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Description
The Australia/Pacific land cover data base is one portion of a global land cover characteristics data base that was developed on a continent-by-continent basis. All continents in the global data base share the same map projections (Interrupted Goode Homolosine and Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area), have 1-km nominal spatial resolution, and are based on 1-km AVHRR data spanning April 1992 through March 1993 (Loveland and others, 1999). Each continental data base has unique elements that are based on the salient geographic aspects of the specific continent. In addition, a core set of derived thematic maps produced through the aggregation of seasonal land cover regions are included in each continental data base. These are:
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Global Ecosystems (Olson, 1994a, 1994b)
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IGBP Land Cover Classification (Belward, 1996)
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U.S. Geological Survey Land Use/Land Cover System (Anderson and others, 1976)
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Simple Biosphere Model (Sellers and others, 1986)
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Simple Biosphere 2 Model (Sellers and others, 1996)
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Biosphere-Atmosphere Transfer Scheme (Dickinson and others, 1986)
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Vegetation Lifeforms (Running and others, 1994)
Global Ecosystems Legend
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Value
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Description
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1
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Urban
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2
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Low Sparse Grassland
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3
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Coniferous Forest
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4
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Deciduous Conifer Forest
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5
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Deciduous Broadleaf Forest
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6
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Evergreen Broadleaf Forests
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7
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Tall Grasses and Shrubs
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8
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Bare Desert
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9
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Upland Tundra
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10
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Irrigated Grassland
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11
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Semi Desert
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12
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Glacier Ice
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13
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Wooded Wet Swamp
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14
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Inland Water
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15
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Sea Water
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16
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Shrub Evergreen
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17
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Shrub Deciduous
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18
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Mixed Forest and Field
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19
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Evergreen Forest and Fields
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20
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Cool Rain Forest
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21
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Conifer Boreal Forest
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22
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Cool Conifer Forest
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23
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Cool Mixed Forest
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24
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Mixed Forest
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25
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Cool Broadleaf Forest
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26
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Deciduous Broadleaf Forest
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27
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Conifer Forest
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28
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Montane Tropical Forests
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29
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Seasonal Tropical Forest
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30
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Cool Crops and Towns
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31
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Crops and Town
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32
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Dry Tropical Woods
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33
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Tropical Rainforest
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34
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Tropical Degraded Forest
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35
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Corn and Beans Cropland
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36
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Rice Paddy and Field
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37
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Hot Irrigated Cropland
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38
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Cool Irrigated Cropland
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39
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Cold Irrigated Cropland
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40
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Cool Grasses and Shrubs
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41
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Hot and Mild Grasses and Shrubs
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42
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Cold Grassland
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43
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Savanna (Woods)
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44
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Mire, Bog, Fen
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45
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Marsh Wetland
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46
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Mediterranean Scrub
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47
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Dry Woody Scrub
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48
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Dry Evergreen Woods
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49
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Volcanic Rock
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50
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Sand Desert
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51
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Semi Desert Shrubs
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52
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Semi Desert Sage
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53
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Barren Tundra
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54
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Cool Southern Hemisphere Mixed Forests
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55
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Cool Fields and Woods
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56
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Forest and Field
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57
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Cool Forest and Field
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58
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Fields and Woody Savanna
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59
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Succulent and Thorn Scrub
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60
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Small Leaf Mixed Woods
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61
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Deciduous and Mixed Boreal Forest
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62
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Narrow Conifers
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63
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Wooded Tundra
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64
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Heath Scrub
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65
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Coastal Wetland, NW
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66
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Coastal Wetland, NE
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67
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Coastal Wetland, SE
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68
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Coastal Wetland, SW
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69
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Polar and Alpine Desert
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70
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Glacier Rock
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71
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Salt Playas
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72
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Mangrove
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73
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Water and Island Fringe
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74
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Land, Water, and Shore
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75
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Land and Water, Rivers
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76
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Crop and Water Mixtures
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77
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Southern Hemisphere Conifers
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78
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Southern Hemisphere Mixed Forest
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79
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Wet Sclerophylic Forest
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80
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Coastline Fringe
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81
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Beaches and Dunes
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82
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Sparse Dunes and Ridges
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83
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Bare Coastal Dunes
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84
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Residual Dunes and Beaches
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85
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Compound Coastlines
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86
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Rocky Cliffs and Slopes
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87
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Sandy Grassland and Shrubs
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88
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Bamboo
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89
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Moist Eucalyptus
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90
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Rain Green Tropical Forest
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91
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Woody Savanna
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92
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Broadleaf Crops
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93
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Grass Crops
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94
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Crops, Grass, Shrubs
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95
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Evergreen Tree Crop
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96
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Deciduous Tree Crop
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SUMMARY
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Type of data
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GIS Dataset
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Function
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Ecosystem types
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Format
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raster
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Licence
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Public Domain. Cost free download
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Coverage
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Australia and Pacific
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Resolution/Scale
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1000 metres
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Coordinate System and Datum
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Interrupted Goode Homolosine, Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area
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Spatial Extent
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Longitude of origin: 135 00 00 E
Latitude of origin: 15 00 00 S
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Source
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USGS
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GIS Layers 
