Dataset

Urban Place GIS Coverage of Mexico, v1 (1921 - 1990)

UrbanizationMexicoColumbia University

Dataset Objective

To provide a Geographic Information System (GIS) coverage of urban places in Mexico.

Context

Data produced by the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) in collaboration with the Instituto Nacional de Estadistica Geografia e Informatica (INEGI) and the Environmental Research Institute (ERI) of Michigan. Data covers the period between 1921 to 1990.

What is included

This dataset entails area name, perimeter, urban place name, latitude, longitude, capital flag, municipality id, and yearly population change.

Collection Methods

Satellite imagery