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Resource Abstract:
- description: 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.; 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 Series Information File for the 2017 TIGER/Line Shapefile, Topological Faces (Polygons With All Geocodes) County-based Shapefile.
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- creation Date
2017-11-02T13:18:07.434922
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2018-08-06T19:41:07Z
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- notes: This metadata record was generated by an xslt transformation from a dc metadata record; Transform by Stephen M. Richard, based
on a transform by Damian Ulbricht. Run on 2018-08-06T19:41:07Z
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- organisation Name
CINERGI Metadata catalog
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- electronic Mail Address cinergi@sdsc.edu
Metadata language
eng
Metadata character set encoding:
utf8
Metadata standard for this record:
ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
standard version:
2007
Metadata record identifier:
urn:dciso:metadataabout:b9044655-828c-4766-81c4-78cd52256f75
Metadata record format is ISO19139 XML (MD_Metadata)