| Authors: | Drew Li |
|---|---|
| Owners: | Zhiyu (Drew) Li |
| Resource type: | Geographic Feature (ESRI Shapefiles) |
| Created: | Nov 03, 2015 at 5:43 p.m. |
| Last updated: | Aug 12, 2016 at 12:19 a.m. by Zhiyu (Drew) Li |
Abstract
US States polygon shapefiles
Subject Keywords
us states,shapefiles,polygon
How to cite
Li, D. (2015). US States, HydroShare, http://www.hydroshare.org/resource/9b1d9d540f8e44238b3d5c2648a1d178
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Coverage
Spatial:
| Coordinate System/Geographic Projection: | WGS 84 EPSG:4326 |
| Coordinate Units: | Decimal degrees |
North Latitude
71.3896°
East Longitude
179.7785°
South Latitude
-14.3738°
West Longitude
-179.1473°
Content
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Authors
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| Name | Organization | Address | Phone | Author Identifiers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Li |
| Geometry Type | MULTIPOLYGON |
|---|---|
| Feature Count | 55 |
| Coordinate Reference System | GCS_North_American_1983 |
|---|---|
| Datum | North_American_Datum_1983 |
| Unit | Degree |
| Coordinate String | GEOGCS["GCS_North_American_1983", DATUM["North_American_Datum_1983", SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]], PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0], UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]] |
Extent
| North | 71.389610291 |
|---|---|
| East | 179.77848 |
| South | -14.373765 |
| West | -179.147338754 |
| Name | Type | Width | Precision |
|---|---|---|---|
| STATE | String | 2 | 0 |
| NAME | String | 24 | 0 |
| FIPS | String | 2 | 0 |
| LON | Real | 19 | 11 |
| LAT | Real | 19 | 11 |
Comments
David Tarboton 2 years, 4 months ago
Why is this US States resource centered in Algeria?
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Be the first one to +1 this. (You need to be logged in to rate this.)Zhiyu (Drew) Li 2 years, 4 months ago
This is a very interesting observation.
ReplyThis shp contains all states as well as overseas territories of the US, which together form a very big bounding box that spans across the world map from west to east. The center of this big bounding box is somewhere in Africa.
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Be the first one to +1 this. (You need to be logged in to rate this.)David Tarboton 2 years, 4 months ago
OK. This does make sense.
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Be the first one to +1 this. (You need to be logged in to rate this.)Zhiyu (Drew) Li 2 years, 4 months ago
The same result can be duplicated in ArcMap, see the png file in resource https://www.hydroshare.org/resource/fdd44e1a9aed47b397e1dc70cb053d16/
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