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    <citation>
      <citeinfo>
        <origin>Montana State Library</origin>
        <pubdate>20250923</pubdate>
        <title>State of Montana Boundary</title>
        <geoform>vector digital data</geoform>
        <pubinfo>
          <publish>Montana State Library</publish>
        </pubinfo>
        <onlink>https://ftpgeoinfo.msl.mt.gov/Data/Spatial/MSDI/AdministrativeBoundaries/</onlink>
        <lworkcit>
          <citeinfo>
            <origin>Montana State Library</origin>
            <title>Montana Administrative Boundaries ArcGIS Server Map Service</title>
            <onlink>https://mslservices.mt.gov/Geographic_Information/Data/DataList/datalist_Details.aspx?did={a43101d4-295a-4bcb-890c-3218abbda60e}</onlink>
          </citeinfo>
        </lworkcit>
      </citeinfo>
    </citation>
    <descript>
      <abstract>Feature class of Montana State Boundary was created to be coincident with the Montana County Boundaries, GCDB, and Cadastral Parcel Boundaries. Where the boundary is coincident with public land survey section lines, they were copied from the BLM's Geographic Coordinate Database (GCDB). If boundary was not coincident with GCDB lines, they were digitized on screen from 1:24,000 scale Geological Survey Digital Raster Graphics (DRGs). The state boundary will change as the GCDB is adjusted by the BLM and those data are incorporated with the Montana Spatial Data Infrastructure Administrative Boundaries &amp; Cadastral datasets.</abstract>
      <purpose>State of Montana Boundary, coincident with GCDB, MSDI Counties, and Cadastral parcel data</purpose>
    </descript>
    <timeperd>
      <timeinfo>
        <rngdates>
          <begdate>20120101</begdate>
          <enddate>20250923</enddate>
        </rngdates>
      </timeinfo>
      <current>State of Montana</current>
    </timeperd>
    <status>
      <progress>Complete</progress>
      <update>As needed</update>
    </status>
    <spdom>
      <bounding>
        <westbc>-116.178388</westbc>
        <eastbc>-103.61174</eastbc>
        <northbc>49.180901</northbc>
        <southbc>44.237729</southbc>
      </bounding>
    </spdom>
    <keywords>
      <theme>
        <themekt>ISO 19115 Topic Categories</themekt>
        <themekey>boundaries</themekey>
      </theme>
      <theme>
        <themekt>None</themekt>
        <themekey>MSDI, Montana Spatial Data Infrastructure , Montana State Boundary, MT, Montana Boundary, State of Montana Boundary, Administrative Boundaries Framework, State, Montana, State of Montana, Montana State Library, state boundary,</themekey>
      </theme>
      <place>
        <placekt>None</placekt>
        <placekey>State of Montana, Montana , Mt</placekey>
      </place>
    </keywords>
    <accconst>None</accconst>
    <useconst>The Montana State Library Geographic Information Services provides this product/service for informational purposes only. The Library did not produce it for, nor is it suitable for legal, engineering, or surveying purposes. Consumers of this information should review or consult the primary data and information sources to ascertain the viability of the information for their purposes. The Library provides these data in good faith but does not represent or warrant its accuracy, adequacy, or completeness. In no event shall the Library be liable for any incorrect results or analysis; any direct, indirect, special, or consequential damages to any party; or any lost profits arising out of or in connection with the use or the inability to use the data or the services provided. The Library makes these data and services available as a convenience to the public, and for no other purpose. The Library reserves the right to change or revise published data and/or services at any time.</useconst>
    <ptcontac>
      <cntinfo>
        <cntorgp>
          <cntorg>Montana State Library</cntorg>
          <cntper>Administrative Boundaries Coordinator</cntper>
        </cntorgp>
        <cntpos>Administrative Boundaries Coordinator</cntpos>
        <cntaddr>
          <addrtype>mailing</addrtype>
          <address>PO Box 201800</address>
          <city>Helena</city>
          <state>Montana</state>
          <postal>59620-1800</postal>
          <country>US</country>
        </cntaddr>
        <cntvoice>406-444-5354</cntvoice>
        <cnttdd>Montana Relay 711</cnttdd>
        <cntfax>406-444-0266</cntfax>
        <cntemail>geoinfo@mt.gov</cntemail>
        <hours>8-5</hours>
      </cntinfo>
    </ptcontac>
    <datacred>US Bureau of Land Management, Geographic Coordinate Database, US Geological Survey 1:24,000 Digital Raster Graphics, Montana State Library</datacred>
    <native>Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.7.1.11595</native>
  </idinfo>
  <dataqual>
    <lineage>
      <procstep>
        <procdesc>Added a unique identifier (ID_UK); Aligned to the 2021 CadNSDI; Projected to NAD83 2011</procdesc>
        <procdate>20210625</procdate>
      </procstep>
      <procstep>
        <procdesc>Aligned to the 2021 CadNSDI</procdesc>
        <procdate>20250923</procdate>
      </procstep>
    </lineage>
  </dataqual>
  <spdoinfo>
    <direct>Vector</direct>
    <ptvctinf>
      <sdtsterm>
        <sdtstype>GT-polygon composed of chains</sdtstype>
        <ptvctcnt>1</ptvctcnt>
      </sdtsterm>
    </ptvctinf>
  </spdoinfo>
  <spref>
    <horizsys>
      <planar>
        <mapproj>
          <mapprojn>NAD 1983 2011 StatePlane Montana FIPS 2500</mapprojn>
          <lambertc>
            <stdparll>45.0</stdparll>
            <stdparll>49.0</stdparll>
            <longcm>-109.5</longcm>
            <latprjo>44.25</latprjo>
            <feast>600000.0</feast>
            <fnorth>0.0</fnorth>
          </lambertc>
        </mapproj>
        <planci>
          <plance>coordinate pair</plance>
          <coordrep>
            <absres>0.0001</absres>
            <ordres>0.0001</ordres>
          </coordrep>
          <plandu>meter</plandu>
        </planci>
      </planar>
      <geodetic>
        <horizdn>D NAD 1983 2011</horizdn>
        <ellips>GRS 1980</ellips>
        <semiaxis>6378137.0</semiaxis>
        <denflat>298.257222101</denflat>
