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Resource Abstract:
- description: The TIGER/Line shapefiles and related database files (.dbf) are an extract of selected geographic and cartographic
information from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing
(MAF/TIGER) Database (MTDB). The MTDB represents a seamless national file with no overlaps or gaps between parts, however,
each TIGER/Line shapefile is designed to stand alone as an independent data set, or they can be combined to cover the entire
nation. Metropolitan Divisions subdivide a Metropolitan Statistical Area containing a single core urban area that has a population
of at least 2.5 million to form smaller groupings of counties or equivalent entities. Not all Metropolitan Statistical Areas
with urban areas of this size will contain Metropolitan Divisions. Metropolitan Division are defined by the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) and consist of one or more main counties or equivalent entities that represent an employment center or centers,
plus adjacent counties associated with the main county or counties through commuting ties. Because Metropolitan Divisions
represent subdivisions of larger Metropolitan Statistical Areas, it is not appropriate to rank or compare Metropolitan Divisions
with Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas. The Metropolitan Divisions boundaries are those defined by OMB based
on the 2010 Census and published in 2013.; abstract: The TIGER/Line shapefiles and related database files (.dbf) are an extract
of selected geographic and cartographic information from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically
Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database (MTDB). The MTDB represents a seamless national file with
no overlaps or gaps between parts, however, each TIGER/Line shapefile is designed to stand alone as an independent data set,
or they can be combined to cover the entire nation. Metropolitan Divisions subdivide a Metropolitan Statistical Area containing
a single core urban area that has a population of at least 2.5 million to form smaller groupings of counties or equivalent
entities. Not all Metropolitan Statistical Areas with urban areas of this size will contain Metropolitan Divisions. Metropolitan
Division are defined by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and consist of one or more main counties or equivalent entities
that represent an employment center or centers, plus adjacent counties associated with the main county or counties through
commuting ties. Because Metropolitan Divisions represent subdivisions of larger Metropolitan Statistical Areas, it is not
appropriate to rank or compare Metropolitan Divisions with Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas. The Metropolitan
Divisions boundaries are those defined by OMB based on the 2010 Census and published in 2013.
Citation
- Title TIGER/Line Shapefile, 2015, nation, U.S., Current Metropolitan Division National Shapefile.
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- creation Date
2016-11-16T17:18:47.307868
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2018-08-06T20:03:01Z
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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 2018-08-06T20:03:01Z
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- 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:5554875d-eda1-4769-b08c-530038ac5ecb
Metadata record format is ISO19139 XML (MD_Metadata)