ESRI Data Maps World, 2008-2010

This collection comprises 28 Shapefile layers from ESRI Data Maps 2008-2010 (World), a comprehensive vector reference dataset distributed with ArcGIS 10. The layers cover global geographic features including administrative unit boundaries, country boundaries, continents, regions, cities, populated places, airports, roads, railroads, rivers, lakes, water bodies, drainage systems, urban areas, and elevation contours. Also included are ecological reference layers — World Wildlife Fund marine and terrestrial ecoregions — and cartographic reference layers such as a gazetteer, time zones, UTM zones, latitude and longitude grids, named parallels and meridians, and a world map background. Data is primarily dated 2010, with two country boundary layers (World Countries and World Countries Generalized) dated 2008. The format for data included with this record is predominantly polygon data, but also consists of point and line data as well.