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description: The USGS Governmental Unit Boundaries service from The National Map (TNM) represents major civil areas for the Nation, including States or Territories, counties (or equivalents), Federal and Native American areas, congressional districts, minor civil divisions, incorporated places (such as cities and towns), and unincorporated places. Boundaries data are useful for understanding the extent of jurisdictional or administrative areas for a wide range of applications, including mapping or managing resources, and responding to natural disasters. Boundaries data also include extents of forest, grassland, park, wilderness, wildlife, and other reserve areas useful for recreational activities, such as hiking and backpacking. Boundaries data are acquired from a variety of government sources. The data represents the source data with minimal editing or review by USGS. Please refer to the feature-level metadata for information on the data source. The National Map boundaries data is commonly combined with other data themes, such as elevation, hydrography, structures, and transportation, to produce general reference base maps. The National Map viewer allows free downloads of public domain boundaries data in either Esri File Geodatabase or Shapefile formats. For additional information on the boundaries data model, go to https://nationalmap.gov/boundaries.html.; abstract: The USGS Governmental Unit Boundaries service from The National Map (TNM) represents major civil areas for the Nation, including States or Territories, counties (or equivalents), Federal and Native American areas, congressional districts, minor civil divisions, incorporated places (such as cities and towns), and unincorporated places. Boundaries data are useful for understanding the extent of jurisdictional or administrative areas for a wide range of applications, including mapping or managing resources, and responding to natural disasters. Boundaries data also include extents of forest, grassland, park, wilderness, wildlife, and other reserve areas useful for recreational activities, such as hiking and backpacking. Boundaries data are acquired from a variety of government sources. The data represents the source data with minimal editing or review by USGS. Please refer to the feature-level metadata for information on the data source. The National Map boundaries data is commonly combined with other data themes, such as elevation, hydrography, structures, and transportation, to produce general reference base maps. The National Map viewer allows free downloads of public domain boundaries data in either Esri File Geodatabase or Shapefile formats. For additional information on the boundaries data model, go to https://nationalmap.gov/boundaries.html.
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Title USGS Governmental Unit Boundaries Overlay Map Service from The National Map.
creation  Date   2018-02-08T08:34:50.066103
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name Dublin Core references URL
URL:https://services.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/govunits/MapServer
protocol WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
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Description URL provided in Dublin Core references element.
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name Dublin Core references URL
URL:https://services.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/services/govunits/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS
protocol WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
link function information
Description URL provided in Dublin Core references element.
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name Dublin Core references URL
URL:https://services.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/services/WFS/govunits/MapServer/WFSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WFS
protocol WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
link function information
Description URL provided in Dublin Core references element.
Linkage for online resource
name Dublin Core references URL
URL:https://viewer.nationalmap.gov
protocol WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
link function information
Description URL provided in Dublin Core references element.
Linkage for online resource
name Dublin Core references URL
URL:https://services.nationalmap.gov/bestpractices/model/acrodocs/Poster_BPGovtUnits_03_01_2006.pdf
protocol WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
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Description URL provided in Dublin Core references element.
Metadata data stamp:  2018-08-06T19:35:55Z
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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 2018-08-06T19:35:55Z
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organisation Name  CINERGI Metadata catalog
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electronic Mail Addresscinergi@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:4fb2fd5b-2386-4d63-91f2-ef6eecd2e6db

Metadata record format is ISO19139 XML (MD_Metadata)