2015 Cartographic Boundary File, United States, 1:5,000,000

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.

                             This file depicts the shape of the United States clipped back to a generalized coastline.  This nation layer covers the extent of the
                             fifty states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and each of the Island Areas (American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern
                             Mariana Islands, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) when scale appropriate.

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access_constraints [" 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\n than 1:5,000,000.\n\n These products are free to use in a product or publication, however acknowledgement must be given to the U.S. Census Bureau as\n the source. The boundary information is for visual display at appropriate small scales only. Cartographic boundary files\n should not be used for geographic analysis including area or perimeter calculation. Files should not be used for geocoding\n addresses. Files should not be used for determining precise geographic area relationships.\n "]
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metadata_created 2025-09-23T21:24:03.311995
metadata_modified 2025-09-23T21:24:03.312003
notes 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. This file depicts the shape of the United States clipped back to a generalized coastline. This nation layer covers the extent of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and each of the Island Areas (American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) when scale appropriate.
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title 2015 Cartographic Boundary File, United States, 1:5,000,000