Name: TIGER/Line Shapefile, 2015, nation, U.S., Current Combined Statistical Area (CSA) National Shapefile
Published: 2015

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. Combined Statistical Areas (CSAs) are defined by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and consist of two or more adjacent Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs) that have significant employment interchanges. The CBSAs that combine to create a CSA retain separate identities within the larger CSA. Because CSAs represent groupings of CBSAs, they should not be ranked or compared with individual CBSAs. The CSA boundaries are those defined by OMB based on the 2010 Census and published in 2013.

Citation

Title TIGER/Line Shapefile, 2015, nation, U.S., Current Combined Statistical Area (CSA) National Shapefile
alternateTitle National Geospatial Data Asset (NGDA) Current Combined Statistical Area (CSA)
publication Date 2015

Edition 2015

Topic Category: boundaries

Keywords:

Theme keywords ( theme ):

NGDA

Governmental Units and Administrative and Statistical Boundaries Theme

National Geospatial Data Asset

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Title NGDA Portfolio Themes
revision Date 2010-02-01

other Citation Details http://www.fgdc.gov/initiatives/resources/2013-2-1-ngda-data-themes-fgdc-sc-revised.pdf

Theme keywords ( theme ):

Nation

Polygon

Combined Statistical Area

CSA

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Title None

Location keywords:

United States

U.S.

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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))

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.

Browse image (thumbnail):

thumbnail file name:

file type: URL for a web mapping service

thumbnail file description: URL for the TigerWeb Web Mapping Service

Resource language: eng

Character set encoding of resource: utf8

Resource progress code: completed

Resource Maintenance Information

maintenance or update frequency: notPlanned

Constraints on resource usage:

Legal Constraints

Access Constraints otherRestrictions
use constraint: otherRestrictions
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Spatial representation type code: vector

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.

Spatial resolution:

representative resolution scale:

Scale denominator: 18489298

Resource extent

Geographic Bounding Box

westBoundLongitude -179.231086

eastBoundLongitude 179.859681

northBoundLatitude 71.441059

southBoundLatitude -14.601813
Temporal Extent

Vector spatial representation information

Geometric Objects

geometric Object Type complex
geometric Object Count 169

Content information: feature catalog description

Included With Dataset true
Feature Types Current Combined Statistical Area (CSA)

Reference system information

Reference System Identifier

Data quality information

Scope of quality information

scope level dataset

Resource lineage description

Processing Step

date and time 2015-01-01T00:00:00

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 description online

source citation

Title Census MAF/TIGER database
alternateTitle MAF/TIGER
Publication Date Date 201505

other Citation Details Source Contribution: All line segments

cited responsible party - originator

organisation Name U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division

Completeness Commission

Completeness Omission

evaluation Method Description Data completeness of the TIGER/Line Shapefiles reflects the contents of the Census MAF/TIGER database at the time the TIGER/Line Shapefiles were created.

ConceptualConsistency

measure Description The Census Bureau performed automated tests to ensure logical consistency and limits of shapefiles. Segments making up the outer and inner boundaries of a polygon tie end-to-end to completely enclose the area. 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 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 the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). Feature attribute information has been examined but has not been fully tested for consistency. For the TIGER/Line Shapefiles, the Point and Vector Object Count for the G-polygon SDTS Point and Vector Object Type reflects the number of records in the shapefile attribute table. For multi-polygon features, only one attribute record exists for each multi-polygon rather than one attribute record per individual G-polygon component of the multi-polygon feature. TIGER/Line Shapefile multi-polygons are an exception to the G-polygon object type classification. Therefore, when multi-polygons exist in a shapefile, the object count will be less than the actual number of G-polygons.

Resource distribution information

Distributor

Standard ordering process

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.

Format

Format name HTML
Format version

Digital Transfer Options