SeriesCollection_cb_2015_cd114_5m.kml.iso.xml eng UTF-8 series 2016-03 ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata 2009-02-15 http://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/GENZ2015/kml INCITS (formerly FIPS) codes WGS 84 / World Mercator 2006-06-02 revision http://www.epsg-registry.org/export.htm?gml=urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::3395 resourceProvider urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::3395 Series Information File for the 2015 Cartographic Boundary File, State-Congressional District , 1:5,000,000 201603 publication The 2015 cartographic boundary KMLs are simplified representations of selected geographic areas from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database (MTDB). These boundary files are specifically designed for small-scale thematic mapping. When possible, generalization is performed with the intent to maintain the hierarchical relationships among geographies and to maintain the alignment of geographies within a file set for a given year. Geographic areas may not align with the same areas from another year. Some geographies are available as nation-based files while others are available only as state-based files. Congressional Districts are the 435 areas from which people are elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. After the apportionment of congressional seats among the states based on census population counts, each state is responsible for establishing congressional districts for the purpose of electing representatives. Each congressional district is to be as equal in population to all other congressional districts in a state as practicable. The 114th Congress is seated from January 2015 to 2017. The cartographic boundary files for the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Island Areas (American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) each contain a single record for the non-voting delegate district in these areas. The boundaries of all other congressional districts are provided to the Census Bureau through the Redistricting Data Program (RDP). These files were specifically created to support small-scale thematic mapping. To improve the appearance of shapes at small scales, areas are represented with fewer vertices than detailed TIGER/Line Shapefiles. Cartographic boundary files take up less disk space than their ungeneralized counterparts. Cartographic boundary files take less time to render on screen than TIGER/Line Shapefiles. You can join this file with table data downloaded from American FactFinder by using the AFFGEOID field in the cartographic boundary file. If detailed boundaries are required, please use the TIGER/Line Shapefiles instead of the generalized cartographic boundary files. notPlanned Boundaries theme ISO 19115 Topic Categories 2015 KML Cartographic Boundary Congressional District Generalized State theme None U.S. United States National Entity place ANSI INCITS 38:2009 (Formerly FIPS 5-2), ANSI INCITS 31:2009 (Formerly FIPS 6-4),ANSI INCITS 454:2009 (Formerly FIPS 8-6), ANSI INCITS 455:2009(Formerly FIPS 9-1), ANSI INCITS 446:2008 (Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)) otherRestrictions Access Constraints: None Use Constraints:The intended display scale for this file is 1:5,000,000. This file should not be displayed at scales larger than 1:5,000,000. These products are free to use in a product or publication, however acknowledgement must be given to the U.S. Census Bureau as the source. The boundary information is for visual display at appropriate small scales only. Cartographic boundary files should not be used for geographic analysis including area or perimeter calculation. Files should not be used for geocoding addresses. Files should not be used for determining precise geographic area relationships. vector eng UTF-8 The cartographic boundary files contain geographic data only and do not include display mapping software or statistical data. For information on how to use cartographic boundary file data with specific software package users shall contact the company that produced the software. -179.231086 179.859681 -14.601813 71.441059 true Feature Catalog for the 2015 State-Congressional District 1:5,000,000 Cartographic Boundary File http://meta.geo.census.gov/data/existing/decennial/GEO/CPMB/boundary/2015Tiger/cd114_5m/2015_cd114_5m.ea.iso.xml KML The cartographic boundary files contain geographic data only and do not include display mapping software or statistical data. For information on how to use cartographic boundary file data with specific software package users shall contact the company that produced the software. html The online cartographic boundary files may be downloaded without charge. To obtain more information about ordering Cartographic Boundary Files visit http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger. http://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/GENZ2015/kml/cb_2015_us_cd114_5m.zip http Google Earth Keyhole Markup Language (KML) download http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/tiger-cart-boundary.html Cartographic Boundary Shapefiles Simplified representations of selected geographic areas from the Census Bureau's MAF/TIGER geographic database http://meta.geo.census.gov/data/existing/decennial/GEO/CPMB/boundary/2015Tiger/cd114_5m/2015_cd114_5m.ea.iso.xml Entity and Attribute File for the 2015cd114_5m notPlanned This was transformed from the Census Metadata Repository (MRF) Format