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  1. Title: U.S. 116th Congressional Districts, 2018

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    Summary: U.S. 116th Congressional Districts represents the political boundaries for the United States 116th congressional districts. The official membership is current as of February 11, 2019. The 116th Congress is seated from January 2019 to 2021.

  2. Title: U.S. National Atlas Urbanized Areas, 2015

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    Summary: U.S. National Atlas Urbanized Areas represents urban areas in the United States. Urban areas are places that represent densely developed territory, encompassing residential, commercial, and other nonresidential urban land uses. In general, these places consist of areas of high population density and urban land use.

  3. Title: U.S. Summits (Geographic Names Information System), 2018

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    Summary: U.S. Geographic Names Information System Summits represents the Federal standard for geographic nomenclature and contains information about the proper names and locations of physical and cultural geographic features located throughout the United States and its Territories. The U.S. Geological Survey developed the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) for the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, a Federal inter-agency body chartered by public law to maintain uniform feature name usage throughout the Government and to promulgate standard names to the public.

  4. Title: U.S. Recreational Areas, 2018

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    Summary: U.S. Recreational Areas represents point locations within the United States for common recreational landmarks including golf courses, beaches, amusement parks, and park and recreation areas.

  5. Title: U.S. Highways, 2008

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    Summary: U.S. Highways represents the major and minor highways of the United States. These include interstates, U.S. highways, state highways, major roads, and minor roads. This dataset is from the Census 2000 TIGER/Line files. It contains all Class 1, 2, and 3 road segments plus any other road segments necessary to provide network connectivity for the Class_Rte field.

  6. Title: U.S. Census Populated Place Areas, 2017

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    Summary: U.S. Census Populated Place Areas represents populated place areas within the United States that include both incorporated places and census designated places identified by the U.S. Census Bureau.

  7. Title: U.S. Rivers and Streams, 2004

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    Summary: U.S. Rivers and Streams represents detailed rivers and streams in the United States.

  8. Title: U.S. Census Block Groups, 2017

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    Summary: U.S. Census Block Groups represents the Census block groups of the United States in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

  9. Title: World Lakes, 2001

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    Summary: World Lakes represents the major lakes and inland seas of the world.

  10. Title: U.S. Counties, 2017

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    Summary: U.S. Counties represents the counties of the United States in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

  11. Title: U.S. National Atlas Water Feature Areas, 2012

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    Summary: U.S. National Atlas Water Feature Areas represents the water feature areas (for example, glaciers, lakes, reservoirs, and swamps) of the United States.

  12. Title: U.S. Census Tracts, 2017

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    Summary: U.S. Census Tracts represents the Census tracts of the United States in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

  13. Title: U.S. Lakes (Generalized), 1992

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    Summary: U.S. Lakes (Generalized) represents the major lakes within United States.

  14. Title: U.S. Census Urban Areas, 2013

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    Summary: U.S. Census Urban Areas represents the 2010 Census urban areas in the United States. An urban area comprises a densely settled core of census tracts and/or census blocks that meet minimum population density requirements, along with adjacent territory containing non-residential urban land uses as well as territory with low population density included to link outlying densely settled territory with the densely settled core. To qualify as an urban area, the territory identified according to criteria must encompass at least 2,500 people, at least 1,500 of which reside outside institutional group quarters. The U.S. Census Bureau identifies two types of urban areas—Urbanized Areas (UA) of 50,000 or more people and Urban Clusters (UC) of at least 2,500 and less than 50,000 people. The U.S. Census Bureau delineates urban areas that represent densely developed territory, encompassing residential, commercial, and other non-residential urban land uses. In general, this territory consists of areas of high population density and urban land use resulting in a representation of the "urban footprint."

  15. Title: U.S. Cemeteries (Geographic Names Information System), 2018

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    Summary: U.S. Geographic Names Information System Cemeteries represents the Federal standard for geographic nomenclature and contains information about the proper names and locations of physical and cultural geographic features located throughout the United States and its Territories. The U.S. Geological Survey developed the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) for the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, a Federal inter-agency body chartered by public law to maintain uniform feature name usage throughout the Government and to promulgate standard names to the public.

  16. Title: World Continents, 2007

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    Summary: World Continents represents the boundaries for the continents of the world.

  17. Title: U.S. National Atlas Airports, 2012

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    Summary: U.S. National Atlas Airports represents airports in the United States, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands with airport passenger enplanements of 25 passengers or more per year.

  18. Title: U.S. Core Based Statistical Areas, 2017

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    Summary: U.S. Core Based Statistical Areas represents geographic entities, defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for use by Federal statistical agencies, based on the concept of a core area with a large population nucleus, plus adjacent communities having a high degree of social and economic integration with that core. A Core Based Statistical Area (CBSA) consists of a U.S. county or counties or equivalent entities associated with at least one urban core (urbanized area or urban cluster) with a population of at least 10,000 along with any adjacent counties having a high degree of social and economic integration with the core as measured through commuting ties with the counties containing the core. CBSAs are categorized as being either Metropolitan or Micropolitan. Each Metropolitan Statistical Area must have at least one urbanized area of 50,000 or more inhabitants. Each Micropolitan Statistical Area must have at least one urban cluster with a population of at least 10,000 but less than 50,000.

  19. Title: World Cities, 2011

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    Summary: World Cities represents the locations of the major cities of the world.

  20. Title: World Regions, 2018

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    Summary: World Regions represents the boundaries for the regions of the world. There are 25 commonly recognized world regions.

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