U.S. States and Territories
Metadata:
- Identification_Information:
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- Citation:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: National Weather Service
- Publication_Date: 19991214
- Title: U.S. States and Territories
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
- Series_Information:
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- Series_Name: N/A
- Publication_Information:
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- Publication_Place: Silver Spring, MD, USA
- Publisher: National Weather Service
- Online_Linkage:
- <http://www.nws.noaa.gov/geodata/catalog/national/html/us_state.htm>
- Larger_Work_Citation:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: USGS
- Publication_Date: 1980
- Title: Digital Line Graphs (DLG)
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
- Publication_Information:
- Online_Linkage: <http://nationalatlas.gov/atlasftp.html>
- Description:
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- Abstract:
- This data set is a polygon shapefile containing the states and territories of the United States including the continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii and Atlantic and Pacific territories.
- Purpose:
- This data set was created to provide the National Weather Service (NWS) with map a state background data set for those applications and displays that require state boundaries.
- Time_Period_of_Content:
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- Time_Period_Information:
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- Range_of_Dates/Times:
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- Beginning_Date: 19990101
- Ending_Date: 19990114
- Currentness_Reference: Current
- Status:
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- Progress: Complete
- Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
- Spatial_Domain:
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- Bounding_Coordinates:
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- West_Bounding_Coordinate: -179.133163
- East_Bounding_Coordinate: 179.788025
- North_Bounding_Coordinate: 71.398094
- South_Bounding_Coordinate: -14.604090
- Keywords:
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- Theme:
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- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
- Theme_Keyword: Boundaries
- Place:
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- Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
- Place_Keyword: CONUS
- Place_Keyword: Alaska
- Place_Keyword: Hawaii
- Place_Keyword: American Samoa
- Place_Keyword: Guam
- Place_Keyword: Marianas
- Place_Keyword: Midway Is.
- Access_Constraints: None
- Use_Constraints: None
- Point_of_Contact:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Organization_Primary:
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- Contact_Organization: National Weather Service
- Contact_Person: Ira Graffman
- Contact_Position: Physical Scientist
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: mailing and physical address
- Address: 1325 East West Highway
- City: Silver Spring
- State_or_Province: MD
- Postal_Code: 20910
- Country: USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301 713 0763 x 104
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 301 713 9395
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ira.graffman@noaa.gov
- Hours_of_Service: N/A
- Native_Data_Set_Environment:
- Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.2.1350
- Data_Quality_Information:
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- Logical_Consistency_Report:
- These data are believed to be logically consistent. Testing was performed by finding the smallest polygons and determining them to be "slivers" or genuine polygons and by overlaying a large polygon and combining, to find "holes' in the data. Since this data set is a polygon shapefile line geometry is presumed to be topologically clean.
- Completeness_Report:
- The shoreline boundaries of the data is dependent on the shoreline edges of rivers and bays as delineated on a USGS DLG The edges or borders of the boundary might change as the natural land changes and WFOs request changes.
- Positional_Accuracy:
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- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
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- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
- The data was created from USGS 1:2,000,000 DLG county data and assumed to have the same horizintal accuracy of that data set.
- Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:
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- Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: N/A
- Lineage:
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- Source_Information:
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- Source_Citation:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: U.S. Geologic Survey (USGS)
- Publication_Date: 1985
- Title: Digital Line Graphs
- Edition:
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
- Publication_Information:
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- Publication_Place: Reston, Virginia
- Publisher: USGS
- Source_Scale_Denominator: 2,000,000
- Type_of_Source_Media: CD-ROM
- Source_Citation_Abbreviation: USGS
- Process_Step:
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- Process_Description:
- A county shapefile was generated from the USGS DLG CD-ROM and reprojected into a NAD83 dataset. Public Zone boundaries were used to split the counties retaining, among others, the state appeviation. This "Master" file is then dissolved on the state abbreviation to create the state shapefile.
- Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: USGS DLG Counties
- Process_Date: 19991214
- Process_Contact:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Person_Primary:
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- Contact_Person: Ira Graffman
- Contact_Organization: National Weather Service
- Contact_Position: Physical Scientist
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: mailing and physical address
- Address: 1325 East West Highway
- City: Silver Spring
- State_or_Province: MD
- Postal_Code: 20910
- Country: USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301 713 0763 x 104
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 301 713 9395
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ira.graffman@noaa.gov
- Hours_of_Service: N/A
- Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
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- Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
- Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
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- SDTS_Terms_Description:
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- SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon
- Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 57
- Spatial_Reference_Information:
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- Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
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- Geographic:
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- Latitude_Resolution: 0.000278
- Longitude_Resolution: 0.000278
- Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees
- Geodetic_Model:
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- Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
- Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
- Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000
- Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222101
- Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
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- Detailed_Description:
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- Entity_Type:
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- Entity_Type_Label: U.S. States
- Entity_Type_Definition: Shapefile Attribute Table
- Entity_Type_Definition_Source: None
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: FID
- Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Unrepresentable_Domain:
- Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: Shape
- Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: STATE
- Attribute_Definition: State abbreviation
- Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Unrepresentable_Domain: Character field
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: NAME
- Attribute_Definition: State FIPS code
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: FIPS
- Attribute_Definition: Longitude of centroid of polygon
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: LON
- Attribute_Definition: Latitude of centroid of polygon
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: LAT
- Distribution_Information:
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- Distributor:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Organization_Primary:
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- Contact_Organization: National Weather Service
- Contact_Person: Ira Graffman
- Contact_Position: Physical Scientist
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: mailing and physical address
- Address: 1315 East West Highway
- City: Silver Spring
- State_or_Province: Maryland
- Postal_Code: 20910
- Country: USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301 713 0763 x 104
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 301 713 9395
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ira.graffman@noaa.gov
- Hours_of_Service: N/A
- Resource_Description: Downloadable Data
- Standard_Order_Process:
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- Digital_Form:
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- Digital_Transfer_Information:
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- Format_Name: Zipped shapefile
- Transfer_Size: 7.847
- Digital_Transfer_Option:
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- Offline_Option:
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- Recording_Format: Compatibility_Information
- Fees: None
- Metadata_Reference_Information:
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- Metadata_Date: 20071010
- Metadata_Review_Date: 19991209
- Metadata_Contact:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Organization_Primary:
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- Contact_Organization: National Weather Service
- Contact_Person: Ira Graffman
- Contact_Position: Physical Scientist
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: mailing and physical address
- Address: 1325 East West Highway
- City: Silver Spring
- State_or_Province: Maryland
- Postal_Code: 20910
- Country: USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301 713 0763 x 104
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 301 713 9395
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ira.graffman@noaa.gov
- Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
- Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
- Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
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