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Boundary of the Contiguous United States, Alaska, and Hawaii

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Title
Boundary of the Contiguous United States, Alaska, and Hawaii
Publication Date
Abstract
This dataset contains the boundaries of the 50 United States. It was derived from the cartographic boundary files available on https://www.census.gov/geographies/mapping-files/time-series/geo/carto-boundary-file.html. Data are generalized representations of geographic boundaries at 1:500,000. This dataset does not contain territories; only the 50 states and the District of Columbia are included.
Bounding Box
West
-180
East
180
North
90
South
-90
ISO Topic Category
boundaries
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Access Restrictions
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Other Restrictions
Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and Licence
Language
Point of Contact
Contact
Big Ten Academic Alliance Geospatial Information Network
Position Name
Delivery Point
City
Administrative Area
Postal Code
Country
Email
geoportal@btaa.org
Phone

Spatial Reference Information

Reference System Identifier
Code
EPSG:4269
Code Space
Version

Distribution Information

Distributor
Online Access
https://geo.btaa.org/catalog/797ddf9a-41ae-4525-90e4-4238ea09079b
Protocol
information
Name
Access

Metadata Reference Information

Hierarchy Level
Metadata File Identifier
12041706-f0eb-44a3-9c32-384eab811f6b
Parent Identifier
https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/GENZ2018/shp/cb_2018_us_state_500k.zip
Metadata Date Stamp
2019-08-20T08:49:27
Metadata Standard Name
ISO 19115:2003/19139
Metadata Standard Version
1.0
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