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    • National Aggregates of Geospatial Data Collection: Population, Landscape, And Climate Estimates, Version 3 (PLACE III)

    Metadata Updated: August 22, 2025

    The National Aggregates of Geospatial Data Collection: Population, Landscape, And Climate Estimates, Version 3 (PLACE III) data set contains estimates of national-level aggregations in urban, rural, and total designations of territorial extent and population size by biome, climate zone, coastal proximity zone, elevation zone, and population density zone, for 232 statistical areas (countries and other UN recognized territories). This data set is produced by the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN).

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    References

    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4PN93H3
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4JW8BSC

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date August 22, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date August 22, 2025
    Publisher SEDAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C1000000006-SEDAC
    Data First Published 2012-07-09
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2025-07-17
    Category NAGDC, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id c7a03416-44e3-4876-8cc0-b66dbd9923cd
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -180.0 -58.0 180.0 85.0
    Program Code 026:001
    Related Documents https://doi.org/10.7927/H4PN93H3, https://doi.org/10.7927/H4JW8BSC
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash cb2735f6d99d874bed5e0ba1b71b678d343640d0f006e83ce6cb03ee2554f823
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z/2010-12-31T00:00:00Z

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