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        <origin>Research and Innovative Technology Administration's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (RITA/BTS)</origin>
        <origin>U.S. Bureau of the Census (BOC)</origin>
        <pubdate>20120724</pubdate>
        <pubtime>000000</pubtime>
        <title>cd112</title>
        <geoform>vector digital data</geoform>
        <pubinfo>
          <pubplace>Suitland, MD</pubplace>
          <publish>U.S. Bureau of the Census (BOC)</publish>
        </pubinfo>
        <onlink>http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/cd110.html</onlink>
        <onlink>http://www.bts.gov/programs/geographic_information_services/</onlink>
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          <citeinfo>
            <origin>Research and Innovative Technology Administration's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (RITA/BTS)</origin>
            <pubdate>20120724</pubdate>
            <pubtime>000000</pubtime>
            <title>Nartional Transportation Atlas Databases (NTAD) 2012</title>
            <geoform>vector digital data</geoform>
            <pubinfo>
              <pubplace>Washington DC</pubplace>
              <publish>Research and Innovative Technology Administration's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (RITA/BTS)</publish>
            </pubinfo>
            <onlink>http://www.bts.gov/programs/geographic_information_services/</onlink>
          </citeinfo>
        </lworkcit>
      </citeinfo>
    </citation>
    <descript>
      <abstract>The 112th Congressional District Boundaries data set contains geographic information for the political entities of the 112th Congressional districts.</abstract>
      <purpose>The data provide users with information about the locations of congressional districts, primarily for national planning applications.</purpose>
    </descript>
    <timeperd>
      <timeinfo>
        <sngdate>
          <caldate>20120101</caldate>
        </sngdate>
      </timeinfo>
      <current>publication date</current>
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    <status>
      <progress>Complete</progress>
      <update>As needed</update>
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      <theme>
        <themekt>polygon</themekt>
        <themekey>Background</themekey>
        <themekey>Polygon</themekey>
        <themekey>Area</themekey>
        <themekey>Congressional District</themekey>
        <themekey>Boundary</themekey>
      </theme>
      <place>
        <placekt>None</placekt>
        <placekey>United States</placekey>
      </place>
      <place>
        <placekt>None</placekt>
        <placekey>US Territories</placekey>
      </place>
      <stratum>
        <stratkt>None</stratkt>
        <stratkey>ground</stratkey>
      </stratum>
      <temporal>
        <tempkt>None</tempkt>
        <tempkey>2008</tempkey>
        <tempkey>2011</tempkey>
        <tempkey>2007</tempkey>
        <tempkey>2006</tempkey>
        <tempkey>2010</tempkey>
        <tempkey>2009</tempkey>
        <tempkey>2012</tempkey>
      </temporal>
      <theme>
        <themekt>ISO 19115 Topic Categories</themekt>
        <themekey>boundaries</themekey>
      </theme>
    </keywords>
    <accconst>None</accconst>
    <useconst>None. Acknowledgment of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (RITA/BTS) National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD) 2012 would be appreciated in products derived from these data.</useconst>
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      <cntinfo>
        <cntorgp>
          <cntorg>Research and Innovative Technology Administration's Bureau of Transportation Statsitics (RITA/BTS)</cntorg>
          <cntper>Office of Geospatial Information Systems</cntper>
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        <cntaddr>
          <addrtype>mailing and physical</addrtype>
          <address>1200 New Jersey Ave., SE</address>
          <city>Washington</city>
          <state>DC</state>
          <postal>20590</postal>
          <country>US</country>
        </cntaddr>
        <cntvoice>202-366-3282</cntvoice>
        <cntemail>answers@bts.gov</cntemail>
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      <secclass>Unclassified</secclass>
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    <native>Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcGIS 10.0.3.3600</native>
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      <citeinfo>
        <origin>Research and Innovative Technology Administration's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (RITA/BTS)</origin>
        <pubdate>20120724</pubdate>
        <pubtime>000000</pubtime>
        <title>National Transportation Atlas Databases (NTAD) 2012</title>
        <geoform>vector digital data</geoform>
        <pubinfo>
          <pubplace>Suitland, MD</pubplace>
          <publish>U.S. Bureau of the Census (BOC)</publish>
        </pubinfo>
        <onlink>http://www.bts.gov/programs/geographic_information_services/</onlink>
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  <dataqual>
    <attracc>
      <attraccr>Attributes for the 112th Congressional District data set were created in a consistent manner using similar tolerances.</attraccr>
    </attracc>
    <logic>All node-link and polygon topological relationships were created and verified using ARC/INFO, a Geographic Information System. The unique identifiers were verified using ARC/INFO. The data was then converted to a shapefile format.</logic>
    <complete>This data set is composed of the 437 Districts having voting representation plus two districts without voting rights the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.</complete>
    <posacc>
      <horizpa>
        <horizpar>The Congressional District data set was created from TIGER/Line data having a nominal scale of 1:100,000.</horizpar>
        <qhorizpa>
          <horizpav>1:</horizpav>
          <horizpae>1: = Unknown</horizpae>
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        <srccite>
          <citeinfo>
            <origin>Techpolitics</origin>
            <pubdate>20030101</pubdate>
            <title>Techpolitics</title>
            <onlink>(http://congress.techpolitics.org/houseofreps.htm )</onlink>
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        <typesrc>onLine</typesrc>
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            <sngdate>
              <caldate>20070101</caldate>
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          </timeinfo>
          <srccurr>publication date</srccurr>
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        <srccitea>Techpolitics</srccitea>
        <srccontr>Attribute Data</srccontr>
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        <srccite>
          <citeinfo>
            <origin>U.S. Bureau of the Census (BOC)</origin>
            <pubdate>20110101</pubdate>
            <title>112th Congressional Districts</title>
            <geoform>vector digital data</geoform>
