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   <idinfo>
      <citation>
         <citeinfo>
            <origin>U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography 
                    Division</origin>
            <pubdate>2012</pubdate>
            <title>TIGER/Line Shapefile, 2012, Series Information File for the Current Topological Faces (Polygons With All Geocodes) Shapefiles</title>
            <edition>2012</edition>
            <geoform>vector digital data</geoform>
            <onlink>http://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER2012/FACES</onlink>
            <onlink>http://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/tigerwebmain/TIGERweb_main.html</onlink>
         </citeinfo>
      </citation>
      <descript>
         <abstract>The TIGER/Line shapefiles and related database files (.dbf) are an extract of selected geographic and cartographic information from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database (MTDB).  The MTDB represents a seamless national file with no overlaps or gaps between parts, however, each TIGER/Line shapefile is designed to stand alone as an independent data set, or they can be combined to cover the entire nation.  Face refers to the areal (polygon) topological primitives that make up MTDB.  A face is bounded by one or more edges; its boundary includes only the edges that separate it from other faces, not any interior edges contained within the area of the face.  The Topological Faces Shapefile contains the attributes of each topological primitive face.  Each face has a unique topological face identifier (TFID) value.  Each face in the shapefile includes the key geographic area codes for almost all geographic areas for which the Census Bureau tabulates data for both the 2010 Census and Census 2000.  The geometries of each of these geographic areas can then be built by dissolving the face geometries on the appropriate key geographic area codes in the Topological Faces Shapefile.</abstract>
         <purpose>In order for others to use the information in the Census MAF/TIGER database in a geographic information system (GIS) or for other geographic applications, the Census Bureau releases to the public extracts of the database in the form of TIGER/Line Shapefiles.</purpose>
      </descript>
      <timeperd>
         <timeinfo>
            <rngdates>
               <begdate>201108</begdate>
               <enddate>201206</enddate>
            </rngdates>
         </timeinfo>
         <current>Publication Date</current>
      </timeperd>
      <status>
         <progress>Complete</progress>
         <update>No changes or updates will be made to this version of the TIGER/Line Shapefiles.  Future releases of TIGER/Line Shapefiles will reflect updates made to the Census MAF/TIGER database.</update>
      </status>
      <spdom>
         <bounding>
            <westbc>-179.231086</westbc>
            <eastbc>179.859681</eastbc>
            <northbc>71.441059</northbc>
            <southbc>-14.601813</southbc>
         </bounding>
      </spdom>
      <keywords>
         <theme>
            <themekt>None</themekt>
            <themekey>County or equivalent entity</themekey>
            <themekey>Table</themekey>
            <themekey>Topological Faces</themekey>
            <themekey>State FIPS Code</themekey>
            <themekey>County FIPS Code</themekey>
            <themekey>Census Tract Number</themekey>
            <themekey>Block Group</themekey>
            <themekey>Number</themekey>
            <themekey>Tabulation Block Number</themekey>
            <themekey>County Subdivision FIPS Code</themekey>
            <themekey>Sub-minor Civil Division FIPS Code in Puerto Rico</themekey>
            <themekey>FIPS 55 Place Code For All Places</themekey>
            <themekey>Consolidated City FIPS Code</themekey>
            <themekey>Urban Area Code</themekey>
            <themekey>106th congressional district Code</themekey>
            <themekey>108th congressional district Code</themekey>
            <themekey>5 digit ZIP Code Tabulation Area Code</themekey>
            <themekey>3 digit ZIP Code Tabulation Area Code</themekey>
            <themekey>Traffic Analysis Zone Code</themekey>
            <themekey>Voting District Code</themekey>
            <themekey>State Legislative District Upper Chamber Code</themekey>
            <themekey>State Legislative District Lower Chamber Code</themekey>
            <themekey>Legislative Session Year</themekey>
            <themekey>Urban Growth Area Code</themekey>
            <themekey>American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian Areas Census Code</themekey>
            <themekey>Reservation or Off-reservation Trust Land Indicator</themekey>
            <themekey>Alaska Native Regional Corporation FIPS code</themekey>
            <themekey>Tribal Subdivision Code</themekey>
            <themekey>Metropolitan Statistical Area/Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area FIPS Code</themekey>
            <themekey>Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area FIPS Code</themekey>
            <themekey>New England County Metropolitan Area FIPS Code</themekey>
            <themekey>Elementary School District Local Education Agency Code</themekey>
            <themekey>Secondary School District Local Education Agency Code</themekey>
            <themekey>Unified School District Local Education Agency Code</themekey>
            <themekey>1-Percent Public Use Microdata Area Code</themekey>
            <themekey>5-Percent Public Use Microdata Area Code</themekey>
            <themekey>Land/water Flag</themekey>
         </theme>
         <theme>
            <themekt>ISO 19115 Topic Categories</themekt>
            <themekey>Boundaries</themekey>
         </theme>
         <place>
            <placekt>ANSI INCITS 38:2009 (Formerly FIPS 5-2), 
                              ANSI INCITS 31:2009 (Formerly FIPS 6-4),ANSI 
                              INCITS 454:2009 (Formerly FIPS 8-6), ANSI INCITS 
                              455:2009(Formerly FIPS 9-1), ANSI INCITS 446:2008                           (Geographic Names Information System (GNIS))
</placekt>
            <placeke>
United States
</placeke>
            <placekey>
U.S.
