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United States States (No Shoreline), 2013
- Identification Information
- Data Quality Information
- Spatial Data Organization Information
- Spatial Reference Information
- Entity and Attribute Information
- Distribution Information
- Metadata Reference Information
- Identification Information
- Citation
- Originator
- United States. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
- Originator
- United States. Department of Transportation. Research and Innovative Technology Administration
- Originator
- United States. Bureau of the Census.
- Publication Date
- 2012
- Title
- United States States (No Shoreline), 2013
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Collection Title
- National Transportation Atlas Databases (NTAD) 2013
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Suitland, MD
- Publisher
- U.S. Census Bureau (BOC)
- Other Citation Details
- Compiled by the University of Tennessee Center for Transportation Research GIS GROUP from TIGER/Line machine readable files.
- Online Linkage
- http://www.columbia.edu/acis/eds/gis/images/ntad_2013_state_pol.zip
- Abstract
- State boundaries with political limit - boundaries extending into the ocean. The State Boundary with Detailed Shorelines database was created using TIGER/LINE 2011 shapefile data gathered from ESRI's Geography Network. The individual county shapefiles were processed into Arc/Info coverages and then appended together to create complete state coverages. RITA/BTS Hydrographic data was integrated to create detailed shorelines. The TIGER/Line Files are shapefiles and related database files (.dbf) that 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 File 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.
- Purpose
- The United States State Boundaries database is a geographic database of state political boundaries. The database includes boundaries for all 50 states plus Puerto Rico, Washington D.C., American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
- Supplemental Information
- The RITA/BTS State Boundary Database contains TIGER 2011 geometry and attributes. To find out more about TIGER/Line files and other Census TIGER data base derived data sets visit http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger.
- Temporal Extent
- Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Time Instant
- 2012
- Bounding Box
- West
- -179.231101
- East
- 179.859666
- North
- 71.441059
- South
- -14.601806
- Theme Keyword
- line
- state
- polygon
- boundary
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- None
- Theme Keyword
- boundaries
- economy
- planningCadastre
- society
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- ISO 19115 Topic Categories
- Place Keyword
- United States
- Place Keyword Thesaurus
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Temporal Keyword
- 2011
- 2000
- 2010
- 2008
- 2006
- 2009
- 2012
- 2013
- Temporal Keyword Thesaurus
- None
- Access Restrictions
- None
- Use Restrictions
- None
- Status
- Complete
- Maintenance and Update Frequency
- None planned
- Point of Contact
- Contact Organization
- Research and Innovative Technology Administration's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (RITA/BTS)
- Delivery Point
- 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE
- City
- Washington
- State
- DC
- Postal Code
- 20590
- Country
- US
- Contact Telephone
- 202-366-3282
- Contact Electronic Mail Address
- answers@bts.gov
- Collection
- Originator
- Research and Innovative Technology Administration's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (RITA/BTS)
- Publication Date
- 20130101
- Title
- National Transportation Atlas Databases (NTAD) 2013
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Washington DC
- Publisher
- Research and Innovative Technology Administration's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (RITA/BTS)
- Data Quality Information
- Attribute Accuracy Report
- Attributes for the State Boundary data set were created using ARC/INFO, a Geographic Information System. All area and distance values were calculated to the nearest 50m.
- Logical Consistency Report
- All node-link and polygon topological relationships are created and verified using computer algorithms. Unique entity identifiers were similarly verified by computer algorithm.
- Completeness Report
- Completeness report not provided.
- Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report
- Consistent with TIGER 2011
- Lineage
- Source
- Publication Date
- 20010101
- Title
- Nationwide State Boundary Database with Detailed Shorelines
- Online Linkage
- http://www.bts.gov/programs/geographic_information_services/
- Source Scale Denominator
- 100
- Type of Source Media
- CD-ROM
- Contribution
- The selected geographic and cartographic information (line segments) are derived from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) database.
- Spatial Data Organization Information
- Direct Spatial Reference Method
- Vector
- Point and Vector Object Information
- SDTS Terms Description
- SDTS Point and Vector Object Type
- GT-polygon composed of chains
- Point and Vector Object Count
- 56
- Spatial Reference Information
- Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
- Geographic
- Latitude Resolution
- 8.983152841195215e-009
- Longitude Resolution
- 8.983152841195215e-009
- Geographic Coordinate Units
- Decimal Degrees
- Geodetic Model
- Horizontal Datum Name
- D WGS 1984
- Ellipsoid Name
- WGS 1984
- Semi-major Axis
- 6378137.0
- Denominator of Flattening Ratio
- 298.257223563
- Entity and Attribute Information
- Entity Type
- Entity Type Label
- state_pol
- Entity Type Definition
- ESRI Shapefile of U.S. State Boundaries
- Entity Type Definition Source
- ESRI and BTS
- Attributes
- FID
- Internal feature number. (0 to 51) (Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.)
- Definition Source
- ESRI
- Shape
- Feature geometry.
- Polygon
- A "polygon" is an area feature comprised of points and line segments.
- Definition Source
- ESRI
- STFIPS
- State FIPS code (Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS), Publication 6-4National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST))
- Definition Source
- NIST
- STATE
- State name (string)
- Definition Source
- NIST
- STPOSTAL
- U.S. Postal Service two letter state abbreviation. (Official List of State Postal AbbreviationsU.S. Postal Service)
- Definition Source
- USPS
- DotRegion
- Geographic Regions of the USDOT
- 1
- ME, NH, VT, MA, RI, CT
- 2
- NY, NJ
- 3
- PA, WV, MD, DC, DE, VA
- 4
- KY, TN, MS, AL, GA, SC, NC, FL
- 5
- MN, WI, IL, IN, OH, MI
- 6
- NM, TX, OK, AR, LA
- 7
- KS, NE, IA, MO
- 8
- MT, SD, ND, WY, UT, CO
- 9
- CA, HI, NV, AZ
- 10
- WA, OR, ID, AK
- Definition Source
- USDOT
- Distribution Information
- Distributor
- Research and Innovative Technology Administration's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (RITA/BTS)
- Name
- Metadata Reference Information
- Metadata Date
- 20140925
- Metadata Contact
- Contact Information
- Contact Organization Primary
- Contact Organization
- Research Data Services (RDS), Columbia University Libraries
- Contact Person
- GIS/Metadata Librarian
- Contact Address
- Address
- 420 W. 118th St., 215 IAB, MC 3301
- City
- New York
- State or Province
- NY
- Postal Code
- 10027
- Country
- USA
- Contact Voice Telephone
- (212)854-6012
- Contact Electronic Mail Address
- data@library.columbia.edu
- Metadata Standard Name
- FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
- Metadata Standard Version
- FGDC-STD-001-1998
