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This polygon data represents the small-scale (500k) mapping of the United States State boundaries. This resource is a member of a series. 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) System (MTS). The MTS 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. States and equivalent entities are the primary governmental divisions of the United States. In addition to the fifty states, the Census Bureau treats the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and each of the Island Areas (American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) as the statistical equivalents of states for the purpose of data presentation.
The GEOIDFQ attribute is a concatenation of the summary level code, followed by the geovariant code, followed by the geocomponent code, followed by 'US', followed by the state identifier. No spaces are allowed between the codes. The summary level code is '040'. The geovariant code is '00'. The geocomponent code is '00'. The state identifier is taken from the 'GEOID' attribute. |
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These data are provided by Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 'as is' and might contain errors or omissions. The User assumes the entire risk associated with its use of these data and bears all responsibility in determining whether these data are fit for the User's intended use. The information contained in these data is dynamic and may change over time. The data are not better than the sources from which they were derived, and both scale and accuracy may vary across the data set. These data might not have the accuracy, resolution, completeness, timeliness, or other characteristics appropriate for applications that potential users of the data may contemplate. The User is encouraged to carefully consider the content of the metadata file associated with these data. These data are neither legal documents nor land surveys, and must not be used as such. Official records may be referenced at most BLM offices. Please report any errors in the data to the BLM office from which it was obtained. The BLM should be cited as the data source in any products derived from these data. Any Users wishing to modify the data should describe the types of modifications they have performed. The User should not misrepresent the data, nor imply that changes made were approved or endorsed by BLM. This data may be updated by the BLM without notification. |
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["Alabama","Alaska","Arizona","Arkansas","boundaries","California","Colorado","Eastern States","Florida","Georgia","geoscientificInformation","Geospatial","Idaho","Illinois","imageryBaseMapsEarthCover","Indiana","Iowa","Kansas","Kentucky","location","Louisiana","Maryland","Michigan","Minnesota","Mississippi","Missouri","Montana","Nebraska","Nevada","New Mexico","North Carolina","North Dakota","Ohio","Oklahoma","Oregon","Pennsylvania","South Dakota","Tennessee","Texas","Utah","Virginia","Washington","West Virginia","Wisconsin","Wyoming"] |