Overview_Description:
Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: All TIGER/Line files contain data describing three major types of features/entities; Line Features: 1) Roads, 2) Railroads, 3) Hydrography, 4) Miscellaneous transportation features and selected power lines and pipe lines, 5) Political and statistical boundaries Landmark Features: 1) Point landmarks, e.g., schools and churche, 2) Area landmarks, e.g., Parks and cemeteries, 3) Key geographic locations (KGLs), e.g., shopping centers and factories. Polygon features: 1) Geographic entity codes for areas used to tabulate the Census 2000 census statistical data and 2000 geographic areas, 2) Locations of area landmarks, 3) Locations of KGLs The line features and polygon information form the majority of data in the TIGER/Line files. Some of the data/attributes describing the lines include coordinates, feature identifiers (names), CFCCs (used to identify the most noticeable characteristic of a feature), address ranges, and geographic entity codes. The TIGER/Line files contain point and area labels that describe landmark features and provide locational reference. Area landmarks consist of a feature name or label and feature type assigned to a polygon or group of polygons. Landmarks may overlap or refer to the same set of polygons. The Census TIGER data base uses collections of spatial objects (points, lines, and polygons) to model or describe real-world geography. The Census Bureau uses these spatial objects to represent features such as streets, rivers, and political boundaries and assigns attributes to these features to identify and describe specific features.
Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: More Entity and Attribute Information can be found in "Chapter 5" and "Chapter 6" in the U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line files, Census 2000 Technical Documentation, which is available at: <
https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/maps-data/data/tiger/tiger2k/tiger2k.pdf>. The TIGER/Line documentation defines the terms and definitions used within the files.