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2015 Cartographic Boundary File, United States, 1:20,000,000

Metadata Updated: January 13, 2021

The 2015 cartographic boundary KMLs are simplified representations of selected geographic areas from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database (MTDB). These boundary files are specifically designed for small-scale thematic mapping. When possible, generalization is performed with the intent to maintain the hierarchical relationships among geographies and to maintain the alignment of geographies within a file set for a given year. Geographic areas may not align with the same areas from another year. Some geographies are available as nation-based files while others are available only as state-based files.

                             This file depicts the shape of the United States clipped back to a generalized coastline.  This nation layer covers the extent of the
                             fifty states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and each of the Island Areas (American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern
                             Mariana Islands, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) when scale appropriate.

Access & Use Information

License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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Dates

Metadata Date 2016-03
Metadata Created Date January 13, 2021
Metadata Updated Date January 13, 2021
Reference Date(s) 201603 (publication)
Frequency Of Update notPlanned

Metadata Source

Harvested from 2016_kml_nation

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Date 2016-03
Metadata Created Date January 13, 2021
Metadata Updated Date January 13, 2021
Reference Date(s) 201603 (publication)
Responsible Party Unknown
Contact Email
Guid cb_2015_us_nation_20m.kml.iso.xml
Access Constraints Access Constraints: None, Use Constraints:The intended display scale for this file is 1:20,000,000. This file should not be displayed at scales larger than 1:20,000,000. These products are free to use in a product or publication, however acknowledgement must be given to the U.S. Census Bureau as the source. The boundary information is for visual display at appropriate small scales only. Cartographic boundary files should not be used for geographic analysis including area or perimeter calculation. Files should not be used for geocoding addresses. Files should not be used for determining precise geographic area relationships.
Bbox East Long 179.773922
Bbox North Lat 71.352561
Bbox South Lat 17.913769
Bbox West Long -179.174265
Coupled Resource
Frequency Of Update notPlanned
Harvest Object Id 73f94af0-8f10-417e-83f8-991c6ed4cae1
Harvest Source Id b53e30ca-b633-4cdb-8f9f-4a191ea91b7e
Harvest Source Title 2016_kml_nation
Licence
Metadata Language eng
Metadata Type geospatial
Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-179.174265, 17.913769], [179.773922, 17.913769], [179.773922, 71.352561], [-179.174265, 71.352561], [-179.174265, 17.913769]]]}
Progress completed
Spatial Data Service Type
Spatial Reference System urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::3395
Spatial Harvester True
Temporal Extent Begin 2016-03
Temporal Extent End 2016-03

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