STATE_BOUNDS: internal United States boundaries

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Valerie Paskevich

Publication_Date: 2006

Title: STATE_BOUNDS: internal United States boundaries

Edition: 1.0

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Open-File Report

Issue_Identification: 2005-1048

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA

Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program

Online_Linkage:

<http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1048/data/basemaps/boundaries/state_bounds/state_bounds.zip>

Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1048/htmldocs/data_catalog.htm>

Online_Linkage:

<http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1048/data/basemaps/boundaries/state_bounds/>

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: L.J. Poppe

Originator: V.F. Paskevich

Originator: B. Butman

Originator: S.D. Ackerman

Originator: W.W. Danforth

Originator: D.S. Foster

Originator: D.S. Blackwood

Publication_Date: 2005

Title:

Geological Interpretation of Bathymetric and Backscatter Imagery of the Sea Floor off Eastern Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Edition: 1.0

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Open-File Report

Issue_Identification: 2005-1048

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA

Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program

Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1048/>

Description:

Abstract:

This GIS data layer represents the internal boundaries of the United States and the political boundaries between the US, Canada and Mexico.

Purpose:

This data layer includes the internal boundaries for the United States and the political boundaries of the US, Canada and Mexico. The state boundaries are drawn to the U.S. coastline and does not include any coastline or islands. This data layer may be used with the high resolution NOS80K coastline (allus80k.shp) which does not include any internal boundaries.

Supplemental_Information:

This dataset was created to be used with the NOS80K coastline (allus80k.shp) to provide state bounds without redrawing the coastline. In creating the data layer, some issues of the NOS80K coastline became apparent. One example, is the US/Mexico boundary. The NOS80K coastline closes and draws a straight line well below the Texas border. The same type of problem can be seen around the US/Canada boundary of the Great Lakes. The state_bounds.shp will draw the political boundaries while the allus80k.shp file will display the US beyond the political boundaries. If this is unacceptable to the user, they should consider masking the annexed US possession.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20021004

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -124.211606

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -67.158958

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 49.384359

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 25.837377

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General

Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey

Theme_Keyword: USGS

Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program

Theme_Keyword: CMGP

Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Science Center

Theme_Keyword: WHSC

Theme_Keyword: Geographic Information System

Theme_Keyword: GIS

Theme_Keyword: ArcView shapefile

Theme_Keyword: polyline

Theme_Keyword: state bounds

Theme_Keyword: US and Canada boundary

Theme_Keyword: US and Mexico boundary

Theme_Keyword: internal boundaries

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General

Place_Keyword: United States

Place_Keyword: US

Place_Keyword: contiguous 48 states

Place_Keyword: North America

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints:

These data are not to be used for legal purposes.

Public domain data are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as the source of this information.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: GIS Coordinator

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 384 Woods Hole Road

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2281

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@usgs.gov

Browse_Graphic:

Browse_Graphic_File_Name:

<http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1048/data/basemaps/boundaries/state_bounds/state_bounds-thumb.gif>

Browse_Graphic_File_Description:

Thumbnail image showing the extent and coverage of the data layer.

Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF

Browse_Graphic:

Browse_Graphic_File_Name:

<http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1048/data/basemaps/boundaries/state_bounds/state_bounds.gif>

Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Image map showing the extent and coverage of the data layer.

Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.1.0.722

Data_Quality_Information:

Logical_Consistency_Report:

No additional checks for topological consistency were performed on this data set.

Completeness_Report:

This data set contains the internal boundaries for the continental US and the US/Canada and US/Mexico political boundaries.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Valerie Paskevich

Publication_Date: Unpublished Material

Title: USA: United States basemap data layer

Edition: 1.0

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Type_of_Source_Media: disc

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: usa.shp

Source_Contribution:

The compiled usa.shp file was used as the source for this new data layer.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The usa.shp file was copied and edited to remove the coastline and islands. Because the file contained shapes for the individual states, duplicate common boundaries were numerous. The file was edited further to remove these duplicate shapes and remove the original table information. A final clean-up was done to combine (UNION) line segments and reduce the number of individual shapes.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: usa.shp

Process_Date: 20021003

Process_Time: 1440

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: state_bounds.shp

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Computer Specialist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 384 Woods Hole Road

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2281

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@usgs.gov

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: 19

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 0.000001

Longitude_Resolution: 0.000001

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

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: state_bounds.dbf

Entity_Type_Definition: Shapefile Attribute Table

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FID

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: Shape

Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ID

Attribute_Definition:

Assigned feature id and has no applicable relevance to the data.

Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LENGTH

Attribute_Definition: Length of line in native units

Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS

Overview_Description:

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich

Contact_Position: GIS Coordinator

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 384 Woods Hole Road

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2281

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@usgs.gov

Resource_Description: Downloadable Data

Distribution_Liability:

Although all data have been used by the USGS, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS as to the accuracy of the data and/or related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the USGS in the use of these data or related materials.

Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. government.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: SHP

Format_Version_Number: 3.3

Format_Specification: ESRI Polygon Shapefile

Format_Information_Content:

The SHP file contains the geospatial data. The SHX file contains the index of the geospatial data. The DBF file contains the attribute data in dBASE format. The PRJ file contains the coordinate system information (optional). The AVL file contains the legend information (optional). The SBN and SBX files contain the spatial index of the geospatial data (optional). The XML file contains the metadata describing the data set <data set name>.shp.xml. An ASCII version of the metadata file. A browse graphic showing the data layer coverage and extent (optional).

File_Decompression_Technique: no compression applied

Transfer_Size: 2.623

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

<http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1048/data/basemaps/boundaries/state_bounds/state_bounds.zip>

Network_Resource_Name: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1048/htmldocs/data_catalog.htm>

Network_Resource_Name:

<http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1048/data/basemaps/boundaries/state_bounds/>

Access_Instructions: Data are downloadable via the World Wide Web (WWW).

Offline_Option:

Offline_Media: DVD-ROM

Recording_Capacity:

Recording_Density: 4.75

Recording_Density_Units: Gbytes

Recording_Format: UDF

Fees: None

Technical_Prerequisites:

These data are available in Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) shapefile format. The user must have ArcGIS® or ArcView® 3.0 or greater software to read and process the data file. In lieu of ArcView or ArcGIS, the user may utilize another GIS application package capable of importing data. A free data viewer, ArcExplorer, capable of displaying the data is available from ESRI at www.esri.com.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20060317

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: GIS Coordinator

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 384 Woods Hole Road

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2281

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@usgs.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

Metadata_Access_Constraints: None

Metadata_Use_Constraints: None

Metadata_Extensions:

Online_Linkage: <http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html>

Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile