Dataset Identification:
Resource Abstract:
- description: The 2014 cartographic boundary shapefiles 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. The Cartographic boundary shapefiles
include both incorporated places (legal entities) and census designated places or CDPs (statistical entities). An incorporated
place is established to provide governmental functions for a concentration of people as opposed to a minor civil division
(MCD), which generally is created to provide services or administer an area without regard, necessarily, to population. Places
always nest within a state, but may extend across county and county subdivision boundaries. An incorporated place usually
is a city, town, village, or borough, but can have other legal descriptions. CDPs are delineated for the decennial census
as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places. CDPs are delineated to provide data for settled concentrations of
population that are identifiable by name, but are not legally incorporated under the laws of the state in which they are located.
The boundaries for CDPs often are defined in partnership with state, local, and/or tribal officials and usually coincide with
visible features or the boundary of an adjacent incorporated place or another legal entity. CDP boundaries often change from
one decennial census to the next with changes in the settlement pattern and development; a CDP with the same name as in an
earlier census does not necessarily have the same boundary. The only population/housing size requirement for CDPs is that
they must contain some housing and population.; abstract: The 2014 cartographic boundary shapefiles 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. The Cartographic boundary shapefiles include both incorporated places (legal entities) and census designated places
or CDPs (statistical entities). An incorporated place is established to provide governmental functions for a concentration
of people as opposed to a minor civil division (MCD), which generally is created to provide services or administer an area
without regard, necessarily, to population. Places always nest within a state, but may extend across county and county subdivision
boundaries. An incorporated place usually is a city, town, village, or borough, but can have other legal descriptions. CDPs
are delineated for the decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places. CDPs are delineated to provide
data for settled concentrations of population that are identifiable by name, but are not legally incorporated under the laws
of the state in which they are located. The boundaries for CDPs often are defined in partnership with state, local, and/or
tribal officials and usually coincide with visible features or the boundary of an adjacent incorporated place or another legal
entity. CDP boundaries often change from one decennial census to the next with changes in the settlement pattern and development;
a CDP with the same name as in an earlier census does not necessarily have the same boundary. The only population/housing
size requirement for CDPs is that they must contain some housing and population.
Citation
- Title Series Information File for the 2014 Cartographic Boundary File, State-Place , 1:500,000.
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- creation Date
2015-06-19T14:46:06.991723
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2018-08-06T23:15:15Z
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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 2018-08-06T23:15:15Z
Metadata contact
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pointOfContact
- organisation Name
CINERGI Metadata catalog
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- electronic Mail Address cinergi@sdsc.edu
Metadata language
eng
Metadata character set encoding:
utf8
Metadata standard for this record:
ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
standard version:
2007
Metadata record identifier:
urn:dciso:metadataabout:bf20d5d8-5dbd-4663-a7a9-4ade6648d463
Metadata record format is ISO19139 XML (MD_Metadata)