2016 Cartographic Boundary File, Region for United States, 1:20,000,000
The 2016 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. Regions are four
groupings of states (Northeast, South, Midwest, and West) established by the Census
Bureau in 1942 for the presentation of census data.
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2 resources available
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Keyhole Markup Language (KML)
ZIP -
Cartographic Boundary Shapefiles
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Complete Metadata
| @type | dcat:Dataset |
|---|---|
| accessLevel | non-public |
| contactPoint |
{
"fn": "U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, Geographic Customer Services Branch
",
"@type": "vcard:Contact",
"hasEmail": "mailto:geo.geography@census.gov"
}
|
| describedByType | application/octet-steam |
| description | The 2016 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. Regions are four groupings of states (Northeast, South, Midwest, and West) established by the Census Bureau in 1942 for the presentation of census data. |
| distribution |
[
{
"@type": "dcat:Distribution",
"title": "Keyhole Markup Language (KML)",
"format": "ZIP",
"mediaType": "application/zip",
"description": "The cartographic boundary files contain geographic data only and do not include display mapping software or statistical
data. For information on how to use cartographic boundary file data with specific software package users shall contact the company that
produced the software.",
"downloadURL": "https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/GENZ2016/kml/cb_2016_us_region_20m.zip",
"describedByType": "application/octet-stream"
},
{
"@type": "dcat:Distribution",
"title": "Cartographic Boundary Shapefiles",
"accessURL": "https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/tiger-cart-boundary.html",
"mediaType": "text/html",
"description": "Simplified representations of selected geographic areas from the Census Bureau's MAF/TIGER geographic
database",
"describedByType": "application/octet-stream"
}
]
|
| identifier | https://meta.geo.census.gov/data/existing/decennial/GEO/CPMB/boundary/2016Cartographic/region_20kml/cb_2016_us_region_20m.kml.iso.xml |
| issued | 2017-03-01T00:00:00.000+00:00 |
| keyword |
[
"Boundaries",
"2016",
"KML",
"Cartographic Boundary",
"Generalized",
"Region",
"United States",
"US"
]
|
| language |
[]
|
| license | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
| modified | 2017-03-01T00:00:00.000+00:00 |
| publisher |
{
"name": "U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, Geographic Customer Services Branch
",
"@type": "org:Organization"
}
|
| rights | otherRestrictions |
| spatial | 179.773922,17.913769,-179.174265,71.352561 |
| temporal | 2017-03-01T00:00:00+00:00/2017-03-01T00:00:00+00:00 |
| title | 2016 Cartographic Boundary File, Region for United States, 1:20,000,000 |
