Belize National Waters Shapefile
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IDENTIFICATION_INFORMATION
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Jan Meerman
Publication_Date: 20041112
Title: Belize National Waters Shapefile
Edition: One
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Map
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: El Progresso, Cayo District, Belize
Publisher: Jan Meerman
Other_Citation_Details:
Belize Maritime Areas Act 1992.
http: HTTP://www.belize-guatemala.gov.bz/library/maritime_areas_act.html
Online_Linkage: HTTP://biological-diversity.info
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Belize Tropical Forest Studies
Publication_Date:
Title: National Protected Areas Policy and Systems Plan
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Belmopan, Belize.
Publisher: National Protected Areas Policy and Systems Plan
Online_Linkage: HTTP://biological-diversity.info
Description:
Abstract:
Map of Belize's Exclusive Economic Zone (Maritime Areas,
Territorial Sea)
Purpose:
Supplemental_Information:
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date:
Ending_Date: 20041112
Currentness_Reference:
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Continually
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: 292686.2194
East_Bounding_Coordinate: 589014.0032
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 2044638.5843
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 1757467.9978
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: Belize
Theme_Keyword: Maritime
Theme_Keyword: Guatemala
Theme_Keyword: Mexico
Theme_Keyword: Territorial Sea
Theme_Keyword: Exclusive Economic Zone
Theme_Keyword: Marine
Theme_Keyword: Coast
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: Belize
Place_Keyword: Guatemala
Place_Keyword: Mexico
Place_Keyword: Turneffe
Place_Keyword: Glover's Atoll
Place_Keyword: Lighthouse Reef
Access_Constraints:
Use_Constraints:
Not for legal use
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Belize Tropical Forest Studies
Contact_Person: Jan Meerman
Contact_Position: Director
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: P.O. Box 208,
City: Belmopan
State_or_Province: Cayo District
Postal_Code: N.A.
Country: Belize
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 501-820-4017
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone:
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: meerman@biological-diversity.info
Hours_of_Service:
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
ArcView version 3.3 shapefile format
c:\documents and settings\jan meerman\my documents\gis\layers_bze\boundaries\nationalwaters.shp
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DATA_QUALITY_INFORMATION
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
Logical_Consistency_Report:
Completeness_Report:
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Jan Meerman
Publication_Date: 20041112
Title: Belize National Waters Shapefile
Edition: One
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: El Progresso, Cayo District, Belize
Publisher: Jan Meerman
Other_Citation_Details:
Belize Maritime Areas Act 1992.
http: HTTP://www.belize-guatemala.gov.bz/library/maritime_areas_act.html
Online_Linkage: HTTP://biological-diversity.info
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Belize Tropical Forest Studies
Publication_Date:
Title: National Protected Areas Policy and Systems Plan
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Belmopan, Belize.
Publisher: National Protected Areas Policy and Systems Plan
Online_Linkage: HTTP://biological-diversity.info
Source_Scale_Denominator:
Type_of_Source_Media:
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date:
Ending_Date:
Source_Currentness_Reference:
Source_Citation_Abbreviation:
Source_Contribution:
Belize Maritime Areas Act 1992.
http: HTTP://www.belize-guatemala.gov.bz/library/maritime_areas_act.html
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The territorial sea of Belize comprises those areas of the
sea having, as their inner limits, the baseline of the
territorial sea and, as their outer limits, a line measured
seaward from that baseline, every point of which is 12
nautical miles from the nearest point of that baseline. The
territorial sea of Belize from the mouth of Sarstoon River
to Ranguana Caye comprises those areas of the sea having as
their inner limits, the baseline of the territorial sea as
measured from the features listed in Schedule to the Act,
and as their outer limits, a line measured seaward from
that baseline every point of which is 3 nautical miles from
the nearest point of that baseline. The
exclusive economic zone of Belize comprises those areas of
the sea that are beyond and adjacent to the territorial sea
having, as their outer limits, a line, measured seaward
from the baseline of the territorial sea, every point of
which is 200 nautical miles distant from the nearest point
of that baseline. Wherever
the equidistance line between Belize exclusive and an
adjacent State is less than 200 nautical miles from the
nearest point of the baseline of the territorial sea, the
delimitation of the exclusive economic zone shall be
effected between Belize and the adjacent State on the basis
of international law in order to achieve an equitable settlement.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
Process_Date: 20041112
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation:
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Belize Tropical Forest Studies
Contact_Person: Jan Meerman
Contact_Position: Director
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: P.O. Box 208,
City: Belmopan
State_or_Province: Cayo District
Postal_Code: N.A.
Country: Belize
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 501-820-4017
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone:
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: meerman@biological-diversity.info
Hours_of_Service:
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SPATIAL_DATA_ORGANIZATION_INFORMATION
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: GT-polygon composed of chains
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 2
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SPATIAL_REFERENCE_INFORMATION
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Geographic:
Latitude_Resolution:
Longitude_Resolution:
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal Degrees
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1927
Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866
Semi-major_Axis:
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio:
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ENTITY_AND_ATTRIBUTE_INFORMATION
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: nationalwaters.dbf
Entity_Type_Definition: Shapefile Attribute Table
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: None
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Perimeter
Attribute_Definition: Perimeter of polygon
Attribute_Definition_Source: Software generated
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Software computed
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Code
Attribute_Definition:
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Numeric Field
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Status
Attribute_Definition: Type of Territorial Waters
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Character Field
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Acres
Attribute_Definition: Area
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 3.9682e+006
Range_Domain_Maximum: 4.70076e+006
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Hectares
Attribute_Definition: Area
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 1.60588e+006
Range_Domain_Maximum: 1.90234e+006
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DISTRIBUTION_INFORMATION
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Belize Tropical Forest Studies
Contact_Person: Jan Meerman
Contact_Position: Director
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: P.O. Box 208,
City: Belmopan
State_or_Province: Cayo District
Postal_Code: N.A.
Country: Belize
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 501-820-4017
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone:
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: meerman@biological-diversity.info
Hours_of_Service:
Resource_Description:
The Belize National Waters Shapefile was produced for the
Belize Biodiversity Mapping Service
Distribution_Liability:
Users must assume responsibility to determine the
responsible use of these data. The boundary can not be used
for a legal defenition.
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METADATA_REFERENCE_INFORMATION
Metadata_Date: 20041112
Metadata_Review_Date:
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Belize Tropical Forest Studies
Contact_Person: Jan Meerman
Contact_Position: Director
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: Mailing and physical address
Address: P.O. Box 208,
City: Belmopan
State_or_Province: Cayo District
Postal_Code: N.A.
Country: Belize
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 501-820-4017
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone:
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: meerman@biological-diversity.info
Hours_of_Service:
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC CSDGM
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
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