HEADWATERS ECONOMICS GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION

TITLE: 
Geodataset Name: 		NAmer_LastWild
Geodataset Type: 		SHAPE
Geodataset Feature: 		POLYGON

GENERAL DESCRIPTION: 
This dataset describes the last wild places according to the Last of the Wild Project.  Areas were selected where the human footprint scores 10 or less (a score of 100 represents the maximum human footprint). The ten largest polygons of more than 5 square kilometers within each biome by realm were then selected. 

DATA SOURCE(S):  		Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)
				Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)

Scale of Original Source Maps:	1:1,000,000
Date of Original Source Maps:	1995

GEODATASET EXTENT:  	Western North America
 
FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES: 

ITEM		ITEM DESCRIPTION
NA

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY: 
The dataset was provided by CommEn Space and can be downloaded from http://www.ciesin.columbia.edu/wild_areas/.

MAP PROJECTION PARAMETERS 
PROJECTION 			ALBERS CONICAL EQUAL AREA
DATUM 				NAD83
UNITS 				METERS
SPHEROID 			GRS1980
PARAMETERS
1st standard parallel		29 30  0.000
2nd standard parallel		45 30  0.000
central meridian		-96 00  0.000
latitude of projection's origin	37 30  0.000
false easting (meters)		0.00000
false northing (meters)		0.00000

DATA SOURCES CONTACT(S): 
Name:			Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) User Services
Address:		CIESIN, Columbia University, P.O. Box 1000, 61 Route 9W
			PO Box 173460
			Palisades, NY 10964
Web site:		http://www.ciesin.columbia.edu/wild_areas/
Phone: 			845-365-8920
Fax: 			845-365-8922	
Email:   		ciesin.info@ciesin.columbia.edu    
          
HEADWATERS ECONOMICS CONTACT: 
Name:			Headwaters Economics Geographic Data Library
Abbr. Name:		HEGDL
Address:		Headwaters Economics
                        566 Highland St.
                        Helena, Montana 59601
Web site:		http://www.headwaterseconomics.org
Contact Person:   	Patty Gude	
Phone:   		(406)599-7425	
Email:   		patty@headwaterseconomics.org