Earlier this year the Census Bureau released its TIGER/Line files in shapefile format for the first time. I was just taking a look at the TIGER website to see how the data would work as basemap for some simple projects we are working on. Keep in mind, I know there are other free and not [...]
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Census.gov to release TIGER data in shapefile format
Starting in January 2008, the Census Bureau will begin releasing TIGER spatial data in shapefile format. A revised record layout for the shapefiles and associated relationship files is now available in [PDF] and [TEXT] formats. This document was most recently updated on December 13, 2007. What is TIGER®? The term TIGER® comes from the acronym [...]
