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Administrative Boundaries 100% open

United States

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Note: The methodology used in the Global Open Data Index has changed over time; significantly so between 2015 and 2016. For this reason, the results are not directly comparable over time.

What data is expected?

Data on administrative units or areas defined for the purpose of administration by a (local) government. See our methodology section for more information.

Boundary level 1
Boundary level 2
Coordinates (latitude, longitude)
Name of poligone (department, region, city)
Borders of poligone

How open is the data?

It's openly licenced
It's in an open and machine-readable format
It's downloadable at once
It's up-to-date
It's publicly available
It's available free of charge

Downloaded a sample dataset for DC; confirmed there is indeed coordinates data; so updated that attribute; and add the missing ESRI Shapefiles data format (DBF, SHX). Your submission is valid. Thank you very much for contributing to the Global Open Data Index.

Meta data

Data location	https://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ - Administrative Boundaries are referred to as Governmental Unit Boundaries
Data licence	https://www2.usgs.gov/laws/info_policies.html
Data format	DBF, SHP, SHX
Reviewer	Michael Leow
Submitters	Tyler Kleykamp
Last modified	Mon Jan 30 2017 16:28:24 GMT+0000 (UTC)

Contributors

Reviewers

Michael Leow

Submitters

Tyler Kleykamp

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