Dataset Identification:

Resource Abstract:
This map layer portrays the Congressional Districts of the United States for the 107th Congress. The map layer was created by extracting lines from existing National Atlas layers that were coincident with Congressional District boundaries. In areas lacking coincident geometry, lines from 1:100,000-scale Congressional District boundaries published by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Geography Division were generalized and integrated into the map layer. This is an update of the July 2001 map layer.
Citation
Title Congressional Districts of the United States - 107th Congress - Direct Download
publication  Date   2002-01-01
cited responsible party - publisher
organisation Name  National Atlas of the United States
Contact information
Address
, Reston, VA
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  National Atlas of the United States
cited responsible party -
organisation Name
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
URL:http://dds.cr.usgs.gov/pub/data/nationalatlas/cgd107p020_nt00107.tar.gz
Topic Category:  boundaries
Theme keywords (theme):
Boundaries
Congressional Districts
Congressional District boundaries
Delegate Districts
House of Representatives
Congress
States
State boundaries
thesaurus name >
Title None
Location keywords:
United States
thesaurus name >
Title U.S. Department of Commerce, 1995, Countries, Dependencies, Areas of Special Sovereignty, and Their Principal Administrative Divisions (Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 10-4): Washington, DC, National Institute of Standards and Technology.
purpose:
These data are intended for geographic display and analysis at the national level, and for large regional areas. The data should be displayed and analyzed at scales appropriate for 1:2,000,000-scale data. No responsibility is assumed by the National Atlas of the United States in the use of these data.
Resource language:  eng; USA
Resource progress code:  completed
Resource Maintenance Information
maintenance or update frequency:  notPlanned
Constraints on resource usage:
Constraints
Use limitation statement:
Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Geological Survey, no warranty expressed or implied is made by the U.S. Geological Survey regarding the utility of the data on any other system, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. No responsibility is assumed by the U.S. Geological Survey in the use of these data.
Constraints on resource usage:
Legal Constraints
use constraint:  otherRestrictions
Other constraints
Use Constraints: None. Acknowledgment of the National Atlas of the United States of America and (or) the U.S. Geological Survey would be appreciated in products derived from these data.
Constraints on resource usage:
Legal Constraints
Access Constraints  otherRestrictions
Other constraints
Access Constraints: None
Spatial representation type code:  vector
Resource extent
Geographic Extent
Geographic Bounding Box
westBoundLongitude  170
eastBoundLongitude  -64
northBoundLatitude  72
southBoundLatitude  17
Temporal Extent
2001-12-19
point of contact - pointOfContact
individual Name Peg Rawson
organisation Name  National Atlas of the United States
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 703-648-4183
Address
12201 Sunrise Valley DrMS 561, Reston, VA, 20192
electronic Mail Addressatlasmail@usgs.gov
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Vector spatial representation information

Geometric Objects
geometric Object Type  complex
geometric Object Count  3362
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Grid spatial representation

number of grid dimensions: 2
Grid axis property:
Grid Dimension
Dimension Name:  column
Dimension Size
Grid Dimension
Dimension Name:  row
Dimension Size
transformation parameter availability:  false
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Coverage description

Type of coverage content
Cell value attribute description:
Band
descriptor The representation of the entity in the data.
sequence Identifier
name Shape
Band
descriptor The size of the shape in square coverage units. In the distributed file, coverage units represent square decimal degrees.
sequence Identifier
name Area
Long Wavelength  267.357
Short Wavelength  0.000
units
Band
descriptor The perimeter of shape in coverage units. In the distributed file, coverage units represent decimal degrees.
sequence Identifier
name Perimeter
Long Wavelength  374.772
Short Wavelength  0.010
units
Band
descriptor Internal feature number
sequence Identifier
name CGD107P020#
Long Wavelength  3363
Short Wavelength  2
units
Band
descriptor The Congressional District number.
sequence Identifier
name CONG_DIST
Band
descriptor The full name and party affliation of the Congressional Representative elected from the Congressional District. Examples: Don Young (R); Jim McDermott (D); Bernard Sanders (I). For the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, the full name and party affiliation of the Congressional delegate.
sequence Identifier
name Name
Band
descriptor The single-character abbreviation of the political party with which the Congressional Representative is affiliated.
sequence Identifier
name Party_aff
Band
descriptor The URL or Uniform Resource Locator is the address of a page on the World Wide Web. The address, which provides the basis for establishing an electronic link from a client to the physical location of the page on an Internet server, consists of a server name, file path, and the page's file name. The URL in this map layer is the address of a given representative's page on the World Wide Web. URLs may no longer be active.
sequence Identifier
name Url
Band
descriptor The 2-character FIPS code of the State or State equivalent.
sequence Identifier
name State
Band
descriptor The 2-digit FIPS code of the State or State equivalent.
sequence Identifier
name State_fips
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Content information: feature catalog description

