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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. After each decennial census, the Census Bureau delineates urban areas that represent densely developed territory,
encompassing residential, commercial, and other nonresidential urban land uses. In general, this territory consists of areas
of high population density and urban land use resulting in a representation of the "urban footprint." There are
two types of urban areas: urbanized areas (UAs) that contain 50,000 or more people and urban clusters (UCs) that contain at
least 2,500 people, but fewer than 50,000 people (except in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam which each contain urban clusters
with populations greater than 50,000). Each urban area is identified by a 5-character numeric census code that may contain
leading zeroes.; 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. After each decennial census, the Census Bureau delineates urban areas that represent densely developed
territory, encompassing residential, commercial, and other nonresidential urban land uses. In general, this territory consists
of areas of high population density and urban land use resulting in a representation of the "urban footprint." There
are two types of urban areas: urbanized areas (UAs) that contain 50,000 or more people and urban clusters (UCs) that contain
at least 2,500 people, but fewer than 50,000 people (except in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam which each contain urban clusters
with populations greater than 50,000). Each urban area is identified by a 5-character numeric census code that may contain
leading zeroes.
Citation
- Title TIGER/Line Shapefile, 2017, 2010 nation, U.S., 2010 Census Urban Area National.
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- creation Date
2017-12-04T20:01:30.647136
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2018-08-06T19:35:25Z
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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 2018-08-06T19:35:25Z
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pointOfContact
- 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:8e039c92-a77e-40af-8a0d-130a4943eb9e
Metadata record format is ISO19139 XML (MD_Metadata)