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description: The 2015 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. Divisions are groupings of states within a census geographic region, established by the Census Bureau for the presentation of census data. The current nine divisions (East North Central, East South Central, Middle Atlantic, Mountain, New England, Pacific, South Atlantic, West North Central, and West South Central) are intended to represent relatively homogeneous areas that are subdivisions of the four census geographic regions.; abstract: The 2015 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. Divisions are groupings of states within a census geographic region, established by the Census Bureau for the presentation of census data. The current nine divisions (East North Central, East South Central, Middle Atlantic, Mountain, New England, Pacific, South Atlantic, West North Central, and West South Central) are intended to represent relatively homogeneous areas that are subdivisions of the four census geographic regions.
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Title 2015 Cartographic Boundary File, Division for United States, 1:5,000,000.
creation  Date   2016-08-05T18:26:54.922810
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name Dublin Core references URL
URL:http://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/GENZ2015/kml/cb_2015_us_division_5m.zip
protocol WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
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name Dublin Core references URL
URL:http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/tiger-cart-boundary.html
protocol WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
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name Dublin Core references URL
URL:http://meta.geo.census.gov/data/existing/decennial/GEO/CPMB/boundary/2016gz/kml_division_5/cb_2015_us_division_5m.kml.ea.iso.xml
protocol WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
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Metadata data stamp:  2018-08-06T19:42:30Z
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notes: This metadata record was generated by an xslt transformation from a dc metadata record; Transform by Stephen M. Richard, based on a transform by Damian Ulbricht. Run on 2018-08-06T19:42:30Z
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Metadata standard for this record:  ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
standard version:  2007
Metadata record identifier:  urn:dciso:metadataabout:4b62aeb4-6436-4173-b25b-5e86a85ca7c5

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