Road density (length in meters/sq. kilometer) for the contiguous U.S.

Mar 15, 2011
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Image of lenth of roads per 1 km-square pixel, derived from streets and roads layers of Census Bureau TIGER 98 files. Pixel values are sum lengths of streets and major roads (including interstate highways) in units of meters.

For more information about the TIGER files see the following url: http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/

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NOAA National Geophysical Data Center
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1998
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1-km
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Solar-Terrestrial Physics Division, NOAA National Geophysical Data Center
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