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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?

A geographical map of the country including national traffic routes, stretches of water, and markings of heights. The map must at least be provided at a scale of 1:250,000 (1 cm = 2.5km). Geographic information is instrumental for many use cases, including the mapping of unemployment statistics or demographics, as well as journey planning. See our methodology section for more information.

Scale of 1:250,000 (1 cm = 2.5km)
Markings of national traffic routes
Markings of relief/heights
Markings of water stretches
National borders

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

Reviewer comments

ok!

Meta data

Data location	https://viewer.nationalmap.gov/basic/
Data licence	https://www2.usgs.gov/laws/info_policies.html
Data format	SHP
Reviewer	Codrina Maria Ilie
Submitters	Tyler Kleykamp
Last modified	Mon Jan 30 2017 16:10:08 GMT+0000 (UTC)

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Reviewers

Codrina Maria Ilie

Submitters

Tyler Kleykamp

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