TIGER/Line Shapefile, 2014, county, Guadalupe County, TX, Topological Faces (Polygons With All Geocodes) County-based Shapefile

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. 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 Topological Faces Shapefile contains the attributes of each topological primitive face. Each face has a unique topological face identifier (TFID) value. Each face in the shapefile includes the key geographic area codes for all geographic areas for which the Census Bureau tabulates data for both the 2010 Census and the annual estimates and surveys. The geometries of each of these geographic areas can then be built by dissolving the face geometries on the appropriate key geographic area codes in the Topological Faces Shapefile.
Citation
Title TIGER/Line Shapefile, 2014, county, Guadalupe County, TX, Topological Faces (Polygons With All Geocodes) County-based Shapefile
publication  Date   2014
Edition 2014
Topic Category:  boundaries
Keywords:
Theme keywords (theme):
County or equivalent entity
Table
Topological Faces
State FIPS Code
County FIPS Code
Census Tract Number
Block Group
Number
Tabulation Block Number
County Subdivision FIPS Code
SubMinor Civil Division FIPS Code in Puerto Rico
FIPS Place Code For All Places
Consolidated City FIPS Code
Urban Area Code
114th congressional district Code
5 digit ZIP Code Tabulation Area Code
State Legislative District Upper Chamber Code
State Legislative District Lower Chamber Code
Legislative Session Year
Urban Growth Area Code
American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian Areas Census Code
Rreservation or Off-reservation Trust Land Indicator
Alaska Native Regional Corporation FIPS code
Tribal Subdivision Code
Metropolitan Statistical Area/Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area FIPS Code
Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area FIPS Code
New England County Metropolitan Area FIPS Code
Elementary School District Local Education Agency Code
Secondary School District Local Education Agency Code
Unified School District Local Education Agency Code
Public Use Microdata Area CodeLand/water Flag
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Title None
Location keywords:
United States
U.S.
County or Equivalent Entity
Guadalupe
48187
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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))
Theme keywords (theme):
Survey
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Title Activity > Observation
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Theme keywords (theme):
Group
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Title Material > Chemical
publication  Date   2016-11-14
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Theme keywords (theme):
Consolidated
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Title Material > Environmental Material
publication  Date   2016-11-14
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Theme keywords (theme):
Geography
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Title Science Domain > Earth Science
publication  Date   2016-11-14
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced at Mon Nov 14 02:13:12 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 Shapefiles.
Resource language:  eng
Character set encoding of resource:  8859part1
Resource Maintenance Information
maintenance or update frequency:  notPlanned
Constraints on resource usage:
Legal Constraints
Access Constraints  otherRestrictions
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. 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.
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.
Resource extent
Geographic Extent
Geographic Bounding Box
westBoundLongitude  -98.312058
eastBoundLongitude  -97.630985
northBoundLatitude  29.858208
southBoundLatitude  29.36533
Temporal Extent
Publication Date 2013-06 2014-05
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Vector spatial representation information

Geometric Objects
geometric Object Type  complex
geometric Object Count  11298
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Content information: feature catalog description

Included With Dataset  true
Feature Types  Topological Faces (Polygons With All Geocodes) County-based
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Reference system information

Reference System Identifier
Identifier string: 
Identifier code space:  Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS), Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), and feature names.
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Scope of quality information
scope level  dataset
Resource lineage description
Processing Step
date and time 2014-01-01T00:00:00
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 MAF/TIGER
revision  Date   2014
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.
Digital Transfer Options
Linkage for online resource
URL: http://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER2014/FACES/tl_2014_48187_faces.zip

Metadata data stamp:  2014-06-01
Resource Maintenance Information
maintenance or update frequency:  notPlanned
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_48187_faces.shp.xml
'Parent' metadata record identifier:  TIGER/Line Shapefile, 2014, Series Information for the Topological Faces (Polygons With All Geocodes) County-based Shapefile
URI for dataset described: > http://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER2014/FACES/tl_2014_48187_faces.zip

Metadata record format is ISO19139-2 XML (MI_Metadata)