TIGER/Line Shapefile, 2014, county, Ellis County, TX, Topological Faces-Area Hydrography County-based Relationship File
Dataset Identification:
Resource 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. The Topological
Faces / Area Hydrography Relationship File (FACESAH.dbf) contains a record for each face / area hydrography feature relationship.
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
face to which a record in the Topological Faces / Area Hydrography Relationship File (FACESAH.dbf) applies can be determined
by linking to the Topological Faces Shapefile (FACES.shp) using the permanent topological face identifier (TFID) attribute.
The area hydrography feature to which a record in the Topological Faces / Area Hydrography Relationship File (FACESAH.dbf)
applies can be determined by linking to the Area Hydrography Shapefile (AREAWATER.shp) using the area hydrography identifier
(HYDROID) attribute. A face may be part of multiple area water features. An area water feature may consist of multiple faces.
Citation
Title TIGER/Line Shapefile, 2014, county, Ellis County, TX, Topological Faces-Area Hydrography County-based Relationship File
Title 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))
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Cinergi keyword enhanced at Mon Nov 14 16:24:52 UTC 2016
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
relationship files.
Resource language:
eng
Character set encoding of resource:
8859part1
Resource Maintenance Information
maintenance or update frequency:
notPlanned
Constraints on resource usage:
Legal Constraints
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use constraint:
otherRestrictions
Other constraints
Access Constraints: None
Other constraints
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.
Processing environment:
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.
description TIGER/Line relationship files are extracted from the Census MAF/TIGER database by county.
source
source description
online
source citation
Title MAF/TIGER
revision Date
2014
Completeness Commission
Completeness Omission
evaluation Method Description
Tabular data has been tested for proper domain and format.
ConceptualConsistency
measure Description
The Census Bureau performed automated tests to ensure logical consistency and limits of relationship files. Tabular data has
been tested for proper domain and format. The Census Bureau uses its internally developed geographic update system to enhance
and modify spatial and attribute data in the Census MAF/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 MAF/TIGER database files. Most of the codes for geographic entities
except states, counties, urban areas, Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs), American Indian Areas (AIAs), and congressional
districts were provided to the Census Bureau by the USGS, the agency responsible for maintaining Geographic Names Information
System (GNIS). Feature attribute information has been examined but has not been fully tested for consistency.
fees The online copy of the TIGER/Line Shapefiles may be accessed without charge.
Ordering Instructions
To obtain more information about ordering TIGER/Line Shapefiles visit http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger
Format
Format name TGRSHP (compressed)
Format version
file Decompression Technique
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.
notes: This was transformed from the Census Metadata Import Format
Metadata scope code
dataset
Metadata language
eng
Metadata character set encoding:
8859part1
Metadata standard for this record:
ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata
standard version:
2009-02-15
Metadata record identifier:
tl_2014_48139_facesah.dbf.xml
'Parent' metadata record identifier:
TIGER/Line Shapefile, 2014, Series Information for the Topological Faces-Area Hydrography County-based Relationship File
URI for dataset described:
> http://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER2014/FACESAH/tl_2014_48139_facesah.zip
Metadata record format is ISO19139-2 XML (MI_Metadata)