# shape of Metuchen

shape of Metuchen is a boundary representation.

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0d1a9-045c-7648-bb0e-392612ee664e>

Type: [geo:Geometry](http://www.opengis.net/ont/geosparql#Geometry), [boundary representation](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/BoundaryRepresentation)

Location: 40.54152, -74.36359 (box -74.38258, 40.52767, -74.34459, 40.55537; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [census-tiger-feature 2025/1600000US3445690](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0d1a9-045d-7748-9409-222a8502f69a)
- `dcterms:date`: 2025-01-01 (xsd:date)
- `dcterms:source`: [Census TIGER/Line 2025: places, state 34](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0d1a7-ff25-71b9-9d11-c739b06971d8)
- `geo:asWKT`: <http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/OGC/1.3/CRS83> POLYGON ((-74.382584 40.552203, -74.377199 40.533389, -74.369936 40.52927, -74.355755 40.527669, -74.345181 40.540072, -74.347788 40.546799, -74.345948 40.548707, -74.344594 40.552853, -74.346009 40.555367, -74.38227 40.55223, -74.382584 40.552203)) (geo:wktLiteral)
- `geo:hasMetricArea`: 7355380 (xsd:double)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`: [evidence from https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER2025/PLACE/tl\_2025\_34\_place.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0d1a9-045c-7648-bb0e-39253ac10a48)
- **simplification tolerance** (`bcgeo:simplificationTolerance`): 25 (xsd:double)

## Elsewhere

- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=40.54152&mlon=-74.36359#map=14/40.54152/-74.36359) (40.54152, -74.36359)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=40.54152,-74.36359)
- [Source](https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER2025/PLACE/tl_2025_34_place.zip) (www2.census.gov)

## Pointing here

- Default geometry of (1; `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`):
  - [Metuchen](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-9732-709b-b171-77ff1c3c11c4)
- Geometry of (1; `geo:hasGeometry`):
  - [Metuchen](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-9732-709b-b171-77ff1c3c11c4)

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Cite as: shape of Metuchen. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0d1a9-045c-7648-bb0e-392612ee664e
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