Title: USA (Hydrographic Features (line), 2000)
- Line data ; Point data ; Polygon data
- 2008
- U.S. Bureau of the Census (BOC)
- Research and Innovative Technology Administration's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (RITA/BTS)
Dates
- Issued: January 01, 2008
- Coverage: January 01, 2000
- Coverage: 2000
Publishers
- U.S. Census Bureau
Summary
The hydro polygon/arc coverages were created using TIGER/LINE 2000 shapefile data gathered from ESRI's Geography Network. The individual county hydrography line shapefiles were processed into Arc/Info coverages and then appended together to create complete state coverages. They were then edited to remove unwanted features, leaving a state-by-state database of both important and navigable water features. Attributes were added to denote navigable features and names. Also, an attribute was added to the polygons to denote which were water and which were land features.The state databases were then appended together to create a single, nationwide hydrography network containing named arcs and polygons. These features also contain a state FIPS. Because some of the hydro features are represented by lines instead of polygons, the complete hydro dataset consists of 2 shapefiles, one for lines and one for polygons. They must be used together to paint a complete picture.
Subjects
- United States
- inlandWaters
- Hydrology
- Datasets
Geospatial coordinates
- Bounding Box: BBOX (-179.252851, 179.830623, 71.441056, 17.831509)
- Geometry: BBOX (-179.252851, 179.830623, 71.441056, 17.831509)
Provider
GIS Lab, MIT Libraries
Rights
- Access rights: Public
- Acknowledgement of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (RITA/BTS) National Transportation Atlas Databases (NTAD) 2008 would be appreciated in products derived from these data.
Citation
U.S. Bureau of the Census (BOC), Research and Innovative Technology Administration's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (RITA/BTS). USA (Hydrographic Features (line), 2000). U.S. Census Bureau. Line data, Point data, Polygon data. https://geodata.libraries.mit.edu/record/gismit:US_C28HYDLINE_2000
Format
Shapefile
Languages
- eng