U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau,Geography Division 2005 2004 Second Edition vector digital data TIGER/Line Files Each file contains a version code that uniquely identifies each specific release of a version of the TIGER/Line files. The version code (MMYY) represents the month and year that the data in the file was extracted from the TIGER database. This is a test, just a test http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger The 2004 Second Edition TIGER/Line files are an extract of selected geographic and cartographic information from the Census TIGER database. The geographic coverage for a single TIGER/Line file is a county or statistical equivalent entity, with the coverage area based on the latest available governmental unit boundaries. The Census TIGER database represents a seamless national file with no overlaps or gaps between parts. However, each county-based TIGER/Line file is designed to stand alone as an independent data set or the files can be combined to cover the whole Nation. The 2004 Second Edition TIGER/Line files consist of line segments representing physical features and governmental and statistical boundaries. The files contain information distributed over a series of record types for the spatial objects of a county. There are 19 record types, including the basic data record, the shape coordinate points, and geographic codes that can be used with appropriate software to prepare maps. Other geographic information contained in the files includes attributes such as feature identifiers/census feature class codes (CFCC) used to differentiate feature types, address ranges and ZIP Codes ,codes for legal and statistical entities, latitude/longitude coordinates of linear and point features, landmark point features, area landmarks, and area boundaries. In order for others to use the information in the Census 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 files. North Carolina, Iredell County Test Test The TIGER/Line data are not in a mapping projection even though most of the features were scanned directly from source maps that were in a projection. To find out more about TIGER/Line files and other Census TIGER database derived data sets visit http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger. 200501 200502 2004 Complete TIGER/Line files are extracted from the Census TIGER database twice a year or when needed for geographic programs required to support the census and survey programs of the U.S. Census Bureau. No changes or updates will be made to the 2004 Second Edition TIGER/Line files. Future releases of TIGER/Line files will reflect updates made to the Census TIGER database and will be released under a version numbering system based on the month and year the data is extracted -81.112888 -80.692698 36.057878 35.487699 30.2,-88.5,35.0,-88.3,35.0,-84.8,31,-84.8,30.2,-88.5 38.703651, -75.1912, 38.216366 FGDC Framework Themes FWGOVERNMENTALUNITS FWTRANSPORTATION FWROADS ISO 19115 Topic Categories Boundaries None Linear Feature Feature Identifier Census Feature Class Code (CFCC) Address Range Geographic Entity Point Node Landmark Feature Legal Boundary Statistical Boundary Legal Entity Statistical Entity Polygon State or Equivalent Entity County or Equivalent Entity TIGER/Line Topology Street Centerline Latitude/Longitude ZCTA Zip Code Tabulation Area Urban Area Urbanized Area Urban Cluster Congressional District Combined Statistical Area Micropolitan Statistical Area Metropolitan Statistical Area Metropolitan Division New England City and Town Area Combined New England City and Town Area New England City and Town Area Division Metropolitan District Core Based Statistical Area Metropolitan Area Vector TIGER/Line Identification Number(TLID) TIGER Zero-Cell ID (TZID) Street Segment Coordinate Geographic Code Internal Point County Subdivision Sub-Minor Civil Division Place American Indian Area Alaska Native Area Hawaiian Home Land Census Tract Block Group Census Block State Legislative District Voting District Public Use Microdata Area (PUMA) School District Boundary Two Themes Two three four FIPS Publication 5-2, FIPS Publication 6-4,FIPS Publication 8-6, FIPS Publication 9-1, FIPS Publication 55-3 United States State or Equivalent Entity Ohio OH County or Equivalent Entity Wayne County 39169 None Acknowledgment of the U.S. Census Bureau would be appreciated for products derived from these files. TIGER, TIGER/Line, and Census TIGER are registered trademarks of the U.S. Census Bureau. ZCTA is a trademark of the U.S. Census Bureau. The boundary information in the TIGER/Line files are for statistical data collection and tabulation purposes only; their depiction and designation for statistical purposes does not constitue a determination of jurisdictional authority or rights of ownership or entitlement and they are not legal land descriptions. The horizontal spatial accuracy information present in these files is provided for the purposes of statistical analysis and census operations only. No warranty, expressed or implied is made with regard to the accuracy of the spatial accuracy, and no liability is assumed by the U.S. Government in general or the U.S. Census Bureau, specifically as to the spatial or attribute accuracy of the data. The TIGER/Line may not be suitable for high-precision measurement applications such as engineering problems, property transfers, or other uses that might require highly accurate measurements of the earth's surface. Coordinates in the TIGER/Line files have six implied decimal places, but the positional accuracy of these coordinates is not as great as the six decimal places suggest. None U.S. Department of Commerce,U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, Geographic Products Management Branch mailing

