Country Boundary

Data format: SDE Feature Class

Coordinate system: Indian_1960_UTM_Zone_48N

Location: Server=mekserv3
Abstract: Administrative boundary. (Only Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand, and Viet Nam contain administrative boundary at 3 different levels, district, province and country. )

ISO and ESRI Metadata:
Metadata elements shown with blue text are defined in the International Organization for Standardization's (ISO) document 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata. Elements shown with green text are defined by ESRI and will be documented as extentions to the ISO 19115. Elements shown with a green asterisk (*) will be automatically updated by ArcCatalog.
Metadata Information


*Metadata language: English
*Metadata character set: utf8 - 8 bit UCS Transfer Format


*Last update: 20050830


Metadata contact:
Individual's name: Kunthea Nuon
Organization's name: Mekong River Commission
Contact's position: GIS Assistan
Contact's role: publisher


Contact information:
Phone:
Voice: +856 21 263 263
Fax: +856 21 263 264

Address:
Delivery point:
No.184, Unit 18, Fa Ngoum Rd., Ban Sithane Neua
City: Sikhotlabong District, Vientiane
Postal code: 01000
Country: Lao PDR
e-mail address: mrcs@mrcmekong.org

*Scope of the data described by the metadata: dataset
*Scope name: dataset


*Name of the metadata standard used: ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata
*Version of the metadata standard: DIS_ESRI1.0


*Metadata identifier: {E79F3FCB-9DB4-4E16-98CF-8DC63B835C40}


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Resource Identification Information:


Citation:
Title: Country Boundary


Reference date:
Date: 2000
Type of date: creation

Reference date:
Date: 200411
Type of date: publication

Edition date: 200411
*Presentation format: digital map


Party responsible for the resource:
Individual's name: Ulf Hedlund
Organization's name: Mekong River Commission
Contact's position: GIS/Database Team Leader
Contact's role: point of contact


Contact information:
Phone:
Voice: +856 21 263 263
Fax: +856 21 263 264

Address:
Delivery point:
No.184, Unit 18, Fa Ngoum Rd., Ban Sithane Neua
City: Sikhotlabong District, Vientiane
Postal code: 01000
Country: Lao PDR
e-mail address: mrcs@mecmekong.org

Party responsible for the resource:
Individual's name: Penroong Bamrungrach
Organization's name: Mekong River Commission
Contact's position: GIS Specialist
Contact's role: publisher


Contact information:
Phone:
Voice: +856 21 263 263
Fax: +856 21 263 264

Address:
Delivery point:
No.184, Unit 18, Fa Ngoum Rd., Ban Sithane Neua
City: Sikhotlabong District, Vientiane
Postal code: 01000
Country: Lao PDR
e-mail address: mrcs@mrcmekong.org

Party responsible for the resource:
Individual's name: Kunthea Nuon
Organization's name: Mekong River Commission
Contact's position: GIS Assistan
Contact's role: publisher


Contact information:
Phone:
Voice: +856 21 263 263
Fax: +856 21 263 264

Address:
Delivery point:
No.184, Unit 18, Fa Ngoum Rd., Ban Sithane Neua
City: Sikhotlabong District, Vientiane
Postal code: 01000
Country: Lao PDR
e-mail address: mrcs@mrcmekong.org

Themes or categories of the resource: boundaries


Abstract:
Administrative boundary.

(Only Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand, and Viet Nam contain administrative boundary at 3 different levels, district, province and country. )

*Dataset language: English


Resource constraints:
Constraints:
Limitations of use: The Mekong River Commission make no warranties about this data and disclaim all responsibility and liability for all expenses, losses, damages and costs which may be incurred as a result of the data being inaccurate or incomplete in any way and for any reason. The data contained herein do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Mekong River Commission concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delineation of its frontiers or boundaries.


