Geodataset Name:       URBANAREAS
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    Polygon
Feature Count:         40

DATA SOURCE(S):                    U.S. Census Bureau
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     100000
DATE OF AUTOMATION OF SOURCE:      2000
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: URBANAREAS.DBF

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item	Item Description
FID	Internal feature number.
Shape	Feature geometry.
UACODE	Census code for each Urban Area
NAME	Name of Urban Area
AUTOID	Internal ID
AREA	Area from SDE
LEN	Length from SDE

USER NOTES:

This data is provided 'as is'. GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the original data layer's topology

This data is provided 'as is' by GeoPlan and is complete to our knowledge.

GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within the original data.

In order to maintain a current geographic database from which to extract the TIGER/Line files, the U.S. Census Bureau uses various internal and external procedures to update the Census TIGER data base. While it has made a reasonable and systematic attempt to gather the most recent information available about the features this file portrays, the U.S. Census Bureau cautions users that the files are no more complete than the source documents used in their compilation, the vintage of those source documents, and the translation of the information on those source documents. The TIGER/Line files use a single field to identify places that are legal entities, and places that are statistical entities. The FIPS place code uniquely identifies a place within a state. If place names are duplicated within a state and they represent distinctly different areas, a separate code is assigned to each place name alphabetically by primary county in which each place is located, or if both places are in the same county, alphabetically by their legal descriptions (for example, "city" before "village").

The data was created to serve as base information for use in GIS systems for a variety of planning and analytical purposes.

This data is provided 'as is' and its horizontal positional accuracy has not been verified by GeoPlan

This data is provided 'as is' and its vertical positional accuracy has not been verified by GeoPlan

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REFERENCES:

Tiger Overview: http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger Tiger Technical Documentation: http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/rd_2ktiger/tgrrd2k.pdf Tiger Metadata: http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/rd_2ktiger/tlrdmeta.txt

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:

SOURCE DATA PROCESSING PROCEDURES: The TIGER/Line files are extracts, from the Census TIGER (Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing) data base, of selected geographic and cartographic information. The U.S. Census Bureau s Census TIGER System automates the mapping and related geographic activities required to support the decennial census and sample survey programs of the U.S. Census Bureau starting with the 1990 decennial census. They include files for all counties and statistically equivalent entities in the United States and Puerto Rico. The initial sources used to create the Census TIGER data base were the USGS 1:100,000-scale Digital Line Graph (DLG), USGS 1:24,000-scale quadrangles, the U.S. Census Bureau s 1980 geographic base files (GBF/ DIME-Files), and a variety of miscellaneous maps for selected areas outside the contiguous 48 states. The DLG coverage is extensive, albeit of variable currency, and comprises most of the rural, small city, and suburban area of the TIGER/Line files. GBF/DIME-File coverage areas were updated through 1987 with the manual translation of features from the most recent aerial photography available to the U.S. Census Bureau. The U.S. Census Bureau has added to the Census TIGER data base the enumerator updates compiled during the Census 2000 census operations. The updates came from map annotations made by enumerators as they attempted to locate living quarters by traversing every street feature in their assignment area. The U.S. Census Bureau digitized the enumerator updates directly into the Census TIGER data base without geodetic controls or the use of aerial photography to confirm the features locational accuracy. The U.S. Census Bureau also made other corrections and updates to the Census TIGER data base supplied by local participants in various U.S. Census Bureau programs. Local updates originated from map reviews by local government officials or their liaisons and local participants in U.S. Census Bureau programs. Maps were sent participants for use in various census programs, and some maps were returned with update annotations and corrections. The U.S. Census Bureau generally added the updates to the Census TIGER data base without extensive checks. Changes made by local officials do not have geodetic control or coordinate system. Process Date: Unknown ETDM DATA PROCESSING PROCEDURES: -Downloaded Census Block Boundaries from www.geographynetwork.com/data/tiger2000 -Merged counties -Projected to Albers HPGN Process Date: Unknown

MAP PROJECTION PARAMETERS:

Projection                          ALBERS
Datum                               HPGN
Units                               METERS
Spheroid                            GRS1980
1st Standard Parallel               24  0  0.000
2nd Standard Parallel               31 30  0.000
Central Meridian                   -84 00  0.000
Latitude of Projection's Origin     24  0  0.000
False Easting (meters)              400000.00000
False Northing (meters)             0.00000

DATA SOURCE CONTACT (S):

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Abbr. Name:
Address:


Phone:

Web site:
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Contact Person:
         Phone:
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U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census
USCB
8903 Presidential Parkway, WPI
Upper Marlboro, Maryland
20772
(301) 457-1128



tiger@census.gov

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