</placekey>
            <placekey>
County or Equivalent Entity
</placekey>
         </place>
      </keywords>
      <accconst>None</accconst>
      <useconst>The TIGER/Line Shapefile products are not copyrighted however TIGER/Line and Census TIGER are registered trademarks of the U.S. Census Bureau.  These products are free to use in a product or publication, however acknowledgement must be given to the U.S. Census Bureau as the source.
The boundary information in the TIGER/Line Shapefiles are for statistical data collection and tabulation purposes only; their depiction and designation for statistical purposes does not constitute a determination of jurisdictional authority or rights of ownership or entitlement and they are not legal land descriptions.Coordinates in the TIGER/Line shapefiles have six implied decimal places, but the positional accuracy of these coordinates is not as great as the six decimal places suggest.</useconst>
      <ptcontac>
         <cntinfo>
            <cntorgp>
               <cntorg>U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, 
                         Geography Division, Geographic Products Branch</cntorg>
            </cntorgp>
            <cntaddr>
               <addrtype>mailing</addrtype>
               <address>4600 Silver Hill Road, Stop 7400</address>
               <city>Washington</city>
               <state>DC</state>
               <postal>DC</postal>
               <country>20233-7400</country>
            </cntaddr>
            <cntvoice>301-763-1128</cntvoice>
            <cntfax>301-763-4710</cntfax>
            <cntemail>geo.tiger@census.gov</cntemail>
         </cntinfo>
      </ptcontac>
   </idinfo>
   <spdoinfo>
      <indspref>Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS), ANSI, and feature names.</indspref>
      <direct>Vector</direct>
      <ptvctinf>
         <sdtsterm>
            <sdtstype>G-polygon</sdtstype>
            <ptvctcnt>4788</ptvctcnt>
         </sdtsterm>
      </ptvctinf>
   </spdoinfo>
   <spref>
      <horizsys>
         <geograph>
            <latres>0.000458</latres>
            <longres>0.000458</longres>
            <geogunit>Decimal degrees</geogunit>
         </geograph>
         <geodetic>
            <horizdn>North American Datum of 1983</horizdn>
            <ellips>Geodetic Reference System 80</ellips>
            <semiaxis>6378137</semiaxis>
            <denflat>298.257</denflat>
         </geodetic>
      </horizsys>
   </spref>
   <distinfo>
      <distrib>
         <cntinfo>
            <cntorgp>
               <cntorg>U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, Geographic Products Branch</cntorg>
            </cntorgp>
            <cntaddr>
               <addrtype>mailing</addrtype>
               <address>4600 Silver Hill Road, Stop 7400</address>
               <city>Washington</city>
               <state>DC</state>
               <postal>20233-7400</postal>
               <country>United States</country>
            </cntaddr>
            <cntvoice>301-763-1128</cntvoice>
            <cntfax>301-763-4710</cntfax>
            <cntemail>geo.tiger@census.gov</cntemail>
         </cntinfo>
      </distrib>
      <distliab>No warranty, expressed or implied is made with regard to the accuracy of these data, and no liability is assumed by the U.S. Government in general or the U.S. Census Bureau in specific as to the spatial or attribute accuracy of the data.  The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty and no responsibility is assumed by the U.S. government in the use of these files.  The boundary information in the TIGER/Line Shapefiles is for statistical data collection and tabulation purposes only; their depiction and designation for statistical purposes do not constitute a determination of jurisdictional authority or rights of ownership or entitlement and they are not legal land descriptions.</distliab>
      <stdorder>
         <digform>
            <digtinfo>
               <formname>TGRSHP (compressed)</formname>
               <filedec>PK-ZIP, version 1.93 A or higher</filedec>
            </digtinfo>
            <digtopt>
               <onlinopt>
                  <computer>
                     <networka>
                        <networkr>http://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER2012/FACES</networkr>
                     </networka>
                  </computer>
               </onlinopt>
            </digtopt>
         </digform>
         <fees>The online copy of the TIGER/Line files may be accessed without charge.</fees>
         <ordering>To obtain more information about ordering TIGER/Line shapefiles visit http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger </ordering>
      </stdorder>
      <techpreq>The TIGER/Line shapefiles contain geographic data only and do not include display mapping software or statistical data.  For information on how to use the TIGER/Line shapefile data with specific software package users shall contact the company that produced the software.</techpreq>
   </distinfo>
   <metainfo>
      <metd>20120615</metd>
      <metc>
         <cntinfo>
            <cntorgp>
               <cntorg>U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, Geographic Products Branch</cntorg>
            </cntorgp>
            <cntaddr>
               <addrtype>mailing</addrtype>
               <address>4600 Silver Hill Road, Stop 7400</address>
               <city>Washington</city>
               <state>DC</state>
               <postal>20233-7400</postal>
               <country>20233-7400</country>
            </cntaddr>
            <cntvoice>301-763-1128</cntvoice>
            <cntfax>301-763-4710</cntfax>
            <cntemail>geo.tiger@census.gov</cntemail>
         </cntinfo>
      </metc>
      <metstdn>FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata</metstdn>
      <metstdv>FGDC-STD-001-1998</metstdv>
   </metainfo>
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