SeriesCollection_tl_2015_place.shp.iso.xml eng utf8 series 2014-06-01 ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata 2009-02-15 http://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER2015/PLACE Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS), Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), and feature names. Series Information File for the 2015 TIGER/Line Shapefile, Current Place State-based 2015 publication 2015 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. The TIGER/Line shapefiles include both incorporated places (legal entities) and census designated places or CDPs (statistical entities). An incorporated place is established to provide governmental functions for a concentration of people as opposed to a minor civil division (MCD), which generally is created to provide services or administer an area without regard, necessarily, to population. Places always nest within a state, but may extend across county and county subdivision boundaries. An incorporated place usually is a city, town, village, or borough, but can have other legal descriptions. CDPs are delineated for the decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places. CDPs are delineated to provide data for settled concentrations of population that are identifiable by name, but are not legally incorporated under the laws of the state in which they are located. The boundaries for CDPs often are defined in partnership with state, local, and/or tribal officials and usually coincide with visible features or the boundary of an adjacent incorporated place or another legal entity. CDP boundaries often change from one decennial census to the next with changes in the settlement pattern and development; a CDP with the same name as in an earlier census does not necessarily have the same boundary. The only population/housing size requirement for CDPs is that they must contain some housing and population. The boundaries of most incorporated places in this shapefile are as of January 1, 2013, as reported through the Census Bureau's Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS). Limited updates that occurred after January 1, 2013, such as newly incorporated places, are also included. The boundaries of all CDPs were delineated as part of the Census Bureau's Participant Statistical Areas Program (PSAP) for the 2010 Census. 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. notPlanned NGDA Governmental Units and Administrative and Statistical Boundaries Theme National Geospatial Data Asset theme NGDA Portfolio Themes 2010-02-01 revision http://www.fgdc.gov/initiatives/resources/2013-2-1-ngda-data-themes-fgdc-sc-revised.pdf State or equivalent entity Polygon Census Designated Place CDP City Village Town theme None U.S. United States State or Equivalent Entity place 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)) otherRestrictions Access Constraints: None Use Constraints: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. vector eng utf8 boundaries 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. -179.231086 179.859681 -14.601813 71.441059 true Current Place Feature Catalog for the 2015 TIGER/Line Shapefile Current Place State-based 2015 http://meta.geo.census.gov/data/existing/decennial/GEO/GPMB/TIGERline/TIGER2015/place/2015_place.shp.ea.iso.xml TGRSHP (compressed) 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. html The online copy of the TIGER/Line Shapefiles may be accessed without charge. To obtain more information about ordering TIGER/Line Shapefiles visit http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger http://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER2015/PLACE/tl_2015_72_place.zip Shapefile Zip File http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/tiger-line.html TIGER/Line Shapefiles Should be used for most mapping projects--this is our most comprehensive dataset. Designed for use with GIS (geographic information systems). http://meta.geo.census.gov/data/existing/decennial/GEO/GPMB/TIGERline/TIGER2015/place/2015_place.shp.ea.iso.xml Entity and Attribute File for the 2015 Current Place State-based notPlanned This was transformed from the Census Metadata Repository (MRF) Format