<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:creator>United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration</dc:creator><dc:creator>United States. National Ocean Service</dc:creator><dc:creator>United States. Department of Commerce</dc:creator><dc:description>This polygon shapefile represents county boundaries in the Northeastern United States. The TIGER/Line Shapefiles are an extract of selected geographic and cartographic information from the Census MAF/TIGER database. The Census MAF/TIGER database 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 the shapefiles can be combined to cover the whole nation.</dc:description><dc:description>To support coastal and ocean planning and other activities pursuant to the Coastal Zone Management Act, Energy Policy Act, Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, National Environmental Policy Act, Rivers and Harbors Act and the Submerged Lands Act.</dc:description><dc:description>Not to be used for navigation</dc:description><dc:description>This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.</dc:description><dc:format>Shapefile</dc:format><dc:identifier>https://purl.stanford.edu/hx044tc7449</dc:identifier><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:publisher>United States. National Ocean Service</dc:publisher><dc:rights>Public</dc:rights><dc:subject>Counties</dc:subject><dc:subject>Administrative and political divisions</dc:subject><dc:subject>Boundaries</dc:subject><dc:title>Counties, Northeast United States, 2007</dc:title><dc:type>Datasets</dc:type><dc:coverage>Connecticut</dc:coverage><dc:coverage>Maine</dc:coverage><dc:coverage>Massachusetts</dc:coverage><dc:coverage>New Hampshire</dc:coverage><dc:coverage>New Jersey</dc:coverage><dc:coverage>New York (State)</dc:coverage><dc:coverage>Rhode Island</dc:coverage><dc:date>2007</dc:date><dc:contributor>Stanford</dc:contributor></oai_dc:dc>