dataset - U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division 301.763.1128 301.763.4710 4600 Silver Hill Road Washington DC DC 20233-7400 geo.geography@census.gov pointofContact 2013-07 ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata 2009-02-15 complex 9 INCITS (formerly FIPS) codes. Series Information File for the 2012 Cartographic Boundary File, 2013 State-State Legislative District (Upper Chamber), 1:500,000 2012 publication mapDigital The 2012 cartographic boundary shapefiles are simplified representations of selected geographic areas from the Census Bureau's MAF/TIGER geographic database. 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 shapefiles while others are available only as state-based files. To improve the appearance of shapes at small scales, areas are represented with fewer vertices than detailed TIGER/Line equivalents. These boundary files take up less disk space than their ungeneralized counterparts. Cartographic boundary files take less time to render on screen. These files were specifically created to support small-scale thematic mapping. completed U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division 301.763.1128 301.763.4710 4600 Silver Hill Road Washington DC DC 20233-7400 geo.geography@census.gov pointOfContact notPlanned None planned. New cartographic boundary files will be produced on an annual release schedule. Types of geography released may vary from year to year. 2012 Cartographic Boundary Generalized Shapefile Upper Chamber State Legislative District State Boundaries theme None PR place INCITS 38:2009 otherRestrictions Access Constraints: None Use Constraints: 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. Distribution Liability: No warranty, expressed or implied is made with regard to the accuracy of these data, and no liability is assumed by the U.S. Government in general or the U.S. Census Bureau in specific as to the spatial or attribute accuracy of the data. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty and no responsibility is assumed by the U.S. government in the use of these files. The boundary information is for small-scale mapping purposes only; boundary depiction and designation for small-scale mapping purposes do not constitute a determination of jurisdictional authority or rights of ownership or entitlement and they are not legal land descriptions. eng boundaries Technical Prerequisites: The cartographic boundary files contain geographic data only and do not include display or mapping software or statistical data. The files are delivered as zipped ESRI Shapefiles. Users are responsible for converting or translating the files into a format used by their specific software packages. -179.231086 179.859681 -14.601813 71.441059 publication date 2012-12 2012-12 true Feature Catolog for the Series Information File for the 2012 2013-07 SHP (compressed) The files were compressed using Linux-based Info-ZIP Zip 2.32. Files can be decompressed with PK-ZIP, version 1.93A or higher, WinZip or other decompression software packages. U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division 301.763.1128 4600 Silver Hill Road Washington DC 20233-7400 United States distributor The online cartographic boundary files may be downloaded without charge. This metadata was automatically generated from the FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata standard version FGDC-STD-001-1998 using the June 2011 version of the csdgm2iso19115-2_master.xslt stylesheet, which is based on NOAA's FGDC CSDGM to ISO 19115-2 transform. This stylesheet has been modified for Census use by sepereating into various sections. The Spatial Reference Information is not currently mapped over to ISO but will be mapped in future versions. U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division/Cartographic Products Branch 301.763.1101 301.763.4710 4600 Silver Hill Road Washington DC 20233-7400 20233-7400 geo.geography@census.gov custodian