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    • 2019 Cartographic Boundary Shapefile, Current State and Equivalent for United States, 1:20,000,000

    Metadata Updated: November 12, 2020

    The 2019 cartographic boundary shapefiles 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.

    States and equivalent entities are the primary governmental divisions of the United States. In addition to the fifty states, the Census Bureau treats 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) as the statistical equivalents of states for the purpose of data presentation.

    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.

    Collection

    This dataset is part of the following collection:

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    Dates

    Metadata Date July 9, 2020
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date November 12, 2020
    Reference Date(s) July 9, 2020 (publication)
    Frequency Of Update notPlanned

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from 2019cb_state

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date July 9, 2020
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date November 12, 2020
    Reference Date(s) July 9, 2020 (publication)
    Responsible Party Unknown
    Contact Email
    Guid cb_2019_us_state_20m.shp.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
    Collection Package Id a99811be-0c15-4a67-86fd-0d4d928864f0
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update notPlanned
    Harvest Object Id ecb5b236-3751-4cd4-8c50-9da3f961bdae
    Harvest Source Id 259651df-ed00-432e-9d47-cae8f89efda4
    Harvest Source Title 2019cb_state
    Licence
    Metadata Language eng
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Progress completed
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 2020-05
    Temporal Extent End 2020-05

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