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Chapter 4—ArcWorld 1:3M country statistical attribute layers Labor Force Characteristics Cartographic attributes LAND_OCEAN Flag used to identify continents, islands, and ocean areas. The codes are as follows: Codes Definitions 1 = Continent 2 = Offshore island 3 = Ocean ISLND_RANK Offshore islands are ranked for cartographic significance, primarily on the basis of size. These rank codes are only present for islands surrounded by ocean; no islands within inland water bodies are included in this layer. Greenland is the largest island. The codes are as follows: Codes 1 2 3 4 5 9 = = = = = = Definitions Basic reference feature Major Additional major Intermediate Minor Unranked Statistical flag STAT_FLAG Flag used to identify a single polygon (the largest) for each country for purposes of calculating summary statistics. Chapter 6 provides more information about using this attribute. The codes are as follows: Codes Definitions 0 = Other polygons in country. 1 = Polygon identifier for disputed territories, reassigned areas, or countries for which data are not tabulated by the World Bank or World Resources Institute. (See Appendix C for a list of disputed territories and reassigned areas.) 2 = Polygon identifier for countries that are assigned statistical data by the World Bank or World Resources Institute. 4-78 ArcWorld User's Guide and Data Reference
