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Resource Abstract:
- 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. In New England (Connecticut, Maine,
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont), the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has defined an alternative
county subdivision (generally cities and towns) based definition of Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs) known as New England
City and Town Areas (NECTAs). NECTAs are defined using the same criteria as Metropolitan Statistical Areas and Micropolitan
Statistical Areas and are identified as either metropolitan or micropolitan, based, respectively, on the presence of either
an urban area of 50,000 or more population or an urban cluster of at least 10,000 and less than 50,000 population. A NECTA
containing a single core urban area with a population of at least 2.5 million may be subdivided to form smaller groupings
of cities and towns referred to as NECTA Divisions. The generalized boundaries in this file are based on those defined by
OMB based on the 2010 Census, published in 2013, and updated in 2015.; abstract: 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. In New England (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont), the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) has defined an alternative county subdivision (generally cities and towns) based definition
of Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs) known as New England City and Town Areas (NECTAs). NECTAs are defined using the same
criteria as Metropolitan Statistical Areas and Micropolitan Statistical Areas and are identified as either metropolitan or
micropolitan, based, respectively, on the presence of either an urban area of 50,000 or more population or an urban cluster
of at least 10,000 and less than 50,000 population. A NECTA containing a single core urban area with a population of at least
2.5 million may be subdivided to form smaller groupings of cities and towns referred to as NECTA Divisions. The generalized
boundaries in this file are based on those defined by OMB based on the 2010 Census, published in 2013, and updated in 2015.
Citation
- Title 2016 Cartographic Boundary File, Current New England City and Town Area for United States, 1:500,000.
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- creation Date
2017-07-06T17:18:14.785961
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on a transform by Damian Ulbricht. Run on 2018-08-06T20:14:11Z
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CINERGI Metadata catalog
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Metadata language
eng
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Metadata standard for this record:
ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
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2007
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urn:dciso:metadataabout:92852f99-5ebf-4f0d-a2ae-b1e9a1ec0521
Metadata record format is ISO19139 XML (MD_Metadata)