TIGER/Line Shapefile, 2015, nation, U.S., Current State and Equivalent National Shapefile
The TIGER/Line shapefiles and related database files (.dbf) are an extract of selected geographic and cartographic information from the
U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database (MTDB). The MTDB represents
a seamless national file with no overlaps or gaps between parts, however, each TIGER/Line shapefile is designed to stand alone as an independent data set,
or they can be combined to cover the entire nation.
States and equivalent entities are the primary governmental divisions of the United States. In addition to the fifty States, the Census Bureau treats
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) as the statistical equivalents of States for the purpose of data presentation.
Complete Metadata
| @type | dcat:Dataset |
|---|---|
| accessLevel | non-public |
| contactPoint |
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"hasEmail": "mailto:geo.geography@census.govv"
}
|
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| description | The TIGER/Line shapefiles and related database files (.dbf) are an extract of selected geographic and cartographic information from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database (MTDB). The MTDB represents a seamless national file with no overlaps or gaps between parts, however, each TIGER/Line shapefile is designed to stand alone as an independent data set, or they can be combined to cover the entire nation. States and equivalent entities are the primary governmental divisions of the United States. In addition to the fifty States, the Census Bureau treats 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) as the statistical equivalents of States for the purpose of data presentation. |
| distribution |
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"title": "Shapefile Zip File",
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"@type": "dcat:Distribution",
"title": "TIGER/Line® Shapefiles",
"accessURL": "https:////www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/tiger-line.html",
"description": "Should be used for most mapping projects--this is our most comprehensive dataset. Designed for use with GIS (geographic
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"@type": "dcat:Distribution",
"title": "TIGER/Line® Shapefiles 2015 Technical Documentation Shapefiles",
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"title": "Feature Catalog for the 2015 TIGER/Line Shapefile Current State and Equivalent National Shapefile",
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|
| identifier | tl_2015_us_state.shp.iso.xml |
| issued | 2015-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00 |
| keyword |
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"Nation",
"Polygon",
"States and equivalent entities",
"States",
"United States",
"U.S."
]
|
| language |
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|
| license | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
| modified | 2015-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00 |
| publisher |
{
"name": "U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, Spatial Data Collection and Products Branch",
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|
| rights | otherRestrictions |
| spatial | 179.859681,-14.601813,-179.231086,71.441059 |
| temporal | 2014-06-01T00:00:00+00:00/2015-05-01T00:00:00+00:00 |
| title | TIGER/Line Shapefile, 2015, nation, U.S., Current State and Equivalent National Shapefile |
