{
  "title": "U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Cartographic Boundary File, State and Equivalent Entities, 1:20,000,000",
  "source": "https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/GENZ2024/kml/cb_2024_us_state_20m.zip",
  "documentation": "https://www.census.gov/geographies/mapping-files/time-series/geo/cartographic-boundary.html",
  "license": "CC0 1.0 / U.S. federal public-domain data",
  "licenseReference": "https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/2024-cartographic-boundary-file-kml-state-and-equivalent-entities-for-united-states-1-2000",
  "retrievedAt": "2026-09-25",
  "sourceKmlSha256": "ec1201e98679425b85cfd3b4ed2d6c196049140c34558325868b494d9c2643a6",
  "derivation": "Fifty states only. Original KML ring coordinates projected to Albers equal-area SVG; Alaska and Hawaii separately fitted and repositioned into marked insets. Rounded to 0.1 SVG units, duplicate vertices removed. No third-party geography package or runtime source calls.",
  "limitations": "Simplified thematic display; not parcel boundaries, legal boundaries, or a survey. State colors describe product rollout scope, not statewide verified data availability."
}