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Digital data sets describing metropolitan areas in the conterminous US

Metadata Updated: October 5, 2024

This data set describes metropolitan areas in the conterminous United States, developed from U.S. Bureau of the Census boundaries of Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Areas (CMSA) and Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA), that have been processed to extract the largest contiguous urban area within each MSA or CMSA.

Access & Use Information

Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. 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 Created Date June 1, 2023
Metadata Updated Date October 5, 2024

Metadata Source

Harvested from DOI EDI

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date June 1, 2023
Metadata Updated Date October 5, 2024
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Maintainer
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Identifier USGS:1a051a17-1f10-479a-9def-b506d71a253f
Data Last Modified 20201117
Category geospatial
Public Access Level public
Bureau Code 010:12
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Metadata Catalog ID https://datainventory.doi.gov/data.json
Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
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Harvest Source Id 52bfcc16-6e15-478f-809a-b1bc76f1aeda
Harvest Source Title DOI EDI
Metadata Type geospatial
Old Spatial -126.99717362,23.65882979,-67.05478737,48.48484187
Publisher Hierarchy White House > U.S. Department of the Interior > U.S. Geological Survey
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash caaf8cdf692862c767bc98ee24a2c985cdde56c89b8e5957a463a3cfcf970a19
Source Schema Version 1.1
Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": -126.99717362, 23.65882979, -126.99717362, 48.48484187, -67.05478737, 48.48484187, -67.05478737, 23.65882979, -126.99717362, 23.65882979}

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