Egypt: Digital Elevation Map

 

Egypt: Digital Elevation Map

Digital elevation model for Egypt.

Metadata
Identification Information
Citation
Citation Information

International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)

2008

Egypt: Digital Elevation Map

raster digital data

http://gu.icarda.org/geocms/public/en/cms/metadata/index/187/Egypt%3A+Digital+Elevation+Map/

Description

Digital elevation model for Egypt.

WFP Workshop on "Climate Change and Food Security", Cairo, Egypt, 3-4 November 2008

Source: Created from version 4 of the Shuttle Radar Topographic Mission (SRTM) digital elevation model with 3 arcsecond (approximately 90 m) resolution (http://srtm.csi.cgiar.org/SELECTION/inputCoord.asp).

Time Period of Content
Time Period Information
Single Date/Time

2008

publication date

Status

Complete

None planned

Spatial Domain
Bounding Coordinates

19.999584

44.999584

34.999583

19.999583

Keywords
Theme

REQUIRED: Reference to a formally registered thesaurus or a similar authoritative source of theme keywords.

Terrain

Elevation Map

Place

Egypt

Open access policy: reproduction and distribution of this dataset is allowed subject to proper citation (see citation information)

Fair use policy: commercialization of this dataset is not allowed. No constraints on use in applications, whether for commercial or non-profit.

Point of Contact
Contact Information
Contact Person Primary

ICARDA, Geoinformatics Unit

International Center for Research in the Dry Areas

ICARDA, Geoinformatics Unit

+ 961 1 843472/813303

+ 961 1 804071/01-843473

icarda-gisu@cgiar.org

7.30 AM - 3.00 PM

Browse Graphic

http://192.168.71.208/geonetwork/data/regional/WFP/Egypt/Thumbnail/Egypt_Topography_v2_A3.jpg

Low Resolution (90dpi)

JPG

Browse Graphic

http://192.168.71.208/geonetwork/data/regional/WFP/Egypt/Map/Egypt_Topography_v2_A3.tif

High Resolution (300dpi)

TIFF

Prepared by GIS Unit, ICARDA, 2008.

Data Quality Information
Lineage
Process Step

Creating the Metadata.

Spatial Data Organization Information

Raster

Raster Object Information

Grid Cell

18000

30000

1

Spatial Reference Information
Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
Geographic

0.000000

0.000000

Decimal degrees

Planar
Planar Coordinate Information

row and column

Coordinate Representation

0.000833

0.000833

Geodetic Model

D_WGS_1984

WGS_1984

6378137.000000

298.257224

Entity and Attribute Information
Detailed Description
Entity Type

eg_dem.vat

Attribute

Rowid

Internal feature number.

ESRI

Attribute Domain Values

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute

VALUE

Attribute

COUNT

Distribution Information

Downloadable Data

Standard Order Process
Digital Form
Digital Transfer Information

277.628

Metadata Reference Information

20090730

Metadata Contact
Contact Information
Contact Organization Primary

International Center for Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDA

Francois Delobel

Consultant, Geoinformatics Unit

Contact Address

mailing and physical address

ICARDA, P.O. Box 114/5055

Beirut

Beirut

Lebanon

+ 961 1 843472/813303

+ 961 1 804071/01-843473

f.delobel@cgiar.org

7.30 AM - 3.00 PM

FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

FGDC-STD-001-1998

local time

metextns

http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html

ESRI Metadata Profile

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