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HIFLD OPEN US International Boundaries

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, Geospatial Products Branch; Department of Homeland Security

Version:  View help for Version V1

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metadata.xml application/xml 32.7 KB 11/28/2025 07:30:AM
us-international-boundaries-geojson.zip application/zip 1.1 MB 11/27/2025 08:22:AM
us-international-boundaries-shapefile.zip application/zip 993.8 KB 11/27/2025 08:21:AM

Project Citation: 

U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, Geospatial Products Branch; Department of Homeland Security. HIFLD OPEN US International Boundaries. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2025-11-28. https://doi.org/10.3886/E240750V1

Project Description

Project Title:  View help for Project Title HIFLD OPEN US International Boundaries
Summary:  View help for Summary The international boundary data featured in this shapefile consists of the boundary between the United States and Canada and the United States and Mexico. Each country's section is administered independently. The United States and Canada border data was provided by the International Boundary Commission, United States and Canada (IBC). The International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC) provided the United States and Mexico section of the border data. Geospatial data files provided individually by the IBC and IBWC were used to re-align the Census Bureau's MAF/TIGER System data for the agency's representation of the international boundaries of United States with Canada and Mexico. The Census Bureau's MAF/TIGER System and the IBWC source file data for the portion of the United States and Mexico border featured a gap between Cameron County, Texas and the three-mile limit in the Gulf of Mexico. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Coast Survey Office's representation of the United States and Mexico boundary used to fill this gap.Download: https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER2023/INTERNATIONALBOUNDARY/tl_2023_us_internationalboundary.z...: https://meta.geo.census.gov/data/existing/decennial/GEO/GPMB/TIGERline/Current_19115/tl_2023_us_internationalboundary.shp.iso.xml
Original Distribution URL:  View help for Original Distribution URL https://hifld-geoplatform.hub.arcgis.com/

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms HIFLD; GIS; boundaries; international boundaries; borders
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage Canada, United States, Mexico
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1/1/2023 – 11/11/2023
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) geographic information system (GIS) data
Collection Notes:  View help for Collection Notes Archived from the HIFLD Open GIS data repository, which was deactivated on August 26, 2025


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