Azerbaijan Place_Keyword: Country > Bahrain Place_Keyword: Country > Bangladesh Place_Keyword: Country > Belize Place_Keyword: Country > Benin Place_Keyword: Country > Bhutan Place_Keyword: Country > Bolivia Place_Keyword: Country > Botswana Place_Keyword: Country > Brazil Place_Keyword: Country > Brunei Place_Keyword: Country > Bulgaria Place_Keyword: Country > Burkina Faso Place_Keyword: Country > Burundi Place_Keyword: Country > Cambodia Place_Keyword: Country > Cameroon Place_Keyword: Country > Canada Place_Keyword: Country > Cape Verde Place_Keyword: Country > Central African Republic Place_Keyword: Country > Chad Place_Keyword: Country > Chile Place_Keyword: Country > Christmas Island Place_Keyword: Country > Colombia Place_Keyword: Country > Comoros Place_Keyword: Country > Costa Rica Place_Keyword: Country > Cote D'Ivoire Place_Keyword: Country > Cuba Place_Keyword: Country > Cyprus Place_Keyword: Country > Czech Republic Place_Keyword: Country > Democratic Republic of the Congo Place_Keyword: Country > Djibouti Place_Keyword: Country > Dominica Place_Keyword: Country > Dominican Republic Place_Keyword: Country > Ecuador Place_Keyword: Country > Egypt Place_Keyword: Country > El Salvador Place_Keyword: Country > Eritrea Place_Keyword: Country > Estonia Place_Keyword: Country > Ethiopia Place_Keyword: Country > Faeroe Islands Place_Keyword: Country > French Guiana Place_Keyword: Country > Gabon Place_Keyword: Country > Gambia Place_Keyword: Country > Georgia Place_Keyword: Country > Ghana Place_Keyword: Country > Guatemala Place_Keyword: Country > Guinea Place_Keyword: Country > Guinea-Bissau Place_Keyword: Country > Guyana Place_Keyword: Country > Haiti Place_Keyword: Country > Honduras Place_Keyword: Country > India Place_Keyword: Country > Indonesia Place_Keyword: Country > Iran Place_Keyword: Country > Iraq Place_Keyword: Country > Israel Place_Keyword: Country > Jamaica Place_Keyword: Country > Japan Place_Keyword: Country > Jordan Place_Keyword: Country > Kazakhstan Place_Keyword: Country > Kenya Place_Keyword: Country > Kuwait Place_Keyword: Country > Kyrgyzstan Place_Keyword: Country > Laos Place_Keyword: Country > Latvia Place_Keyword: Country > Lebanon Place_Keyword: Country > Lesotho Place_Keyword: Country > Liberia Place_Keyword: Country > Libya Place_Keyword: Country > Lithuania Place_Keyword: Country > Luxembourg Place_Keyword: Country > Macedonia Place_Keyword: Country > Madagascar Place_Keyword: Country > Malawi Place_Keyword: Country > Malaysia Place_Keyword: Country > Mali Place_Keyword: Country > Mauritania Place_Keyword: Country > Mauritius Place_Keyword: Country > Mexico Place_Keyword: Country > Moldova Place_Keyword: Country > Mongolia Place_Keyword: Country > Morocco Place_Keyword: Country > Mozambique Place_Keyword: Country > Myanmar Place_Keyword: Country > Namibia Place_Keyword: Country > Nepal Place_Keyword: Country > New Zealand Place_Keyword: Country > Nicaragua Place_Keyword: Country > Niger Place_Keyword: Country > Nigeria Place_Keyword: Country > North Korea Place_Keyword: Country > Oman Place_Keyword: Country > Pakistan Place_Keyword: Country > Panama Place_Keyword: Country > Papua New Guinea Place_Keyword: Country > Paraguay Place_Keyword: Country > Peru Place_Keyword: Country > Philippines Place_Keyword: Country > Puerto Rico Place_Keyword: Country > Qatar Place_Keyword: Country > Republic of the Congo Place_Keyword: Country > Reunion Place_Keyword: Country > Romania Place_Keyword: Country > Russia Place_Keyword: Country > Rwanda Place_Keyword: Country > Saint Lucia Place_Keyword: Country > Saint Vincent and The Grenadines Place_Keyword: Country > Sao Tome and Principe Place_Keyword: Country > Saudi Arabia Place_Keyword: Country > Senegal Place_Keyword: Country > Serbia and Montenegro Place_Keyword: Country > Sierra Leone Place_Keyword: Country > Singapore Place_Keyword: Country > Somalia Place_Keyword: Country > South Africa Place_Keyword: Country > South Korea Place_Keyword: Country > Sri Lanka Place_Keyword: Country > Sudan Place_Keyword: Country > Suriname Place_Keyword: Country > Swaziland Place_Keyword: Country > Syria Place_Keyword: Country > Taiwan Place_Keyword: Country > Tajikistan Place_Keyword: Country > Tanzania Place_Keyword: Country > Thailand Place_Keyword: Country > Togo Place_Keyword: Country > Trinidad and Tobago Place_Keyword: Country > Tunisia Place_Keyword: Country > Turkey Place_Keyword: Country > Turkmenistan Place_Keyword: Country > Ukraine Place_Keyword: Country > United Arab Emirates Place_Keyword: Country > United States Place_Keyword: Country > Uruguay Place_Keyword: Country > Uzbekistan Place_Keyword: Country > Venezuela Place_Keyword: Country > Vietnam Place_Keyword: Country > Yemen Place_Keyword: Country > Zambia Place_Keyword: Country > Zimbabwe Access_Constraints: None Use_Constraints: Users are free to use, copy, distribute, transmit, and adapt the work for commercial and non-commercial purposes, without restriction, as long as clear attribution of the source is provided. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: CIESIN, Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, P.O. Box 1000 City: Palisades State_or_Province: NY Postal_Code: 10964 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: +1 845-365-8920 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: +1 845-365-8922 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ciesin.info@ciesin.columbia.edu Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: CIESIN, Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, P.O. Box 1000 City: Palisades State_or_Province: NY Postal_Code: 10964 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: +1 845-365-8920 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: +1 845-365-8922 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ciesin.info@ciesin.columbia.edu Resource_Description: CIESIN_SEDAC_GROADS_CCRDSv1 Distribution_Liability: CIESIN follows procedures designed to ensure that data disseminated by CIESIN are of reasonable quality. If, despite these procedures, users encounter apparent errors or misstatements in the data, they should contact SEDAC User Services at +1 845-365-8920 or via email at ciesin.info@ciesin.columbia.edu. Neither CIESIN nor NASA verifies or guarantees the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of any data provided. CIESIN provides this data without warranty of any kind whatsoever, either expressed or implied. CIESIN shall not be liable for incidental, consequential, or special damages arising out of the use of any data provided by CIESIN. Standard_Order_Process: Ordering_Instructions: The database is available in Microsoft Access (MDB) format with a PDF extract via direct download from the NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). Standard_Order_Process: Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: PDF, MDB File_Decompression_Technique: Unzip Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/groads-codata-roads-catalog-v1/data-download Access_Instructions: Data accessible via direct download. Available_Time_Period: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 2009 Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20090825 Metadata_Review_Date: 20130724 Metadata_Future_Review_Date: 20140724 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) Metadata Administration Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: CIESIN, Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, P.O. Box 1000 City: Palisades State_or_Province: NY Postal_Code: 10964 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: +1 845-365-8988 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: +1 845-365-8922 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: metadata@ciesin.columbia.edu Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998 Metadata_Time_Convention: local time