2016 Cartographic Boundary File, United States, 1:5,000,000
The 2016 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. This file depicts the
shape of the United States clipped back to a generalized coastline. This nation layer
covers the extent of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and
each of the Island Areas (American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) when scale
appropriate.
Complete Metadata
| @type | dcat:Dataset |
|---|---|
| accessLevel | non-public |
| contactPoint |
{
"fn": "U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, Geographic Customer Services Branch
",
"@type": "vcard:Contact",
"hasEmail": "mailto:geo.geography@census.gov"
}
|
| describedByType | application/octet-steam |
| description | The 2016 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. This file depicts the shape of the United States clipped back to a generalized coastline. This nation layer covers the extent of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and each of the Island Areas (American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) when scale appropriate. |
| distribution |
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{
"@type": "dcat:Distribution",
"title": "Keyhole Markup Language (KML)",
"mediaType": "placeholder/value",
"description": "The cartographic boundary files contain geographic data only and do not include display mapping software or statistical
data. For information on how to use cartographic boundary file data with specific software package users shall contact the company that
produced the software.",
"downloadURL": "https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/GENZ2016/kml/cb_2016_us_nation_5m.zip",
"describedByType": "application/octet-steam"
},
{
"@type": "dcat:Distribution",
"title": "Cartographic Boundary Shapefiles",
"accessURL": "https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/tiger-cart-boundary.html",
"description": "Simplified representations of selected geographic areas
from the Census Bureau's MAF/TIGER geographic database",
"describedByType": "application/octet-steam"
}
]
|
| identifier | cb_2016_us_nation_5m.kml.iso.xml |
| issued | 2017-03-01T00:00:00.000+00:00 |
| keyword |
[
"Boundaries",
"2016",
"KML",
"Cartographic Boundary",
"Generalized",
"United States",
"United States",
"US"
]
|
| language |
[]
|
| license | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
| modified | 2017-03-01T00:00:00.000+00:00 |
| publisher |
{
"name": "U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, Geographic Customer Services Branch
",
"@type": "org:Organization"
}
|
| rights | otherRestrictions |
| spatial | 179.77847,-14.552549,-179.14734,71.352561 |
| temporal | 2017-03-01T00:00:00+00:00/2017-03-01T00:00:00+00:00 |
| title | 2016 Cartographic Boundary File, United States, 1:5,000,000 |
