TIGER/Line Shapefile, 2023, Nation, U.S., International Boundaries (national)

ISO-19139 Metadata

Metadata Information

Metadata language: eng
Metadata character set: utf8
Last update: 2023-11-11
Metadata maintenance:
Update frequency: notPlanned
Metadata contact:
Role: pointOfContact
Organization's name: U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, Geospatial Products Branch
Contact information:
Phone:
Voice: 301-763-1128
Fax: 301-763-4710
Address:
Delivery point: 4600 Silver Hill Road, Stop 7400
City: Washington
Administrative area: DC
Postal code: 20233-7400
Country: US
e-mail address: geo.geography@census.gov
Scope of the data described by the metadata: dataset
Scope name: dataset
Name of the metadata standard used: ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
Version of the metadata standard: 2007
Metadata identifier: 1718306998373r5129396586791222

Data Identification Information

Resource citation:
Title: TIGER/Line Shapefile, 2023, Nation, U.S., International Boundaries (national)
Date:
Citation identifier:
Value: tl_2023_us_internationalboundary
Themes or categories of the resource: boundaries
Descriptive keywords:
Keyword type not provided
Keywords: Nation, Polygon, US, Canada, International Boundary, Mexico, HIFLD, Feature Service, SDI, NSDI, Open Data, FGDC, Emergency Preparedness, Disaster Planning, Infrastructure
Abstract: The international boundary data featured in this shapefile consists of the boundary between the United States and Canada and the United States and Mexico. Each country's section is administered independently. The United States and Canada border data was provided by the International Boundary Commission, United States and Canada (IBC). The International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC) provided the United States and Mexico section of the border data. Geospatial data files provided individually by the IBC and IBWC were used to re-align the Census Bureau's MAF/TIGER System data for the agency's representation of the international boundaries of United States with Canada and Mexico. The Census Bureau's MAF/TIGER System and the IBWC source file data for the portion of the United States and Mexico border featured a gap between Cameron County, Texas and the three-mile limit in the Gulf of Mexico. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Coast Survey Office's representation of the United States and Mexico boundary used to fill this gap.Download: https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER2023/INTERNATIONALBOUNDARY/tl_2023_us_internationalboundary.zipMetadata: https://meta.geo.census.gov/data/existing/decennial/GEO/GPMB/TIGERline/Current_19115/tl_2023_us_internationalboundary.shp.iso.xml
Purpose: The Census Bureau releases extracts of the MAF/TIGER database in the form of TIGER/Line Shapefiles for others to use in geographic information systems (GIS) or for other geographic applications.
Dataset language:
Dataset character set: utf8
Status: completed
Resource maintenance:
Update frequency: notPlanned
Other maintenance requirements: This was transformed from the Census Bureau Geospatial Product Metadata Content Standard.
Resource constraints:
General constraints:
Limitations of use: Use Constraints: The TIGER/Line Shapefile products are not copyrighted however TIGER/Line and Census TIGER are registered trademarks of the U.S. Census Bureau. 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 horizontal spatial accuracy information present in these files is provided for the purposes of statistical analysis and census operations only. No warranty, expressed or implied is made with regard to the accuracy of the spatial accuracy, and no liability is assumed by the U.S. Government in general or the U.S. Census Bureau, specifically as to the spatial or attribute accuracy of the data. The TIGER/Line Shapefiles may not be suitable for high-precision measurement applications such as engineering problems, property transfers, or other uses that might require highly accurate measurements of the earth's surface.Coordinates in the TIGER/Line shapefiles have six implied decimal places, but the positional accuracy of these coordinates is not as great as the six decimal places suggest.
Resource constraints:
Legal constraints:
Access constraints: otherRestrictions
Use constraints: otherRestrictions
Other constraints: Use Constraints: The TIGER/Line Shapefile products are not copyrighted however TIGER/Line and Census TIGER are registered trademarks of the U.S. Census Bureau. 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 horizontal spatial accuracy information present in these files is provided for the purposes of statistical analysis and census operations only. No warranty, expressed or implied is made with regard to the accuracy of the spatial accuracy, and no liability is assumed by the U.S. Government in general or the U.S. Census Bureau, specifically as to the spatial or attribute accuracy of the data. The TIGER/Line Shapefiles may not be suitable for high-precision measurement applications such as engineering problems, property transfers, or other uses that might require highly accurate measurements of the earth's surface. Coordinates in the TIGER/Line shapefiles have six implied decimal places, but the positional accuracy of these coordinates is not as great as the six decimal places suggest.
Other constraints: Access constraints: None
Resource constraints:
Legal constraints:
Access constraints: otherRestrictions
Other constraints: Other Constraints
Resource constraints:
Legal constraints:
Use constraints: otherRestrictions
Other constraints: Other Constraints
Spatial representation type: vector
Resource extent:
Extent description: The TIGER/Line shapefiles contain geographic data only and do not include display mapping software or statistical data. For information on how to use the TIGER/Line shapefile data with specific software package users shall contact the company that produced the software.
Geographic element:
Geographic description:
Geographic identifier:
Value: tl_2023_us_internationalboundary
Identifier authority citation:
Title:
Date:
Reference date - publication: 2023-01-01
Temporal element:
Temporal extent:
2023-06-01T00:00:002024-10-01T00:00:00
Resource extent:
Geographic element:
Bounding rectangle:
West longitude: -178.443593
East longitude: 146.154418
North latitude: 71.439786
South latitude: -14.601813
Credits: U.S. Census Bureau
Resource point of contact:
Role: pointOfContact
Organization's name: U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, Geospatial Products Branch
Contact information:
Phone:
Voice: 301-763-1128
Fax: 301-763-4710
Address:
Delivery point: 4600 Silver Hill Road, Stop 7400
City: Washington
Administrative area: DC
Postal code: 20233-7400
Country: US
e-mail address: geo.geography@census.gov

