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    • National Aggregates of Geospatial Data Collection: Population, Landscape, And Climate Estimates, Version 2 (PLACE II)

    Metadata Updated: August 22, 2025

    The National Aggregates of Geospatial Data Collection: Population, Landscape, And Climate Estimates, Version 2 (PLACE II) data set contains estimates of national-level aggregations of territorial extent and population size by biome, climate zone, coastal proximity zone, elevation zone, and population density zone, a compendium of nearly 300 variables for 228 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/H4PN93H3
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4F769GP

    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 C179001708-SEDAC
    Data First Published 2007-12-31
    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 059ae4a7-36a1-4a3b-89ce-f3939de9df58
    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/H4PN93H3, https://doi.org/10.7927/H4F769GP
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 9bf0e71e0f45aa0f33ab8dc4517881df04574fc57ce7bfd83361d472d27e6257
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z/2000-12-31T00:00:00Z

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