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    • TIGER/Line Shapefile, 2023, Nation, U.S., International Boundaries (national)

    Metadata Updated: December 15, 2023

    The international boundary data featured in this shapefile consists of the boundary between the United States and Canada and the United States and Mexico. Each country's section is administered independently. The United States and Canada border data was provided by the International Boundary Commission, United States and Canada (IBC). The International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC) provided the United States and Mexico section of the border data. Geospatial data files provided individually by the IBC and IBWC were used to re-align the Census Bureau's MAF/TIGER System data for the agency's representation of the international boundaries of United States with Canada and Mexico. The Census Bureau's MAF/TIGER System and the IBWC source file data for the portion of the United States and Mexico border featured a gap between Cameron County, Texas and the three-mile limit in the Gulf of Mexico. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Coast Survey Office's representation of the United States and Mexico boundary used to fill this gap.

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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 November 11, 2023
    Metadata Created Date December 15, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date December 15, 2023
    Reference Date(s) 2023 (publication), 2023-10 (creation), 2023-10 (lastUpdate)
    Frequency Of Update notPlanned

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from Current NGDA Standalones

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date November 11, 2023
    Metadata Created Date December 15, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date December 15, 2023
    Reference Date(s) 2023 (publication), 2023-10 (creation), 2023-10 (lastUpdate)
    Responsible Party U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, Geospatial Products Branch (Point of Contact)
    Contact Email
    Guid tl_2023_us_internationalboundary.shp.iso.xml
    Access Constraints Access constraints: None, Use Constraints: The TIGER/Line Shapefile products are not copyrighted however TIGER/Line and Census TIGER are registered trademarks of the U.S. Census Bureau. 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 horizontal spatial accuracy information present in these files is provided for the purposes of statistical analysis and census operations only. No warranty, expressed or implied is made with regard to the accuracy of the spatial accuracy, and no liability is assumed by the U.S. Government in general or the U.S. Census Bureau, specifically as to the spatial or attribute accuracy of the data. The TIGER/Line Shapefiles may not be suitable for high-precision measurement applications such as engineering problems, property transfers, or other uses that might require highly accurate measurements of the earth's surface.Coordinates in the TIGER/Line shapefiles have six implied decimal places, but the positional accuracy of these coordinates is not as great as the six decimal places suggest.
    Bbox East Long 146.154418
    Bbox North Lat 71.439786
    Bbox South Lat -14.601813
    Bbox West Long -178.443593
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update notPlanned
    Harvest Object Id 38e71fc7-df8d-4276-ad47-9beb5c1cdefd
    Harvest Source Id 02d50b34-1cc0-456c-9791-b503aacfa729
    Harvest Source Title Current NGDA Standalones
    Licence
    Lineage
    Metadata Language eng
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-178.443593, -14.601813], [146.154418, -14.601813], [146.154418, 71.439786], [-178.443593, 71.439786], [-178.443593, -14.601813]]]}
    Progress completed
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4269
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 2023-06
    Temporal Extent End 2024-10

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