World Religion Map

Abstract: World religion data in this dataset is from the World Religion Database.The map shows the percentage of the majority religion by provinces/states and also included in the database is Christian percentage by provinces/states. Boundaries are based on Natural Earth, August, 2011 modified to match provinces in the World Religion Database.

The polygons are mainly from Natural Earth (ne_10m_admin_1_states_ provinces.shp dated 8 August 2011) which had 3,560 polygons. 119 of these we modified and then added a further 274 to make 3,834 polygons. These polygons were coded and then merged into WRD's 2,997 provinces.

All the polygon modifications and additions were 'roughly' digitized in-house and made to fit Natural Earth country boundaries while consulting public domain images on Wikipedia, as well as consulting GAUL: UN FAO 2008 (g2008_1.shp) and GMI's polit1_adm_pl.shp May, 2011.

Todd M. Johnson and Brian J. Grim, eds. "World Religion Database", Leiden/Boston, Brill, 2008. See http://www.worldreligiondatabase.org.

For terms of use for the Natural Earth boundaries see: http://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use/.

Type: Vector Data

Keywords: regionales, Geard/Yard

Edition: Edition 1

Category: Society & Demographics

Citation: copyright

Todd M. Johnson and Brian J. Grim, eds. "World Religion Database", Leiden/Boston, Brill, 2008.

Owner: cryang1018

Point of Contact: blewiscgaharvardedu

Metadata Author: blewiscgaharvardedu

Attributes: Province ID, Province Name, Country, Major Religion, Percentage of Christianity, Percentage of Major Religion,

Data Quality Statement: The polygons are mainly from Natural Earth (ne_10m_admin_1_states_provinces.shp dated 8 August 2011) which had 3,560 polygons. 119 of these we modified and then added a further 274 to make 3,834 polygons. These polygons were coded and then merged into WRD's 2,997 provinces. All the polygon modifications and additions were 'roughly' digitized in-house and made to fit Natural Earth country boundaries while consulting public domain images on Wikipedia, as well as consulting GAUL: UN FAO 2008 (g2008_1.shp) and GMI's polit1_adm_pl.shp May, 2011.

Bounding Box: SRID=EPSG:4326;POLYGON((-179.999999995709 -55.914778011748,-179.999999995709 83.6343269594333,179.999999995909 83.6343269594333,179.999999995909 -55.914778011748,-179.999999995709 -55.914778011748))

Native SRS: EPSG:4326

World Religion Map

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