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  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. Title: U.S. Institutions, 2018

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    Summary: U.S. Institutions represents point locations within the United States for common institution landmarks including hospitals, educational institutions, places of worship, government offices, cemeteries, libraries, and museums.

  7. Title: U.S. ZIP Code Areas (Five-Digit), 2018

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    Summary: U.S. ZIP Code Areas (Five-Digit) represents five-digit ZIP Code areas used by the U.S. Postal Service to deliver mail more effectively. The first digit of a five-digit ZIP Code divides the United States into 10 large groups of states numbered from 0 in the Northeast to 9 in the far West. Within these areas, each state is divided into an average of 10 smaller geographical areas, identified by the second and third digits. These digits, in conjunction with the first digit, represent a sectional center facility or a mail processing facility area. The fourth and fifth digits identify a post office, station, branch or local delivery area.

  8. Title: U.S. County Boundaries, 2015

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    Summary: U.S. County Boundaries represents the boundary lines of the counties and county equivalents of the United States.

  9. Title: U.S. Major Highways, 2008

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

  10. Title: U.S. Large Area Landmarks, 2018

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    Summary: U.S. Large Area Landmarks represents common landmark areas within the United States including military territories, hospitals, educational institutions, shopping centers, industrial areas, amusement parks, stadiums, golf courses, and cemeteries.

  11. Title: U.S. Airports, 2018

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    Summary: U.S. Airports represents airport grounds and airport runways within the United States. All airports have a boundary, and most have at least one runway.

  12. Title: U.S. Telephone Area Code Boundaries, 2018

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    Summary: U.S. Telephone Area Code Boundaries represents the telephone area codes for the United States. They are also known as Numbering Plan Areas (NPA). The Numbering Plan Areas reflect current and accurate boundary changes both where new NPAs split from existing NPAs and where new NPAs overlay existing NPAs.When an NPA is split, the geographic area covered by the old area code is divided geographically, with one portion retaining the previous area code and the other switching to the new area code. When a new NPA is added as an overlay, the old area code remains unaffected. Instead, all or part of the land covered by the old area code is now covered by the old and new area codes.

  13. Title: U.S. States, 2017

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

  14. Title: U.S. ZIP Code Points, 2018

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    Summary: U.S. ZIP Code Points represents the five-digit U.S. ZIP Code areas as points, plus all ZIP Codes that have no associated area such as post office box ZIP Codes and single site ZIP Codes (government, building, or large volume customer).

  15. Title: U.S. ZIP Code Areas (Three-Digit), 2018

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    Summary: U.S. ZIP Code Areas (Three-Digit) represents the first three digits of a ZIP Code. The first digit of a five-digit ZIP Code divides the United States into 10 large groups of states numbered from 0 in the Northeast to 9 in the far West. Within these areas, each state is divided into an average of 10 smaller geographical areas, identified by the second and third digits. These digits, in conjunction with the first digit, represent a sectional center facility or a mail processing facility area. These areas are serviced by the U.S. Post Office Sectional Center Facility (SCF). Note that a single SCF often services multiple three-digit areas.

  16. Title: U.S. Transportation Terminals, 2018

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    Summary: U.S. Transportation Terminals represents locations within the United States for transportation terminals such as public transport stops, railway stations, ferry terminals, and other significant transportation nodes.

  17. Title: U.S. Parks, 2018

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    Summary: U.S. Parks represents parks, gardens, and forests within the United States at national, state, county, regional, and local levels.

  18. Title: U.S. States, 2007-2013

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    Summary: This polygon shapefile represents the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico of the United States at 1:100,000 scale.This layer also includes demographic data such as population and household information. This layer is part of the 2014 ESRI Data and Maps collection for ArcGIS 10.2. U.S. States provides boundaries and demographic information for the U.S. states. The boundaries are consistent with the block group, tract, and county datasets and are effective at regional and state levels. TomTom North America and ESRI. (2014). U.S. States, 2007-2013. ESRI. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/dw020nn0038

  19. Title: U.S. ZIP Code Areas (Five-Digit)

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    Summary: This polygon shapefile represents five-digit ZIP Code areas used by the U.S. Postal Service to deliver mail more effectively. The first digit of a five-digit ZIP Code divides the United States into 10 large groups of states numbered from 0 in the Northeast to 9 in the far West. Within these areas, each state is divided into an average of 10 smaller geographical areas, identified by the second and third digits. These digits, in conjunction with the first digit, represent a sectional center facility or a mail processing facility area. The fourth and fifth digits identify a post office, station, branch or local delivery area. U.S. ZIP Code Areas (Five-Digit) provides area, postal district name, and 2010 Census demographic information for the ZIP Code areas in the United States. ESRI; TomTom North America, Inc.; . (2014). U.S. ZIP Code Areas (Five-Digit). Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/xb721hp0944

  20. Title: U.S. ZIP Code Areas (Three-Digit)

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    Summary: This polygon shapefile represents boundaries with the first three digits of a ZIP Code. The first digit of a five-digit ZIP Code divides the United States into 10 large groups of states numbered from 0 in the Northeast to 9 in the far West. Within these areas, each state is divided into an average of 10 smaller geographical areas, identified by the second and third digits. These digits, in conjunction with the first digit, represent a sectional center facility or a mail processing facility area. These areas are serviced by the U.S. Post Office Sectional Center Facility (SCF). Note that a single SCF often services multiple three-digit areas. U.S. ZIP Code Areas (Three-Digit) provides area and population for each three-digit ZIP Code area in the United States. ESRI; TomTom North America, Inc.; . (2014). U.S. ZIP Code Areas (Three-Digit). Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/gh970hr0796

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