Included With Dataset  true
Feature Types  
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Scope of quality information
scope level  dataset
Resource lineage description
source
source description  Source Contribution: Spatial and attribute informationSource Type Online
representative resolution scale:
Scale denominator: 2000000
source citation
Title County Boundaries of the United States
publication  Date   1999-01-01
cited responsible party - publisher
organisation Name  National Atlas of the United States
Contact information
Address
, Reston, VA
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  National Atlas of the United States
Resource extent
Temporal Extent
1999-01-01
source
source description  Source Contribution: Spatial informationSource Type Online
representative resolution scale:
Scale denominator: 2000000
source citation
Title Hydrography Features of the United States
publication  Date   1999-01-01
cited responsible party - publisher
organisation Name  National Atlas of the United States
Contact information
Address
, Reston, VA
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  National Atlas of the United States
Resource extent
Temporal Extent
1999-01-01
source
source description  Source Contribution: Spatial informationSource Type Online
representative resolution scale:
Scale denominator: 2000000
source citation
Title Federal Land Features of the United States - Parkways and Scenic Rivers
publication  Date   1999-01-01
cited responsible party - publisher
organisation Name  National Atlas of the United States
Contact information
Address
, Reston, VA
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  National Atlas of the United States
Resource extent
Temporal Extent
1999-01-01
source
source description  Source Contribution: Spatial informationSource Type Online
representative resolution scale:
Scale denominator: 2000000
source citation
Title Federal and Indian Land Features of the United States
publication  Date   1998-01-01
cited responsible party - publisher
organisation Name  National Atlas of the United States
Contact information
Address
, Reston, VA
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  National Atlas of the United States
Resource extent
Temporal Extent
1998-01-01
source
source description  Source Contribution: Spatial informationSource Type Online
representative resolution scale:
Scale denominator: 2000000
source citation
Title Public Land Survey System of the United States
publication  Date   1998-01-01
cited responsible party - publisher
organisation Name  National Atlas of the United States
Contact information
Address
, Reston, VA
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  National Atlas of the United States
Resource extent
Temporal Extent
1999-01-01
source
source description  Source Contribution: Spatial informationSource Type Online
representative resolution scale:
Scale denominator: 2000000
source citation
Title Railroads of the United States
publication  Date   1998-01-01
cited responsible party - publisher
organisation Name  National Atlas of the United States
Contact information
Address
, Reston, VA
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  National Atlas of the United States
Resource extent
Temporal Extent
1999-01-01
source
source description  Source Contribution: Spatial informationSource Type Online
representative resolution scale:
Scale denominator: 2000000
source citation
Title Major Roads of the United States
publication  Date   1998-01-01
cited responsible party - publisher
organisation Name  National Atlas of the United States
Contact information
Address
, Reston, VA
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  National Atlas of the United States
Resource extent
Temporal Extent
1999-01-01
source
source description  Source Contribution: Spatial informationSource Type Online
representative resolution scale:
Scale denominator: 100,000
source citation
Title Congressional Districts
publication  Date   1999-01-01
cited responsible party - publisher
organisation Name  U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Geography Division
Contact information
Address
, Washington, DC
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Geography Division
Resource extent
Temporal Extent
1999-01-01
source
source description  Source Contribution: Spatial and attribute informationSource Type Online
representative resolution scale:
Scale denominator: 2000000
source citation
Title Congressional Districts of the United States - 106th Congress
publication  Date   2000-01-01
cited responsible party - publisher
organisation Name  National Atlas of the United States
Contact information
Address
, Reston, VA
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  National Atlas of the United States
Resource extent
Temporal Extent
2000-01-01
source
source description  Source Contribution: Attribute informationSource Type Online
source citation
Title Official List of Members of the U.S. House of Representatives
publication  Date
other Citation Details  This source is updated on a regular basis. The most current version was always used to update the Congressional Districts data file.
cited responsible party - publisher
organisation Name  U.S. House of Representatives - Office of the Clerk
Contact information
Address
, Washington, DC
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  U.S. House of Representatives
Resource extent
Temporal Extent
source
source description  Source Contribution: Spatial informationSource Type Online
source citation
Title Congressional District boundaries for North Carolina
publication  Date   2001-01-01
cited responsible party - publisher
organisation Name  North Carolina General Assembly
Contact information
Address
, Raleigh, NC
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  North Carolina General Assembly
cited responsible party -
organisation Name
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
URL:http://www.ncga.state.nc.us
Resource extent
Temporal Extent
2001-01-01
source
source description  Source Contribution: Spatial and attribute informationSource Type Online
source citation
Title Congressional Districts of the United States - 107th Congress
publication  Date   2001-01-19
cited responsible party - publisher
organisation Name  National Atlas of the United States
Contact information
Address
, Reston, VA
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  National Atlas of the United States
Resource extent
Temporal Extent
2001-01-19
source
source description  Source Contribution: Attribute informationSource Type Online
source citation
Title Congressional Districts of the United States - 107th Congress
publication  Date   2001-02-08
cited responsible party - publisher
organisation Name  National Atlas of the United States
Contact information
Address
, Reston, VA
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  National Atlas of the United States
Resource extent
Temporal Extent
2001-02-08
source
source description  Source Contribution: Attribute informationSource Type Online
source citation
Title Congressional Districts of the United States - 107th Congress
publication  Date   2001-07-01
cited responsible party - publisher
organisation Name  National Atlas of the United States
Contact information
Address
, Reston, VA
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  National Atlas of the United States
Resource extent
Temporal Extent
2001-06-26
Completeness Commission
evaluation Method Description  This map layer includes Congressional District boundaries for all fifty States. The Delegate Districts of the U.S. Virgin Islands, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico are treated as At-Large Congressional Districts. The data are complete as of December 5, 2001.
Completeness Omission
evaluation Method Description  This map layer includes Congressional District boundaries for all fifty States. The Delegate Districts of the U.S. Virgin Islands, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico are treated as At-Large Congressional Districts. The data are complete as of December 5, 2001.
ConceptualConsistency
measure Description  No additional checks for topological consistency were performed on this map layer.

