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    • North American Roads

    Metadata Updated: September 25, 2024

    The North American Roads dataset was compiled on October 27, 2020 from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) and is part of the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT)/Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD). This dataset contains geospatial information regarding major roadways in North America. The data set covers the 48 contiguous United States plus the District of Columbia, Alaska, Hawaii, Canada and Mexico. The nominal scale of the data set is 1:100,000. The data within the North American Roads layer is a compilation of data from Natural Resources Canada, USDOT’s Federal Highway Administration, and the Mexican Transportation Institute. North American Roads is a digital single-line representation of major roads and highways for Canada, the United States, and Mexico with consistent definitions by road class, jurisdiction, lane counts, speed limits and surface type.

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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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    Metadata Date September 23, 2024
    Metadata Created Date August 3, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date September 25, 2024
    Reference Date(s) October 27, 2020 (creation)
    Frequency Of Update annually

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD) Metadata

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date September 23, 2024
    Metadata Created Date August 3, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date September 25, 2024
    Reference Date(s) October 27, 2020 (creation)
    Responsible Party Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) (Point of Contact)
    Contact Email
    Guid North American Roads
    Access Constraints Access Constraints: unrestricted
    Bbox East Long -52.266666999999998
    Bbox North Lat 71.433333300000001
    Bbox South Lat 14.483333
    Bbox West Long -168.283333
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update annually
    Harvest Object Id 9072e56a-3e7e-4422-affa-7f53e410188d
    Harvest Source Id ee45e034-47c1-4a61-a3ec-de75031e6865
    Harvest Source Title National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD) Metadata
    Licence This NTAD dataset is a work of the United States government as defined in 17 U.S.C. § 101 and as such are not protected by any U.S. copyrights. This work is available for unrestricted public use.
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    Metadata Language eng; USA
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-168.283333, 14.483333], [-52.266667, 14.483333], [-52.266667, 71.4333333], [-168.283333, 71.4333333], [-168.283333, 14.483333]]]}
    Progress onGoing
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True

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