Spatial Representation

Vector Data

Level of topology for this dataset: geometryOnly
Geometric objects:
Object type: complex
Object count: 4759

Reference System Information

Reference system identifier:
Value: urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4269

Data Quality

Scope of quality information:
Level of the data:dataset
Data quality report:
Conceptual consistency:
Measure produced by the test: The Census Bureau performed automated tests to ensure logical consistency and limits of shapefiles. Segments making up the outer and inner boundaries of a polygon tie end-to-end to completely enclose the area. All polygons are 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 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. Most of the codes for geographic entities except states, counties, urban areas, Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs), American Indian Areas (AIAs), and congressional districts were provided to the Census Bureau by the USGS, the agency responsible for maintaining the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). Feature attribute information has been examined but has not been fully tested for consistency. For the TIGER/Line Shapefiles, the Point and Vector Object Count for the G-polygon SDTS Point and Vector Object Type reflects the number of records in the shapefile attribute 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. TIGER/Line Shapefile multi-polygons are an exception to the G-polygon object type classification. Therefore, when multi-polygons exist in a shapefile, the object count will be less than the actual number of G-polygons.
Data quality result:
Data quality report:
Completeness omission:
Measure produced by the test: Data completeness of the TIGER/Line Shapefiles reflects the contents of the Census MAF/TIGER database at the time the TIGER/Line Shapefiles were created.
Data quality result:
Data quality report:
Completeness commission:
Measure produced by the test: Data completeness of the TIGER/Line Shapefiles reflects the contents of the Census MAF/TIGER database at the time the TIGER/Line Shapefiles were created.
Data quality result:

Distribution Information

Distributor:
Distributor contact:
Role: distributor
Organization's name: U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, Customer Engagement Branch
Contact information:
Phone:
Voice: 301-763-1128
Fax: 301-763-4710
Address:
Delivery point: 4600 Silver Hill Road, Stop 7400
City: Washington
Administrative area: DC
Postal code: 20233-7400
Country: US
e-mail address: geo.geography@census.gov
Distribution format:
Format name: ZIP
Format version: unknown
Transfer options:
Online distribution information:
Online location: https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER2023/INTERNATIONALBOUNDARY/tl_2023_us_internationalboundary.zip
Function performed: download
Description: The TIGER/Line Shapefiles are the fully supported, core geographic product from the U.S. Census Bureau. They are extracts of selected geographic and cartographic information from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File/Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) database.
Online distribution information:
Online location: https://meta.geo.census.gov/data/existing/decennial/GEO/GPMB/TIGERline/Current_19110/tl_2023_internationalboundary.shp.ea.iso.xml
Function performed: information
Description: Entity and attribute file