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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. The records in this file allow users
to map the parts of Urban Areas that overlap a particular county. After each decennial census, the Census Bureau delineates
urban areas that represent densely developed territory, encompassing residential, commercial, and other nonresidential urban
land uses. In general, this territory consists of areas of high population density and urban land use resulting in a representation
of the ""urban footprint."" There are two types of urban areas: urbanized areas (UAs) that contain 50,000
or more people and urban clusters (UCs) that contain at least 2,500 people, but fewer than 50,000 people (except in the U.S.
Virgin Islands and Guam which each contain urban clusters with populations greater than 50,000). Each urban area is identified
by a 5-character numeric census code that may contain leading zeroes. The primary legal divisions of most states are termed
counties. In Louisiana, these divisions are known as parishes. In Alaska, which has no counties, the equivalent entities are
the organized boroughs, city and boroughs, municipalities, and for the unorganized area, census areas. The latter are delineated
cooperatively for statistical purposes by the State of Alaska and the Census Bureau. In four states (Maryland, Missouri, Nevada,
and Virginia), there are one or more incorporated places that are independent of any county organization and thus constitute
primary divisions of their states. These incorporated places are known as independent cities and are treated as equivalent
entities for purposes of data presentation. The District of Columbia and Guam have no primary divisions, and each area is
considered an equivalent entity for purposes of data presentation. The Census Bureau treats the following entities as equivalents
of counties for purposes of data presentation: Municipios in Puerto Rico, Districts and Islands in American Samoa, Municipalities
in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Islands in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The entire area of the United
States, Puerto Rico, and the Island Areas is covered by counties or equivalent entities. The generalized boundaries for counties
and equivalent entities are as of January 1, 2010.; 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. The records in this file allow users to map the parts of Urban Areas that overlap a particular county. After each decennial
census, the Census Bureau delineates urban areas that represent densely developed territory, encompassing residential, commercial,
and other nonresidential urban land uses. In general, this territory consists of areas of high population density and urban
land use resulting in a representation of the ""urban footprint."" There are two types of urban areas:
urbanized areas (UAs) that contain 50,000 or more people and urban clusters (UCs) that contain at least 2,500 people, but
fewer than 50,000 people (except in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam which each contain urban clusters with populations greater
than 50,000). Each urban area is identified by a 5-character numeric census code that may contain leading zeroes. The primary
legal divisions of most states are termed counties. In Louisiana, these divisions are known as parishes. In Alaska, which
has no counties, the equivalent entities are the organized boroughs, city and boroughs, municipalities, and for the unorganized
area, census areas. The latter are delineated cooperatively for statistical purposes by the State of Alaska and the Census
Bureau. In four states (Maryland, Missouri, Nevada, and Virginia), there are one or more incorporated places that are independent
of any county organization and thus constitute primary divisions of their states. These incorporated places are known as independent
cities and are treated as equivalent entities for purposes of data presentation. The District of Columbia and Guam have no
primary divisions, and each area is considered an equivalent entity for purposes of data presentation. The Census Bureau treats
the following entities as equivalents of counties for purposes of data presentation: Municipios in Puerto Rico, Districts
and Islands in American Samoa, Municipalities in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Islands in the U.S.
Virgin Islands. The entire area of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Island Areas is covered by counties or equivalent
entities. The generalized boundaries for counties and equivalent entities are as of January 1, 2010.
Citation
- Title 2016 Cartographic Boundary File, 2010 Urban Areas (UA) within 2010 County and Equivalent for Utah, 1:500,000.
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- creation Date
2017-06-05T19:55:00.787354
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2018-08-06T21:13:53Z
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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 2018-08-06T21:13:53Z
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CINERGI Metadata catalog
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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:d8d0de97-6a38-4c5e-ad49-6213a63cddcc
Metadata record format is ISO19139 XML (MD_Metadata)