TIGER/Line Shapefile, 2013, Series Information File for the Current Area Landmark Shapefile State-based Shapefile

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. The Census Bureau includes landmarks in the MTDB for locating special features and to help enumerators during field operations. Some of the more common landmark types include area landmarks such as airports, cemeteries, parks, schools, and churches and other religious institutions. The Census Bureau added landmark features to MTDB on an as-needed basis and made no attempt to ensure that all instances of a particular feature were included. The presence or absence of a landmark such as a hospital or prison does not mean that the living quarters associated with that landmark were geocoded to that census tabulation block or excluded from the census enumeration. The Area Landmark Shapefile does not include military installations or water bodies because they each appear in their own separate shapefiles, MIL.shp and AREAWATER.shp respectively.

Data and Resources

Field Value
access_constraints ["Access Constraints: None", "Use Constraints: The TIGER/Line Shapefile products are not copyrighted however TIGER/Line\n and Census TIGER are registered trademarks of the U.S. Census Bureau. These products are free to use in a product or publication, however acknowledgment\n must be given to the U.S. Census Bureau as the source.\n \n The boundary information in the TIGER/Line Shapefiles are for statistical data collection and tabulation purposes only; their depiction and designation\n for statistical purposes does not constitute a determination of jurisdictional authority or rights of ownership or entitlement and they are not legal land\n descriptions. Coordinates in the TIGER/Line shapefiles have six implied decimal places, but the positional accuracy of these coordinates is not as great as\n the six decimal places suggest.", "Distribution Liability: No warranty, expressed or implied is made with regard to the\n accuracy of these data, and no liability is assumed by the U.S. Government in general or the U.S. Census Bureau in specific as to the spatial or attribute\n accuracy of the data. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty and no responsibility is assumed by the U.S. government in the use\n of these files. The boundary information in the TIGER/Line Shapefiles is for statistical data collection and tabulation purposes only; their depiction\n and designation for statistical purposes do not constitute a determination of jurisdictional authority or rights of ownership or entitlement and they are\n not legal land descriptions."]
bbox-east-long 179.859681
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bbox-south-lat -14.601813
bbox-west-long -179.231086
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contact-email geo.tiger@census.gov
coupled-resource []
dataset-reference-date [{"type": "publication", "value": "2013"}]
frequency-of-update notPlanned
licence []
metadata-date 2013-06-15
metadata-language eng
metadata_type geospatial
progress completed
resource-type dataset
responsible-party [{"name": "U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, Geographic Products Branch", "roles": ["pointofContact"]}]
spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-179.231086, -14.601813], [179.859681, -14.601813], [179.859681, 71.441059], [-179.231086, 71.441059], [-179.231086, -14.601813]]]}
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temporal-extent-begin 2012-06
temporal-extent-end 2013-05
Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
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  • amerigeoss
  • area-landmark
  • ckan
  • geo
  • geoss
  • national
  • north-america
  • polygon
  • state-or-equivalent-entity
  • united-states
  • us
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metadata_created 2025-11-22T13:37:25.667077
metadata_modified 2025-11-22T13:37:25.667081
notes 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. The Census Bureau includes landmarks in the MTDB for locating special features and to help enumerators during field operations. Some of the more common landmark types include area landmarks such as airports, cemeteries, parks, schools, and churches and other religious institutions. The Census Bureau added landmark features to MTDB on an as-needed basis and made no attempt to ensure that all instances of a particular feature were included. The presence or absence of a landmark such as a hospital or prison does not mean that the living quarters associated with that landmark were geocoded to that census tabulation block or excluded from the census enumeration. The Area Landmark Shapefile does not include military installations or water bodies because they each appear in their own separate shapefiles, MIL.shp and AREAWATER.shp respectively.
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title TIGER/Line Shapefile, 2013, Series Information File for the Current Area Landmark Shapefile State-based Shapefile