TIGER/Line Shapefile, 2015, Series Information for the Feature Names County-based Relationship File

Description

The MTDB represents a seamless national file with no overlaps or gaps between parts, however, each TIGER/Line File is designed to stand alone as an independent data set, or they can be combined to cover the entire nation. The Feature Names Relationship File (FEATNAMES.dbf) contains a record for each feature name and any attributes associated with it. Each feature name can be linked to the corresponding edges that make up that feature in the All Lines Shapefile (EDGES.shp), where applicable to the corresponding address range or ranges in the Address Ranges Relationship File (ADDR.dbf), or to both files. Although this file includes feature names for all linear features, not just road features, the primary purpose of this relationship file is to identify all street names associated with each address range. An edge can have several feature names; an address range located on an edge can be associated with one or any combination of the available feature names (an address range can be linked to multiple feature names). The address range is identified by the address range identifier (ARID) attribute, which can be used to link to the Address Ranges Relationship File (ADDR.dbf). The linear feature is identified by the linear feature identifier (LINEARID) attribute, which can be used to relate the address range back to the name attributes of the feature in the Feature Names Relationship File or to the feature record in the Primary Roads, Primary and Secondary Roads, or All Roads Shapefiles. The edge to which a feature name applies can be determined by linking the feature name record to the All Lines Shapefile (EDGES.shp) using the permanent edge identifier (TLID) attribute. The address range identifier(s) (ARID) for a specific linear feature can be found by using the linear feature identifier (LINEARID) from the Feature Names Relationship File (FEATNAMES.dbf) through the Address Range / Feature Name Relationship File (ADDRFN.dbf). 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.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 Should be used for most mapping projects--this is our most comprehensive dataset. Designed for use with GIS (geographic information systems). http://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER2015/FEATNAMES
33 TGRSHP2015_TechDoc.pdf https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/maps-data/data/tiger/tgrshp2015/TGRSHP2015_TechDoc.pdf
55 tl_2015_featnames.dbf.ea.iso.xml http://meta.geo.census.gov/data/existing/decennial/GEO/GPMB/TIGERline/TIGER2015/featnames/tl_2015_featnames.dbf.ea.iso.xml
21 Should be used for most mapping projects--this is our most comprehensive dataset. Designed for use with GIS (geographic information systems). http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/tiger-line.html

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  • maftiger feature class code
  • prefix direction code
  • feature names
  • suffix type code
  • table
  • united states
  • county fips code
  • suffix direction code
  • county or equivalent entity
  • suffix qualifier code
  • prefix qualifier code
  • permanent edge id
  • prefix type code description
  • state fips code
  • county gnis code
  • name
  • state gnis code
  • primaryalternate code
  • u.s.

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