U.S. State Boundaries

Metadata:


Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Tele Atlas North America, Inc.
Originator: ESRI
Publication_Date: 20061001
Title:
U.S. State Boundaries
Edition: 2006
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Series_Information:
Series_Name: ESRI® Data & Maps
Issue_Identification: 2006 World, Europe, United States, Canada, and Mexico
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Redlands, California, USA
Publisher: ESRI
Other_Citation_Details:
Location: \usa\census
Description:
Abstract:
U.S. State Boundaries represents the boundary lines of the states of the United States.
Purpose:
U.S. State Boundaries provides detailed boundary lines consistent with the state, tract, and county data sets and are effective for cartographic display at regional and state levels.
Supplemental_Information:
Largest scale when displaying the data: 1:100,000.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 200401
Currentness_Reference:
publication date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Annually
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -178.227827
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -66.949827
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 71.390482
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 18.910791
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: line
Theme_Keyword: detail
Theme_Keyword: boundaries
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: United States
Place_Keyword: U.S. States
Place_Keyword: States
Temporal:
Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Temporal_Keyword: 2004
Access_Constraints: Access granted to Licensee only.
Use_Constraints:
The data are provided by multiple, third party data vendors under license to ESRI for inclusion on ESRI Data & Maps for use with ESRI® software.  Each data vendor has its own data licensing policies and may grant varying redistribution rights to end users. Please consult the redistribution rights below for this data set provided on ESRI Data & Maps. As used herein,  Geodata  shall mean any digital data set consisting of geographic data coordinates and associated attributes.

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Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: ESRI
Contact_Person: Data Team
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address:
380 New York Street
City: Redlands
State_or_Province: California
Postal_Code: 92373-8100
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 909-793-2853
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 909-793-5953
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: info@esri.com
Hours_of_Service: 7:00 a.m. 5:30 p.m. Pacific time, Monday Friday
Contact Instructions:
In the United States 
Please direct all inquiries regarding software/data pricing and consulting services to your local ESRI Regional Office.  For support, you may contact Technical Support by telephone (voice) between 6:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Pacific time, Monday through Friday, by dialing 888-377-4575; facsimile (fax) available at 909-792-0960; electronic mail (e-mail) support@esri.com; or visit http://support.esri.com; ESRI holidays excluded. 

Outside the United States 
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For other questions or comments, you may contact ESRI headquarters by e-mail, telephone, or fax or write to us.
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.0.0.532
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Data_Quality_Information:
Logical_Consistency_Report:
The shapefile is converted to SDC (Smart Data Compression) format using either ESRI SDC Data Development Kit Professional 2 (DDKP2) or tools in ArcGIS.  The SDC data set is then loaded into ArcSDE® to verify and validate the geometry.
Completeness_Report:
After processing, the data set is checked for drawing display and number of records and file sizes compared with source materials.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
The geospatial part of this data set was extracted from the 2000 Census TIGER/Line® files (CD ROM edition). The positional accuracy of the TIGER/Line coordinates varies with the source materials used but at best meets the established National Map Accuracy standards (+/- 167 feet approximately) where 1:100,000-scale maps from the USGS are the source. The Census Bureau cannot specify the accuracy of feature updates added by its field staff or of features derived from the GBF/DIME-Files or other map sources. Thus, the level of positional accuracy in the TIGER/Line files is not suitable for high-precision measurement applications such as engineering problems, property transfers, or other uses that might require highly accurate measurements of the earth's surface.
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Tele Atlas North America, Inc.
Publication_Date: 200401
Title:
Dynamap/2000 v. 14.0
Edition: Version 14.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Dynamap®/2000
Issue_Identification: Version 14.0
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA
Publisher: Tele Atlas North America, Inc.
Source_Scale_Denominator: 100000
Type_of_Source_Media: CD ROM
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 200401
Source_Currentness_Reference:
publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation:
Tele Atlas Dynamap/2000 v. 14.0
Source_Contribution:
Attribute and geospatial data
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The following steps were performed by ESRI: Copied ESRI Data & Maps 2004 U.S. County Boundaries and renamed it. Extracted all features where TYPE is not equal to 1. Converted the data set to SDC. Created the projection file (.prj) and spatial indices.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
Tele Atlas Dynamap/2000 v. 14.0
Process_Date: 20040320
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Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: String
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 7554
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Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Geographic:
Latitude_Resolution: 0.000009
Longitude_Resolution: 0.000009
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222
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Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: dtl_st_ln
Entity_Type_Definition:
The lines represent the boundary lines of the states of the United States.
Entity_Type_Definition_Source:
ESRI
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ObjectID
Attribute_Definition:
Internal feature number.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: TYPE
Attribute_Definition:
The code for the type of boundary.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 2
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
State.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
ESRI
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 3
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Coastline.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
ESRI
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 4
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Shoreline.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
ESRI
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 5
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
International.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
ESRI
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: TYPE_DESC
Attribute_Definition:
The description for the type of boundary.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: State, Coastline, Shoreline, International
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
The description of the type of boundary.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
ESRI
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Shape
Attribute_Definition:
Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Coordinates defining the features.
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Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: ESRI; ESRI International Distributors
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address:
380 New York Street
City: Redlands
State_or_Province: California
Postal_Code: 92373-8100
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 800-447-9778
Contact Instructions:
In the United States, contact the ESRI Telebusiness staff at 800-447-9778 for more information about our software and data.

Outside the United States, please direct all inquiries to your local ESRI International Distributor.  This information can be found at http://gis.esri.com/intldist/contactint.cfm.
Resource_Description: Offline Data
Distribution_Liability:
See use constraints.
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: SDC
Format_Specification:
The SDC file contains the geospatial and attribute data. The SDI file contains the spatial index. The PRJ file contains the coordinate system information (optional). The XML file (*.sdc.xml) contains the metadata describing the data set (optional).
File_Decompression_Technique: ArcGIS® software
Transfer_Size: 4.350
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Offline_Option:
Offline_Media: DVD ROM
Recording_Capacity:
Recording_Density: 4.38
Recording_Density_Units: GB (gigabytes)
Recording_Format: UDF (Universal Disc Format)
Fees: Software purchase price
Ordering_Instructions:
ESRI Data & Maps is available only as part of ESRI® software.
Technical_Prerequisites:
To use this data requires software that supports SDC files.
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Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20040321
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: ESRI
Contact_Person: Data Team
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address:
380 New York Street
City: Redlands
State_or_Province: California
Postal_Code: 92373-8100
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 909-793-2853
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 909-793-5953
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: info@esri.com
Hours_of_Service: 7:00 a.m. 5:30 p.m. Pacific time, Monday Friday
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
Metadata_Extensions:
Online_Linkage: http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html
Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile
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