Global Islands ( U S G S, E S R I, U N E P- W C M C)

Although ocean islands are ubiquitous on the planet, and are homes to a stunning variety of people, plants, and animals, there have been surprisingly few attempts to accurately delineate all the islands on Earth. Every landmass, no matter how big, is surrounded by ocean waters. Island sizes range...

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Field	Value
Source	https://resources.unep-wcmc.org/products/f98e179ec3f448e59dfe9bda248ff4b6
Author	UNEP-WCMC
Maintainer	UNEP-WCMC
Last Updated	March 9, 2023, 14:17 (UTC)
Created	March 9, 2023, 12:16 (UTC)
GUID	unep-wcmc-rsrc-geospatial-dataset-f98e179ec3f448e59dfe9bda248ff4b6
Issued	2022-06-08T14:03:15.750+00:00
Language	en
Modified	2022-06-23T14:11:13.189+00:00
Publisher email	info@unep-wcmc.org
Publisher name	UNEP-WCMC
Theme	Geospatial Dataset
avg_rating	0
citation	Sayre, R., S. Noble, S. Hamann, R. Smith, D. Wright, S. Breyer, K. Butler, K. Van Graafeiland, C. Frye, D. Karagulle, D. Hopkins, D. Stephens, K. Kelly, Z, basher, D. Burton, J. Cress, K. Atkins, D. van Sistine, B. Friesen, B. Allee, T. Allen, P. Aniello, I Asaad, M. Costello, K. Goodin, P. Harris, M. Kavanaugh, H. Lillis, E. Manca, F. Muller-Karger, B. Nyberg, R. Parsons, J. Saarinen, J. Steiner, and A. Reed. 2018. A new 30 meter resolution global shoreline vector and associated global islands database for the development of standardized global ecological coastal units. Journal of Operational Oceanography – A Special Blue Planet Edition. https://doi.org/10.1080/1755876X.2018.1529714
data_type	webpage
date_published	2018-01-01
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license	cc-by
num_views	213
short_description	The Global Islands (version 3) dataset is a result of collaboration between USGS, Esri and UNEP-WCMC. A new mapping of global coastlines from satellite imagery was used to develop a new global islands database.