Legal constraints:
Access constraints: copyright, license


Use constraints: copyright, license


*Spatial representation type: vector


*Processing environment: Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.0.0.535


Resource's bounding rectangle:
*Extent type: Full extent in decimal degrees
*Extent contains the resource: Yes
*West longitude: 92.987466
*East longitude: 111.415653
*North latitude: 24.12488
*South latitude: 4.529003

Other extent information:
Geographic extent:
Bounding rectangle:
*Extent type: Full extent in the data's coordinate system
*Extent contains the resource: Yes
*West longitude: -731044.436511
*East longitude: 1153421.503489
*North latitude: 2667831.501605
*South latitude: 510008.311605

Point of contact:
Individual's name: Ulf Hedlund
Organization's name: Mekong River Commission
Contact's position: GIS/Database Team Leader
Contact's role: point of contact


Contact information:
Phone:
Voice: +856 21 263 263
Fax: +856 21 263 264

Address:
Delivery point:
No.184, Unit 18, Fa Ngoum Rd., Ban Sithane Neua
City: Sikhotlabong District, Vientiane
Postal code: 01000
Country: Lao PDR
e-mail address: mrcs@mecmekong.org

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Spatial Representation - Vector:


*Level of topology for this dataset: geometry only
Geometric objects:
*Name: mrc.SDE.ADMIN_country
*Object type: complexes
*Object count: 10

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Reference System Information:


Reference system identifier:
*Value: Indian_1960_UTM_Zone_48N


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Data Quality Information:


Scope of quality information:
Level of the data: dataset


Lineage:
Lineage statement:
AREA -------------------------

Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand, and Viet Nam 

DESCRIPTION ------------------

Only Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand, and Viet Nam contain administrative boundary at 3 different levels, district, province and country. 

SOURCE MAP -------------------

Cambodia: 	All boundaries from 50,000 scale topomaps.

Laos: 		Country boundary mainly 50,000 scale topomaps, some 100,000 scale topomaps. Province and district boundaries 100,000 scale topomaps.

Thailand: 	Boundary to Laos and Cambodia 50,000 scale topomaps and other parts 100,000 scale topomaps. Province and district boundaries 250,000 scale topomaps.

Viet Nam:	Boundary to Laos and Cambodia 50,000 scale topomaps, the rest 250th

China:          Boundary to Laos 50,000 scale topomaps and to Thailand 100,000 scale topomaps, the rest 250,000 topomaps

Myanmar:        Boundary to Laos 50,000 scale topomaps and to Thailand 100,000 scale topomaps, the rest 250,000 topomaps

Others		Digital chart of the world

             
SOURCE DATA SET --------------

Cambodia: National Department of Geography

Laos: National Geographic Department

Thailand: Province and District datasets were received from FP/AMFC-Udon Thani. Souce datset could perhap be NRD2C, by National Statistic Office, Ministry of Interior.

Viet Nam: Province and District boundarie were received from Mr. Tinh Ngoc Dang (MRC Hydrologist) who claims that the data were extract from the Digital Atlas of Viet Nam, 2000 published by Cartographic Publishing House - Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (agency info. from VNMC)

SOURCE AGENCY ----------------

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GENERATION -------------------

Country boundary and district boundary (of 4 countries) were unioned. The unnecessary items were dropped. Boundary lines are coded to distinguish the admin boundary types.


STATUS -----------------------

All geographic features are completed. All attributes are filled. 
Last Update - 11 November 2004


COMMENTS ---------------------

The boundaries should not be considered authoritative.

DOCUMENTATION ----------------

Operator: Penroong B.
Date: 24 November 2004

UNITS ------------------------

System: UTM Zone 48
Map unit: meters
Datum: Indian 1960
Spheroid: Everest

FORMAT -----------------------

SDE 9.x
Feature type: polygon

POLYGON ATTRIBUTES -----------

CCODE - Country code

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Distribution Information:


Distributor:
Contact information:
Individual's name: MRC Secretariat
Organization's name: Mekong River Commission
Contact's position: Custodian
Contact's role: distributor


Contact information:
Phone:
Voice: +856 21 263 263
Fax: +856 21 263 264

Address:
Delivery point:
P.O. Box 6101
City: Sikhotlabong District, Vientiane
Postal code: 01000
Country: Lao PDR
e-mail address: mrcs@mrcmekong.org

Available format:
*Format name: SDE Feature Class
Format version: ArcGIS 9.x


Ordering process:
Terms and fees: Visit http://www.mrcmekong.org
Instructions:
Visit http://www.mrcmekong.org

Transfer options:
Online source:
*Online location (URL): Server=mekserv3; Service=5153; Database=mrc; User=sde; Version=sde.DEFAULT
*Connection protocol: ArcSDE Connection
Function performed: information
Description: Downloadable Data

Medium of distribution:
Medium name: CD-ROM


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