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

    Metadata Updated: September 19, 2025

    The National Aggregates of Geospatial Data Collection: Population, Landscape, And Climate Estimates (PLACE) data set contains estimates of national-level aggregations of territorial extent and population size by biome, climate zone, coastal proximity, elevation and slope, a compendium of nearly 300 variables for 222 countries. 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/H4JW8BSC
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4F769GP

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date September 19, 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 September 19, 2025
    Publisher SEDAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C179001940-SEDAC
    Data First Published 2002-12-31
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2025-07-17
    Category NAGDC, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    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 4c80a17e-f96a-4286-a483-080473f2768c
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -180.0 -90.0 180.0 90.0
    Program Code 026:001
    Related Documents https://doi.org/10.7927/H4JW8BSC, https://doi.org/10.7927/H4F769GP
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 6bf4f358d3e0fc2d4269f3c88819e8b3e53b59c304a99110b0e8f7f28b6c4d76
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z/1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

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