cb_2015_29_place_500k.shp.iso.xml eng UTF-8 Series Information for the 2015 Cartographic Boundary File, State-Place , 1:500,000 dataset 2016-03 ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata 2009-02-15 http://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/GENZ2015/shp complex 1033 INCITS (formerly FIPS) codes 2015 Cartographic Boundary File, State-Place for Missouri, 1:500,000 201603 publication The 2015 cartographic boundary shapefiles 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. completed notPlanned Boundaries theme ISO 19115 Topic Categories 2015 SHP Cartographic Boundary Generalized Place State theme None Missouri MO 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 500000 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. -95.774704 -89.098843 35.995683 40.61364 publication date 2016-03 2016-03 true Feature Catalog for the 2015 State-Place 1:500,000 Cartographic Boundary File http://meta.geo.census.gov/data/existing/decennial/GEO/CPMB/boundary/2016gz/place_500/cb_2015_place_500k.shp.ea.iso.xml SHP 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/shp/cb_2015_29_place_500k.zip Shapefile Zip File 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/place_500/cb_2015_place_500k.shp.ea.iso.xml Feature Catalog for the 2015 State-Place 1:500,000 Cartographic Boundary File The Entity and Attributes dataset Horizontal Positional Accuracy Data are not accurate. Data are generalized representations of geographic boundaries at 1:500,000. meters Missing The cartographic boundary files are generalized representations of extracts taken from the MAF/TIGER Database. Generalized boundary files are clipped to a simplified version of the U.S. outline. As a result, some off-shore areas may be excluded from the generalized files. Some small geographic areas, holes, or discontiguous parts of areas may not be included in generalized files if they are not visible at the target scale. The Census Bureau performed automated tests to ensure logical consistency of the source database. Segments making up the outer and inner boundaries of a polygon tie end-to-end to completely enclose the area. All polygons were tested for closure. The Census Bureau uses its internally developed geographic update system to enhance and modify spatial and attribute data in the Census MAF/TIGER database. Standard geographic codes, such as INCITS (formerly FIPS) codes for states, counties, municipalities, county subdivisions, places, American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian areas, and congressional districts are used when encoding spatial entities. The Census Bureau performed spatial data tests for logical consistency of the codes during the compilation of the original Census MAF/TIGER database files. Feature attribute information has been examined but has not been fully tested for consistency. For the cartographic boundary files, the Point and Vector Object Count for the G-polygon SDTS Point and Vector Object Type reflects the number of records in the file's data table. For multi-polygon features, only one attribute record exists for each multi-polygon rather than one attribute record per individual G-polygon component of the multi-polygon feature. Cartographic Boundary File multi-polygons are an exception to the G-polygon object type classification. Therefore, when multi-polygons exist in a file, the object count will be less than the actual number of G-polygons. Spatial data were extracted from the MAF/TIGER database and processed through a U.S. Census Bureau batch generalization system. 2016-03-01T00:00:00 Geo-spatial Relational Database Census MAF/TIGER database MAF/TIGER 20150101 creation U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, Geographic Customer Services Branch originator Source Contribution: All spatial and feature data notPlanned This was transformed from the Census Metadata Import Format