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    • 2020 Cartographic Boundary File (KML), Region for United States, 1:500,000

    Metadata Updated: December 14, 2023

    The 2020 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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    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 2023-05
    Metadata Created Date June 2, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date December 14, 2023
    Reference Date(s) 2023-05 (publication), 2023-05 (creation), 2023-05 (lastUpdate)
    Frequency Of Update notPlanned

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from Cartographic Boundary Files - 2020

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date 2023-05
    Metadata Created Date June 2, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date December 14, 2023
    Reference Date(s) 2023-05 (publication), 2023-05 (creation), 2023-05 (lastUpdate)
    Responsible Party U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, Customer Engagement Branch (Point of Contact)
    Contact Email
    Guid cb_2020_us_region_500k.kml.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
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update notPlanned
    Harvest Object Id f41f6801-5906-40d6-b2a2-c9ad3305aea0
    Harvest Source Id 28012753-516e-46f6-b1e2-819875e754f9
    Harvest Source Title Cartographic Boundary Files - 2020
    Licence
    Lineage
    Metadata Language eng; USA
    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 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::3395
    Spatial Harvester True

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