Resource distribution information

Distributor
distributor contact - distributor
organisation Name  Earth Science Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1-888-ASK-USGS (1-888-275-8747)
Voice 703-648-5920
Address
507 National Center, Reston, VA, 20192
contact Instructions
In addition to the address above there are other ESIC offices throughout the country. A full list of these offices is at <http://ask.usgs.gov/esic_index.html>.
Standard ordering process
fees There is no charge for the map layer.
Format
Format name Shapefile
Format version
Digital Transfer Options
Linkage for online resource
URL:http://dds.cr.usgs.gov/pub/data/nationalatlas/cgd107p020_nt00107.tar.gz
Metadata data stamp:  2006-05-31
Resource Maintenance Information
maintenance or update frequency:  annually
notes: This metadata was automatically generated from the FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata standard (version FGDC-STD-001-1998) using the 2012-06-20T17:21:00 version of the FGDC RSE to ISO 19115-2 transform.
Metadata Constraints
Security Constraints
Classification  unclassified
Classification System None
Metadata contact - pointOfContact
individual Name Peg Rawson
organisation Name  National Atlas of the United States
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 703-648-4183
Address
12201 Sunrise Valley DrMS 561, Reston, VA, 20192
electronic Mail Addressatlasmail@usgs.gov
Metadata scope code  dataset
Metadata language  eng; USA
Metadata character set encoding:   utf8
Metadata standard for this record:  ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data
standard version:  ISO 19115-2:2009(E)
Metadata record identifier:  7d0a3ef7-8ad9-4a31-81cc-0564f997b3b4

Metadata record format is ISO19139-2 XML (MI_Metadata)