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Washington DC 20233-7400 United States 301-763-1128 301-457-4710 tiger@census.gov http://www.census.gov/geo/www/geodiagram.pdf A graphic explanation of the Census Bureau's Legal and Statistical Geogrpahic Entities and how they relate to one another PDF 8859part1 eng The Spatial files used to produce the map were first generalized and processed in ArcInfo Workstation 8.01 U.S Census Bureau, Geography Division, Catographic Products Management Branch 20040721 http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/bg20000.html Accurate against Federal information Processing Standards (FIPS), FIPS Publication 6-4, and FIPS-55 at the 100 percent level for the codes and base names. The remaining attribute information has been examined but has not been fully tested for accuracy. The feature network of lines (as represented by Record Types 1 and 2) is complete for census purposes. Spatial objects in TIGER/Line belong to the "Geometry and Topology" (GT) class of objects in the "Spatial Data Transfer Standard" (SDTS) FIPS Publication 173 and are topologically valid. Node/geometry and topology GT-polygon/chain relationships are collected or generated to satisfy topological edit requirements. These requirements include: (1) Complete chains must begin and end at nodes.(2) Complete chains must connect to each other at nodes. (3) Complete chains do not extend through nodes.(4) Left and right GT-polygons are defined for each complete chain element and are consistent throughout the extract process. (5) The chains representing the limits of the files are free of gaps. The Census Bureau performed automated tests to ensure logical consistency and limits of files. All polygons are tested for closure. The Census Bureau uses its internally developed Geographic Update System to enhance and modify spatial and attribute data in the Census TIGER database. Standard geographic codes, such as FIPS codes for states, counties, municipalities, county subdivisions, places, American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian areas, and congressional districts are used when encoding spatial entities. The Census Bureau performed spatial data tests for logical consistency of the codes during the compilation of the original Census TIGER database files. Most of the codes for all geographic entities except states, counties, and congressional districts were provided to the Census Bureau by the USGS, the agency responsible for maintaining FIPS 55. Feature attribute information has been examined but has not been fully tested for consistency. Data completeness of the TIGER/Line files reflects the contents of the Census TIGER database at the time the TIGER/Line files (2004 Second Edition version) were created. The Census Bureau uses Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinates at road centerline intersections to evaluate the horizontal spatial accuracy of source files that may be used to realign road features in the TIGER database and test the horizontal spatial accuracy of the road features in the TIGER/Line files. The test compares a survey-grade GPS coordinate to its associated road centerline intersection in the TIGER file. The test is based upon an independent collection of GPS coordinates for a random sample of road intersections from a centerline file that meet certain criteria. The points are referred to as the sample points and are gathered through a private contractor working for the Census Bureau. Since the collection method uses survey-quality GPS-based field techniques, the resulting control points are considered "ground truth" against which the TIGER road centerline intersection coordinates are compared. The distances between the coordinates are calculated and the Census Bureau determines the Circular Error 95% (CE95). That is, the accuracy of the file in meters with 95% confidence. The CE95 can be calculated from the mean and standard deviation by using the formula: mean of differences plus (2.65 times the standard deviation). CE95 results reported for each file tested are determined using a spreadsheet with embedded statistical formula. The use and applicability of the spreadsheet and its embedded formula have been verified by Census Bureau statisticians. The basis of the calculation is the use of the root mean square error (RMSE). This is the method as stated in the U.S. Government's Federal Geographic Data Committee Standard FGDC-STD-007.3-1998, Geospatial Positioning Accuracy Standards. Part 3: National Standard for Spatial Data Accuracy. The results of using this measure of accuracy are in compliance with Federal Spatial Data requirements. In terms of the Census Bureau application, the dataset coordinate values are those taken from the centerline file and the coordinate values from an independent source of higher accuracy are those acquired through the Census Bureau's contractor. Please note that the horizontal spatial accuracy, where reported, refers only to the realigned road features identified as matched to the positionally accurate source file with that accuracy. It is not the spatial accuracy of the TIGER/Line file as a whole. 193.520 meters for 0 The Census Bureau uses root mean square error (RSME)as stated in the FGDC-STD-007.3-1998, Geospatial Positioning Accuracy Standards, Part 3: National Standard for Spatial Data Accuracy. 4.146 meters for 261 The Census Bureau uses root mean square error (RSME)as stated in the FGDC-STD-007.3-1998, Geospatial Positioning Accuracy Standards, Part 3: National Standard for Spatial Data Accuracy. 11: U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau,Geography Division 11: Unpublished material 11: On Line 11: 200408 11: 200502 11:Date the file was made available to create TIGER/Line extracts. 11:TIGER 11: Selected geographic and cartographic information(line segments) from the Census TIGER database. 22: 261, Cabarrus County 22: Unknown 22: CD-ROM 22: Unknown 22: Unknown 22: Unknown 22: None 22: Coordinates to realign selected road features in the Census TIGER database. 33: 261, Cabarrus County 33: 20010201 33: CD-ROM 33: 20010201 33:20010201 33: Publication Date 33: None 33: Coordinates to realign selected hydrographic features in the Census TIGER database. 2 In order for others to use the information in the Census TIGER database in a GIS or for other geographic applications, the Census Bureau releases periodic extracts of selected information from the Census TIGER database, organized as topologically consistent networks. Software (TIGER DB routines) written by the Geography Division allows for efficient access to Census TIGER system data. TIGER/Line files are extracted from the Census TIGER database by county or statistical equivalent area. Census TIGER data for a given county or statistical equivalent area is then distributed among 19 fixed length record ASCII files, each one containing attributes for either line, polygon,or landmark geographic data types. The Census Bureau has released various versions of the TIGER/Line files since 1988, with each version having more updates (feature and feature names, address ranges and ZIP Codes, coordinate updates, revised field definitions, etc.) than the previous version. 2 Census TIGER database 2005 2 BAS20040831 Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) and feature names. Vector Node, network 23587 Entity point 5 Complete chain 17786 GT-polygon composed of chains 5830 Universal Transverse Mercator 18 Transverse Mercator 1.0000591525 -96.000000 37.50000 0 525 coordinate pair .082 .082 meters North American Datum of 1983 in the 48 contiguous states, the District of Columbia, Alaska, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands of the United States. Regional datums were used in Hawaii and the Pacific Island Areas (American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands) Geodetic Reference System 80 where the datum is the North American Datum of 1983 6378137 298257 1: Primary Highway with Limited Access 1:Interstate highways and some toll highways are in this category (A1) and are distinguished by the presence of interchanges 1: 2003 TIGER/Line files Technical Documentation 2: Primary Highway with Limited Access 2:Interstate highways and some toll highways are in this category (A1) and are distinguished by the presence of interchanges 2: 2003 TIGER/Line files Technical Documentation 11: Census Feature Class Codes 11: 2003 TIGER\Line Files Technical Documentation 11: 2003 TIGER/Line Files Technical Documentation 12; Census Feature Class Codes 12; 2003 TIGER\Line Files Technical Documentation 12; 2003 TIGER/Line Files Technical Documentation 21; Census Feature Class Codes 21; 2003 TIGER\Line Files Technical Documentation 21; 2003 TIGER/Line Files Technical Documentation 22; Census Feature Class Codes 22; 2003 TIGER\Line Files Technical Documentation 22; 2003 TIGER/Line Files Technical Documentation 111: A25 111: Primary road without limited access, U.S highways, seperated 111: 2003 TIGER/Line Files Technical Documentation 112: A25 112: Primary road without limited access, U.S highways, seperated 112: 2003 TIGER/Line Files Technical Documentation 121: A25 121: Primary road without limited access, U.S highways, seperated 121: 2003 TIGER/Line Files Technical Documentation 122: A25 122: Primary road without limited access, U.S highways, seperated 122: 2003 TIGER/Line Files Technical Documentation 