# World sub Country Administrative Units 1998

# GeoDataset name: Admin98

World sub Country Administrative Units represent 2605 first level
administrative units such as states and provinces.

# Admin98 \-- World Administrative Units 1998

2,605 polygons, 14 descriptive fields. Defines world sub country
administrative units as of 1998.

## Fields:

**Fips_admin** \-- The two-letter, two-number FIPS code for a
first-level administrative unit from the United States Federal
Information Processing Standards (FIPS) coding scheme. Example: The code
for the state of Chiapas, Mexico, is MX05, where MX is Mexico and 05 is
the number assigned to Chiapas. For countries without administrative
units, this field contains only the two-letter country code. (String)

**Gmi_admin** \-- The three -letter country code combined with a
three-letter code for a first-level administrative unit created by
Global Mapping International. (String)

**Admin_Name** \-- The name of a first-level administrative unit.
Example: Hawaii. (String)

**Fips_cntry** \-- The two-letter country code from the United States
Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) coding scheme. Example:
KS for the Republic of Korea. (String)

**Gmi_cntry** \-- The three -letter country code from Global Mapping
International. Example: The code for the United Kingdom is GBR. (String)

**Cntry_Name** \-- The country name. These names are shortened and not
necessarily official. Example: Turkey (the official name is Republic of
Turkey) (String)

**Region** \-- The name of the world region. The data is grouped into 25
commonly recognized world regions. These provide an easy means of
selecting a small multicountry area for display or study. Example:
Eastern Africa. (String)

**Continent** \-- The continent name. Example: South America. (String)

**Pop_admin** \-- The population of a first level administrative unit.
(Source: NCGIA. The Global Demography Project. Currency: 1994 estimated
population.) This field contains -99999 for countries for which
population figures were unavailable. (Numeric)

**Sqkm_admin** \-- The total area of a first level administrative unit
in square kilometers (excluding maritime areas). (Numeric)

**Sqmi_admin** \-- The total area of a first level administrative unit
in square miles (excluding maritime areas). (Numeric)

**Type_eng** \-- The English name for the type of administrative unit.
Examples: State, Province, Prefecture. (String)

**Type_loc** \-- The local name for the type of administrative unit.
Examples: Estado, Bundesland. (String)

**Color_map** \-- Numbers (1 - 8) allows the country to be shaded unique
from its neighbors.

# World sub Country Administrative Units 1998 - Technical Description

# GeoDataset name: Admin98

# Shapefile name: Admin98.shp

# Path: ESRI Data and Maps 1 (CD) \\world

# GeoDataset type: Admin98 is an ESRI shapefile with polygon features.

# GeoDataset lineage: The sub Country Administrative Units 1998 GeoDataset represents a small-scale political map of the world. The data are generalized and were designed for display at scales to about 1:10,000,000. The data were generalized from ESRI\'s ArcWorld Supplement Map data. Country codes are from U.S. Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) version 10-4.

# Coordinate system: Latitude/Longitude in decimal degrees.

# Coordinate precision: Double.

# Useful display scales:

# When displaying the entire world:

# Largest scale: 1:5,000,000

# Smallest scale: 1: 25,000,000

# The generalization of the coastline is important in determining the largest useful display scale for World Administrative Unit data.