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    • 2019 Cartographic Boundary Shapefile, Division for United States, 1:500,000

    Metadata Updated: January 15, 2021

    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.

    Divisions are groupings of states within a census geographic region, established by the Census Bureau for the presentation of census data. The current nine divisions (East North Central, East South Central, Middle Atlantic, Mountain, New England, Pacific, South Atlantic, West North Central, and West South Central) are intended to represent relatively homogeneous areas that are subdivisions of the four census geographic regions.

    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 June 30, 2020
    Metadata Created Date January 15, 2021
    Metadata Updated Date January 15, 2021
    Reference Date(s) June 30, 2020 (publication)
    Frequency Of Update notPlanned

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from 2019cb_division

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date June 30, 2020
    Metadata Created Date January 15, 2021
    Metadata Updated Date January 15, 2021
    Reference Date(s) June 30, 2020 (publication)
    Responsible Party Unknown
    Contact Email
    Guid cb_2019_us_division_500k.shp.iso.xml
    Access Constraints Access Constraints: None, Use Constraints:The intended display scale for this file is 1:500,000. This file should not be displayed at scales larger than 1:500,000. 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 179.77847
    Bbox North Lat 71.365162
    Bbox South Lat -14.548699
    Bbox West Long -179.148909
    Collection Package Id 21571cc2-de0f-40b2-8db6-3236c5c67d1e
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update notPlanned
    Harvest Object Id c73220fc-229e-4dd3-a16c-3d7c788119fb
    Harvest Source Id 1568563e-3dbc-48c0-bc5e-84a91992ccb6
    Harvest Source Title 2019cb_division
    Licence
    Metadata Language eng
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-179.148909, -14.548699], [179.77847, -14.548699], [179.77847, 71.365162], [-179.148909, 71.365162], [-179.148909, -14.548699]]]}
    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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