Dataset Identification:
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. The TIGER/Line Files include both incorporated places (legal entities) and census designated places or CDPs (statistical
entities). An incorporated place is established to provide governmental functions for a concentration of people as opposed
to a minor civil division (MCD), which generally is created to provide services or administer an area without regard, necessarily,
to population. Places always nest within a State, but may extend across county and county subdivision boundaries. An incorporated
place usually is a city, town, village, or borough, but can have other legal descriptions. CDPs are delineated for the decennial
census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places. CDPs are delineated to provide data for settled concentrations
of population that are identifiable by name, but are not legally incorporated under the laws of the State in which they are
located. The boundaries for CDPs often are defined in partnership with State, local, and/or tribal officials and usually coincide
with visible features or the boundary of an adjacent incorporated place or another legal entity. CDP boundaries often change
from one decennial census to the next with changes in the settlement pattern and development; a CDP with the same name as
in an earlier census does not necessarily have the same boundary. The only population/housing size requirement for CDPs for
the 2010 Census is that they must contain some housing and population. The boundaries of all 2010 Census incorporated places
are as of January 1, 2010 as reported through the Census Bureau's Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS). The boundaries
of all 2010 Census CDPs were delineated as part of the Census Bureau's Participant Statistical Areas Program (PSAP).;
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 TIGER/Line Files include both incorporated places (legal entities) and census designated places or CDPs (statistical
entities). An incorporated place is established to provide governmental functions for a concentration of people as opposed
to a minor civil division (MCD), which generally is created to provide services or administer an area without regard, necessarily,
to population. Places always nest within a State, but may extend across county and county subdivision boundaries. An incorporated
place usually is a city, town, village, or borough, but can have other legal descriptions. CDPs are delineated for the decennial
census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places. CDPs are delineated to provide data for settled concentrations
of population that are identifiable by name, but are not legally incorporated under the laws of the State in which they are
located. The boundaries for CDPs often are defined in partnership with State, local, and/or tribal officials and usually coincide
with visible features or the boundary of an adjacent incorporated place or another legal entity. CDP boundaries often change
from one decennial census to the next with changes in the settlement pattern and development; a CDP with the same name as
in an earlier census does not necessarily have the same boundary. The only population/housing size requirement for CDPs for
the 2010 Census is that they must contain some housing and population. The boundaries of all 2010 Census incorporated places
are as of January 1, 2010 as reported through the Census Bureau's Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS). The boundaries
of all 2010 Census CDPs were delineated as part of the Census Bureau's Participant Statistical Areas Program (PSAP).
Citation
- Title TIGER/Line Shapefile, 2012, Series Information File for the Current Place State-based Shapefile.
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- creation Date
2015-01-22T16:12:41.052534
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Digital Transfer Options
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- Linkage for online resource
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- name Dublin Core references URL
- URL: http://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER2012/PLACE
- protocol WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
- link function information
- Description URL provided in Dublin Core references element.
Linkage for online resource
- name Dublin Core references URL
- URL: http://www2.census.gov/geo/datadotgov/place
- protocol WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
- link function information
- Description URL provided in Dublin Core references element.
Linkage for online resource
- name Dublin Core references URL
- URL: http://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER2012/PLACE
- protocol WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
- link function information
- Description URL provided in Dublin Core references element.
Metadata data stamp:
2018-08-06T21:51:55Z
Resource Maintenance Information
- maintenance or update frequency:
- 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 2018-08-06T21:51:55Z
Metadata contact
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pointOfContact
- organisation Name
CINERGI Metadata catalog
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- Contact information
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- Address
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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:8df87840-a742-4c6e-9925-c4928414988c
Metadata record format is ISO19139 XML (MD_Metadata)