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USA Elevation

Globe Service Name: USGS_Elevation_US

Description: This globe presents elevation for the contiguous United States at a resolution of about 30 meters. The data is from the National Elevation Dataset (NED) produced by the United States Geological Survey (USGS). NED is designed to provide national elevation data in a seamless form with a consistent datum, elevation unit, and projection. Vertical units are measured in meters.

Attribution: Source: USGS

Coordinate System: Geographic (Latitude-Longitude) 

Units of Measure: Decimal degrees

Extent in Decimal Degrees:
     Maximum Longitude: -66.000000
     Maximum Latitude: 49.000000
     Minimum Longitude: -124.000000
     Minimum Latitude: 25.000000

Globe Service Data Format: Globe Server Cache

Globe Service Size: 13.1 GB

Globe Service Size on Disk: 17.6 GB

Globe Service Number of Files: 1,533,261