211: A25 211: Primary road without limited access, U.S highways, seperated 211: 2003 TIGER/Line Files Technical Documentation 222: A25-two 222: Two: Primary road without limited access, U.S highways, seperated 222: Two: 2003 TIGER/Line Files Technical Documentation 111: 25 111: 100 111: meters 112: 25 112: 100 112: meters 121: 25 121: 100 121: meters 122: 25 122: 100 122: meters 211: 25 211:: 100 211: meters 222: 25 222:: 100 222: meters 111: FIPS PUB6-4 Counties and Equivalent Entities of the United States, its Possessions, and Associated Areas 111: The Secretary of Commerce 112: FIPS PUB6-4 Counties and Equivalent Entities of the United States, its Possessions, and Associated Areas 112: The Secretary of Commerce --> 121: FIPS PUB6-4 Counties and Equivalent Entities of the United States, its Possessions, and Associated Areas 121: The Secretary of Commerce 122: FIPS PUB6-4 Counties and Equivalent Entities of the United States, its Possessions, and Associated Areas 122: The Secretary of Commerce --> 211: FIPS PUB6-4 Counties and Equivalent Entities of the United States, its Possessions, and Associated Areas 211: The Secretary of Commerce 222: FIPS PUB6-4 Counties and Equivalent Entities of the United States, its Possessions, and Associated Areas 222: The Secretary of Commerce 111: whatever 112: whatever 121: whatever The TIGER/Line files contain data describing three major types of features/entities; Line Features - (1) Roads (2) Railroads (3) Hydrography (4) Miscellaneous transportation features and selected power lines and pipe lines (5) Legal (governmental unit) and statistical boundaries. Landmark Features - (1) Point landmarks, e.g., schools and churches; sporadic coverage added on an as-needed basis (2) Area landmarks, e.g., Parks and cemeteries; sporadic coverage added on an as-needed basis. Polygon features - (1) Geographic entity codes for areas used to tabulate the Census 2000 census statistical data and governmental unit boundaries legally in effect as of the latest Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS) (2) Locations of area landmarks. The line features and polygon information form the majority of data in the TIGER/Line files. Some of the data/attributes describing the lines include coordinates, feature identifiers (names), CFCCs (used to identify the most noticeable characteristic of a feature), address ranges, and geographic entity codes. The Census Bureau includes landmark features on an as-needed-basis and has made no attempt to ensure that all instances of a particular landmark feature were included. The TIGER/Line files contain point and area labels that describe landmark features and provide locational reference. Area landmarks consist of a feature name or label and feature Landmarks may overlap or refer to the same set of polygons. The Census TIGER database uses collections of spatial objects (points, lines, and polygons) to model or describe real-world geography. The Census Bureau uses these spatial objects to represent features such as streets, rivers, and political boundaries and assigns attributes to these features to identify and describe specific features such as the 500 block of Market Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. U.S. Census Bureau, TIGER/Line files, 2004 Second Edition Technical Documentation. The TIGER/Line documentation defines the terms and definitions used within the files. U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau,Geography Division, Geographic Products Management Branch mailing

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Washington DC 20233-7400 USA 301-763-1128 301-457-4710 tiger@census.gov 2004 Second Edition TIGER/Line Files 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 files 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. TGRLN (compressed) PK-ZIP, version 1.93A or higher 5505050 http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger The online copy of the TIGER/Line files may be accessed without charge. See http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger for information on availability on CD-ROM/DVD and associated costs for these products. To obtain more information about ordering TIGER/Line files visit http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger. The TIGER/Line files contain geographic data only and do not include display or mapping software or statistical data. For information on how to use the TIGER/Line data with a specific software package users should contact the company that produced the software. A list of some vendors who have developed software capable of processing TIGER/Line files can be found by visiting http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger. The TIGER/Line files are provided in ASCII text format only. Users are responsible for converting or translating the files into a format used by their specific software package. 20050112 U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau,Geography Division, Geographic Products Management Branch mailing

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