The TIGER/Line Files are shapefiles and related database files (.dbf) that 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 File is designed to stand alone as an independent data set, or they can be combined to cover the entire nation.
The Census Bureau includes landmarks in the MTDB for locating special features and to help enumerators during field operations.
Some of the more common landmark types include area landmarks such as airports, cemeteries, parks, mountain peaks/summits,
schools, and churches and other religious institutions. The Census Bureau has added landmark features to MTDB on an as-needed
basis and made no attempt to ensure that all instances of a particular feature were included. The presence or absence of a
landmark such as a hospital or prison does not mean that the living quarters associated with that landmark were geocoded to
that census tabulation block or excluded from the census enumeration.
Citation
Title Mora County Current Point Landmarks
publication Date
2011-06-06T15:00:59
cited responsible party
-
originator
organisation Name
U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division
Title INCITS.38-200x (R2004),INCITS.31-200x (R2007),INCITS.454-200x,INCITS 455-200x,INCITS 446-2008
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.
Resource language:
eng; USA
Resource progress code:
complete
Resource Maintenance Information
maintenance or update frequency:
unknown
Constraints on resource usage:
Legal Constraints
Access Constraints
otherRestrictions
use constraint:
otherRestrictions
Other constraints
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 point landmark information in the TIGER/Line Shapefiles
are for statistical data collection purposes only.
Spatial representation type code:
vector
Resource extent
Geographic Extent
Geographic Bounding Box
westBoundLongitude
-105.602222
eastBoundLongitude
-104.408315
northBoundLatitude
36.241702
southBoundLatitude
35.771986
Temporal Extent
publication date
2010-01-01
2010-07-01
point of contact
-
pointOfContact
organisation Name
Earth Data Analysis Center
position Name RGIS Clearinghouse Manager
Contact information
Telephone
Voice (505) 277-3622
Fax (505) 277-3614
Address
MSC01 11101 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131-0001
Country USA
Title North American Datum of 1983 in the 48 contiguous states, the District of Columbia, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Virgin
Islands of the United States, and the Pacific Island Areas.
description TIGER/Line Shapefiles are extracted from the Census MAF/TIGER database by nation, state, county, and entity. Census MAF/TIGER
data for all of the aforementioned geographic entities are then distributed among the shapefiles each containing attributes
for line, polygon, or landmark geographic data.
source
source citation
Title MAF/TIGER
source
source description
The selected geographic and cartographic information are derived from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File Topologically
Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) database.
representative resolution scale:
Scale denominator:
source citation
Title Census MAF/TIGER database
alternateTitle
MAF/TIGER
cited responsible party
-
resourceProvider
organisation Name
U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division
Resource extent
Temporal Extent
publication date
2010-01-01
2010-07-01
Completeness Commission
ConceptualConsistency
measure Description
The Census Bureau performed automated tests to ensure logical consistency of all entity points that identify the location
of a point landmark.