      </geodetic>
    </horizsys>
  </spref>
  <eainfo>
    <detailed>
      <enttyp>
        <enttypl>BNDY_State</enttypl>
        <enttypd>Montana State Boundary</enttypd>
        <enttypds>Montana State Library</enttypds>
      </enttyp>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>OBJECTID</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Internal feature number.</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>ESRI</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>NAME</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Name of State Boundary</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>MSL</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>SHAPE</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Feature geometry.</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>ESRI</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>Coordinates defining the features.</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>ALLFIPS</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>US Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS)</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>Census Bureau</attrdefs>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>PKEY</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Persistant Unique Identifier</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>Montana State Library</attrdefs>
        <attrmfrq>009</attrmfrq>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>SHAPE_Length</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Length of feature in internal units.</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>Esri</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>SHAPE_Area</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Area of feature in internal units squared.</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>Esri</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>ID_UK</attrlabl>
      </attr>
    </detailed>
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  <distinfo>
    <distrib>
      <cntinfo>
        <cntorgp>
          <cntorg>Montana State Library</cntorg>
        </cntorgp>
        <cntpos>Administrative Boundaries Coordinator</cntpos>
        <cntaddr>
          <addrtype>mailing</addrtype>
          <address>PO Box 201800</address>
          <city>Helena</city>
          <state>Montana</state>
          <postal>59620-1800</postal>
          <country>US</country>
        </cntaddr>
        <cntvoice>406-444-5354</cntvoice>
        <cntvoice>406-444-5354</cntvoice>
        <cnttdd>Montana Relay 711</cnttdd>
        <cntfax>406-444-0266</cntfax>
        <cntemail>geoinfo@mt.gov</cntemail>
        <cntemail>geoinfo@mt.gov</cntemail>
        <hours>8-5</hours>
      </cntinfo>
    </distrib>
    <resdesc>Downloadable Data</resdesc>
    <distliab>The Montana State Library Geographic Information Services provides this product/service for informational purposes only. The Library did not produce it for, nor is it suitable for legal, engineering, or surveying purposes. Consumers of this information should review or consult the primary data and information sources to ascertain the viability of the information for their purposes. The Library provides these data in good faith but does not represent or warrant its accuracy, adequacy, or completeness. In no event shall the Library be liable for any incorrect results or analysis; any direct, indirect, special, or consequential damages to any party; or any lost profits arising out of or in connection with the use or the inability to use the data or the services provided. The Library makes these data and services available as a convenience to the public, and for no other purpose. The Library reserves the right to change or revise published data and/or services at any time.</distliab>
    <stdorder>
      <digform>
        <digtinfo>
          <formname>File Geodatabase</formname>
        </digtinfo>
        <digtopt>
          <onlinopt>
            <computer>
              <networka>
                <networkr>https://ftpgeoinfo.msl.mt.gov/Data/Spatial/MSDI/AdministrativeBoundaries/MontanaStateBoundary.zip</networkr>
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  <metainfo>
    <metd>20250923</metd>
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      <cntinfo>
        <cntorgp>
          <cntorg>Montana State Library</cntorg>
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        <cntaddr>
          <addrtype>mailing</addrtype>
          <address>PO Box 201800</address>
          <city>Helena</city>
          <state>Montana</state>
          <postal>59620-1800</postal>
          <country>US</country>
        </cntaddr>
        <cntvoice>406-444-5354</cntvoice>
        <cnttdd>Montana Relay 711</cnttdd>
        <cntfax>406-444-0266</cntfax>
        <cntemail>geoinfo@mt.gov</cntemail>
        <hours>8-5</hours>
      </cntinfo>
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    <metstdn>FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata</metstdn>
    <metstdv>FGDC-STD-001-1998</metstdv>
    <mettc>local time</mettc>
    <metuc>The Montana State Library Geographic Information Services provides this product/service for informational purposes only. The Library did not produce it for, nor is it suitable for legal, engineering, or surveying purposes. Consumers of this information should review or consult the primary data and information sources to ascertain the viability of the information for their purposes. The Library provides these data in good faith but does not represent or warrant its accuracy, adequacy, or completeness. In no event shall the Library be liable for any incorrect results or analysis; any direct, indirect, special, or consequential damages to any party; or any lost profits arising out of or in connection with the use or the inability to use the data or the services provided. The Library makes these data and services available as a convenience to the public, and for no other purpose. The Library reserves the right to change or revise published data and/or services at any time.</metuc>
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