Type Shapefile
To show the locations of houses and other buildings on Kosrae.
This dataset shows the locations of all houses, buildings, and other human-made structures. The dataset was created by Island Research & Education Initiative (iREi) (2019) by converting building footprints of houses and other buildings to point features. The buildings footprints were based on 2015-2018 WorldView-2satellite imagery by Digital Globe provided by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) - Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).
Island Research & Education Initiative (iREi)
This dataset is for general purposes only, not for use in litigation. The Island Research & Education Initiative (iREi) cannot assume liability for any damages or misrepresentations caused by any inaccuracies in the data.
There is no extent for this item.
There is no scale range for this item.
The dataset is included in the Digital Atlas of Micronesia, module Kosrae, by Island Research & Education Initiative (iREi) in collaboration with Water and Environmental Research Institute of the Western Pacific (WERI) at the University of Guam and funding from United States Geological Survey (USGS) under WRRI 104-B Program and FSM Department of Environment, Climate Change & Emergency Management (DECEM).
Island Research & Education Initiative (iREi)
Date of reference imagery used for digitization.
See access and use constraints information.
This dataset is for general purposes only, not for use in litigation. The Island Research & Education Initiative (iREi) cannot assume liability for any damages or misrepresentations caused by any inaccuracies in the data.
The dataset is believed to be complete at the time of creation. However, offices (especially smaller organizations) do move and locations may have to be updated.
The attributes are believed to be accurate. However, it is possible that buildings might have been mis-identified in the imagery.
Field verification of buildings using hard copy map.
The absolute accuracy is not known but is assumed to be within few meters.
Visual comparison with WorldView-3 satellite imagery.
Converted kos_building_footprints polygon to polyline.
To include in the Digital Atlas of Micronesia.
The imagery was provided courtesy of Tony Kimmet (USDA-NRCS-National Geospatial Center of Excellence).
In WGS84
Name of office
Organization/ institution building is part of
Source of original dataset.
Internal feature number.
Esri
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
In WGS84
Feature geometry.
ESRI
Coordinates defining the features.