            <pubinfo>
              <pubplace>Suitland, MD</pubplace>
              <publish>US Bureau of the Census</publish>
            </pubinfo>
            <onlink>http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/cd110.html</onlink>
          </citeinfo>
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        <typesrc>onLine</typesrc>
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          <timeinfo>
            <sngdate>
              <caldate>20120101</caldate>
            </sngdate>
          </timeinfo>
          <srccurr>publication date</srccurr>
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        <srccitea>TIGER</srccitea>
        <srccontr>Spatial information for the 112th Congressional District boundaries.</srccontr>
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      <procstep>
        <procdesc>Downloaded the shapefile from BOC. Downloaded congressional district information from USGS (http://www-atlas.usgs.gov/mld/cgd109p.html ) and joined the spatial with the latest attribute data on district representatives. Used ArcGIS for topological and attribute verification. 110th Congressional District Boundaries did not change from the 109th.</procdesc>
        <procdate>20070101</procdate>
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      <procstep>
        <procdesc>Downloaded the shapefile from BOC. Downloaded congressional district information from USGS (http://www-atlas.usgs.gov/mld/cgd109p.html ) and joined the spatial with the latest attribute data on distritic reprsentatives. Used ArcGIS for topological and attribute verification.</procdesc>
        <procdate>20070101</procdate>
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            <cntorgp>
              <cntorg>Research and Innovative Technology Administration's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (RITA/BTS)</cntorg>
              <cntper>Geospatial Information Program</cntper>
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            <cntaddr>
              <addrtype>mailing and physical</addrtype>
              <address>400 7th Street, S.W.</address>
              <city>Washington</city>
              <state>DC</state>
              <postal>20590</postal>
              <country>US</country>
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            <cntvoice>202-366-3282</cntvoice>
            <cntfax>202-366-3640</cntfax>
            <cntemail>answers@bts.gov</cntemail>
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      </procstep>
      <procstep>
        <procdesc>Individual files for the Congressional Districts in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the 48 contiguous states were merged into a single data set using ARC/INFO. After completing topological and attribute verification using ARC/INFO, the data was converted into shapefile format.</procdesc>
        <procdate>20120101</procdate>
        <proccont>
          <cntinfo>
            <cntorgp>
              <cntorg>Research and Innovative Technology Administration's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (RITA/BTS)</cntorg>
              <cntper>Office of Geospatial Information Systems</cntper>
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            <cntaddr>
              <addrtype>mailing and physical</addrtype>
              <address>1200 New Jersey Ave., SE</address>
              <city>Washington</city>
              <state>DC</state>
              <postal>20590</postal>
              <country>US</country>
            </cntaddr>
            <cntvoice>(202) 366-DATA</cntvoice>
            <cntfax>(202) 366-3640</cntfax>
            <cntemail>answers@bts.gov</cntemail>
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        <attrdefs>ESRI</attrdefs>
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        <attrlabl>Shape</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Feature geometry.</attrdef>
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          <udom>Coordinates defining the features.</udom>
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        <attrdef>Congressional District Code</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>U.S. Bureau of the Census (BOC)</attrdefs>
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          <udom>Character String of Individual District Codes</udom>
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            <edomvd>Minnesota DFL Party</edomvd>
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            <edomvd>Vacant</edomvd>
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        <attrdef>US Postal Service State Abbreviation</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>U.S. Bureau of the Census (BOC)</attrdefs>
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          <codesetd>
            <codesetn>Official US Postal Service State Abbreviations</codesetn>
            <codesets>US Postal Service (USPS)</codesets>
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        <attrdef>State FIPS code</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>RITA/BTS</attrdefs>
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          <codesetd>
            <codesetn>Federal Information Processing Standard</codesetn>
            <codesets>National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)</codesets>
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        <attrlabl>VERSION</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>The VERSION is a 2-digit number that will be incremented for all records in the database whenever a new release is distributed.</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>Assigned</attrdefs>
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          <cntper>Office of Geospatial Information Systems</cntper>
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          <addrtype>mailing and physical</addrtype>
          <address>1200 New Jersey Ave., SE</address>
          <city>Washington</city>
          <state>DC</state>
          <postal>20590</postal>
          <country>US</country>
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        <cntvoice>202-366-DATA</cntvoice>
        <cntemail>answers@bts.gov</cntemail>
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      <fees>None</fees>
      <ordering>Call (202-366-DATA), or E-mail (answers@bts.gov) RITA/BTS to request the National Transportation Atlas Databases (NTAD) 2012 DVD. The NTAD DVD can be ordered from the online bookstore at www.bts.gov. Individual datasets from the NTAD can also be downloaded from the Office of Geospatial Information Systems website at http://www.bts.gov/programs/geographic_information_services/.</ordering>
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          <cntorg>Research and Innovative Technology Administration's Bureau of Transportation (RITA/BTS)</cntorg>
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          <addrtype>mailing and physical</addrtype>
          <address>1200 New Jersey Ave., SE</address>
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