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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. In New England (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont), the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) has defined an alternative county subdivision (generally cities and towns) based definition of Core Based
Statistical Areas (CBSAs) known as New England City and Town Areas (NECTAs). NECTAs are defined using the same criteria as
Metropolitan Statistical Areas and Micropolitan Statistical Areas and are identified as either metropolitan or micropolitan,
based, respectively, on the presence of either an urban area of 50,000 or more population or an urban cluster of at least
10,000 and less than 50,000 population. A NECTA containing a single core urban area with a population of at least 2.5 million
may be subdivided to form smaller groupings of cities and towns referred to as NECTA Divisions. The NECTAs for the 2010 Census
are those defined by OMB 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. In New England (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode
Island, and Vermont), the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has defined an alternative county subdivision (generally cities
and towns) based definition of Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs) known as New England City and Town Areas (NECTAs). NECTAs
are defined using the same criteria as Metropolitan Statistical Areas and Micropolitan Statistical Areas and are identified
as either metropolitan or micropolitan, based, respectively, on the presence of either an urban area of 50,000 or more population
or an urban cluster of at least 10,000 and less than 50,000 population. A NECTA containing a single core urban area with a
population of at least 2.5 million may be subdivided to form smaller groupings of cities and towns referred to as NECTA Divisions.
The NECTAs for the 2010 Census are those defined by OMB and published in 2013.
Citation
- Title TIGER/Line Shapefile, 2016, nation, U.S., Current New England City and Town Area (NECTA) National.
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- creation Date
2018-01-02T16:47:26.335638
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2018-08-06T19:50:27Z
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on a transform by Damian Ulbricht. Run on 2018-08-06T19:50:27Z
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- organisation Name
CINERGI Metadata catalog
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- electronic Mail Address cinergi@sdsc.edu
Metadata language
eng
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utf8
Metadata standard for this record:
ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
standard version:
2007
Metadata record identifier:
urn:dciso:metadataabout:ca44e248-1019-4415-bb92-d184682d3545
Metadata record format is ISO19139 XML (MD_Metadata)