SeriesCollection_cb_2015_place_500k.kml.iso.xml eng UTF-8 series 2016-08 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-Place, 1:500,000 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. The cartographic boundary files include both incorporated places (legal entities) and census designated places or CDPs (statistical entities). An incorporated place is established to provide governmental functions for a concentration of people as opposed to a minor civil division (MCD), which generally is created to provide services or administer an area without regard, necessarily, to population. Places always nest within a state, but may extend across county and county subdivision boundaries. An incorporated place usually is a city, town, village, or borough, but can have other legal descriptions. CDPs are delineated for the decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places. CDPs are delineated to provide data for settled concentrations of population that are identifiable by name, but are not legally incorporated under the laws of the state in which they are located. The boundaries for CDPs often are defined in partnership with state, local, and/or tribal officials and usually coincide with visible features or the boundary of an adjacent incorporated place or another legal entity. CDP boundaries often change from one decennial census to the next with changes in the settlement pattern and development; a CDP with the same name as in an earlier census does not necessarily have the same boundary. The only population/housing size requirement for CDPs is that they must contain some housing and population. 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 Generalized Place State theme None U.S. United States State or Equivalent 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 1:500,000. This file should not be displayed at scales larger than 1:500,000. 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-Place 1:500,000 KML File http://meta.geo.census.gov/data/existing/decennial/GEO/CPMB/boundary/2014gz/place_500k/2014_place_500k.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://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/kml/kml_place.html KML Files Simplified representations of selected geographic areas from the Census Bureau's MAF/TIGER geographic database 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/2016gz/kml_place_500/cb_2015_place_500k.kml.ea.iso.xml Feature Catalog for the 2015 State-Place 1:500,000 KML File The Entity and Attributes notPlanned This was transformed from the Census Metadata Repository (MRF) Format