Dataset Identification:

Resource Abstract:
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 All Roads Shapefile includes all features within the MTDB Super Class "Road/Path Features" distinguished where the MAF/TIGER Feature Classification Code (MTFCC) for the feature in MTDB that begins with "S". This includes all primary, secondary, local neighborhood, and rural roads, city streets, vehicular trails (4wd), ramps, service drives, alleys, parking lot roads, private roads for service vehicles (logging, oil fields, ranches, etc.), bike paths or trails, bridle/horse paths, walkways/pedestrian trails, and stairways.
Citation
Title TIGER/Line Shapefile, 2012, county, Ohio County, WV, All Roads County-based Shapefile
publication  Date   2012-01-01
Edition 2012
presentationForm  mapDigital
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division
cited responsible party -
organisation Name
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
URL:http://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER2012/ROADS/tl_2012_54069_roads.zip
Theme keywords (theme):
County or equivalent entity
Linear Feature
Address Range
Street Centerline
Road Feature
Roads
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Title None
Location keywords:
United States
U.S.
County or Equivalent Entity
Ohio
54069
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Title ANSI INCITS 38:2009 (Formerly FIPS 5-2), ANSI INCITS 31:2009 (Formerly FIPS 6-4),ANSI INCITS 454:2009 (Formerly FIPS 8-6), ANSI INCITS 455:2009(Formerly FIPS 9-1), ANSI INCITS 446:2008 (Geographic Names Information System (GNIS))
Theme keywords (theme):
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Title Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) Corporate Names
publication  Date   2016-11-14
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced at Mon Nov 14 23:08:38 UTC 2016
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Title Feature > Environmental Feature
publication  Date   2016-11-14
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced at Mon Nov 14 23:08:38 UTC 2016
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Title Science Domain > Earth Science
publication  Date   2016-11-14
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced at Mon Nov 14 23:08:38 UTC 2016
purpose:
In order for others to use the information in the Census MAF/TIGER database in a geographic information system (GIS) or for other geographic applications, the Census Bureau releases to the public extracts of the database in the form of TIGER/Line Shapefiles.
Resource language:  eng; USA
Resource progress code:  completed
Resource Maintenance Information
maintenance or update frequency:  NO CHANGES OR UPDATES WILL BE MADE TO THIS VERSION OF THE TIGER/LINE SHAPEFILES. FUTURE RELEASES OF TIGER/LINE SHAPEFILES WILL REFLECT UPDATES MADE TO THE CENSUS MAF/TIGER DATABASE.
Constraints on resource usage:
Constraints
Use limitation statement:
No warranty, expressed or implied is made with regard to the 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 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 of these files. The boundary information in the TIGER/Line Shapefiles is for statistical data collection and tabulation purposes only; their depiction and designation for statistical purposes do not constitute a determination of jurisdictional authority or rights of ownership or entitlement and they are not legal land descriptions.
Constraints on resource usage:
Legal Constraints
use constraint:  otherRestrictions
Other constraints
Use Constraints: The TIGER/Line Shapefile products are not copyrighted however TIGER/Line and Census TIGER are registered trademarks of the U.S. Census Bureau. These products are free to use in a product or publication, however acknowledgement must be given to the U.S. Census Bureau as the source. The horizontal spatial accuracy information present in these files is provided for the purposes of statistical analysis and census operations only. No warranty, expressed or implied is made with regard to the accuracy of the spatial accuracy, and no liability is assumed by the U.S. Government in general or the U.S. Census Bureau, specifically as to the spatial or attribute accuracy of the data. The TIGER/Line Shapefiles may not be suitable for high-precision measurement applications such as engineering problems, property transfers, or other uses that might require highly accurate measurements of the earth's surface.Coordinates in the TIGER/Line shapefiles have six implied decimal places, but the positional accuracy of these coordinates is not as great as the six decimal places suggest.
Constraints on resource usage:
Legal Constraints
Access Constraints  otherRestrictions
Other constraints
Access Constraints: None
Spatial representation type code:  vector
Resource extent
Geographic Extent
Geographic Bounding Box
westBoundLongitude  -80.739236
eastBoundLongitude  -80.518895
northBoundLatitude  40.186116
southBoundLatitude  40.01641
Temporal Extent
2011-08-01 2012-06-01
point of contact - pointOfContact
organisation Name  U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, Geographic Products Branch
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 301-763-1128
Fax 301-763-4710
Address
4600 Silver Hill Road, Stop 7400, Washington, DC, 20233-7400 Country United States
electronic Mail Addressgeo.tiger@census.gov
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Vector spatial representation information

Geometric Objects
geometric Object Type  curve
geometric Object Count  3895
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Grid spatial representation

number of grid dimensions: 2
Grid axis property:
Grid Dimension
Dimension Name:  column
Dimension Size
Grid Dimension
Dimension Name:  row
Dimension Size
transformation parameter availability:  false
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Coverage description

Type of coverage content
Cell value attribute description:
Band
descriptor Linear feature identifier
sequence Identifier
name LINEARID
Band
descriptor Concatenation of expanded text for prefix qualifier, prefix direction, prefix type, base name, suffix type, suffix direction, and suffix qualifier (as available) with a space between each expanded text field
sequence Identifier
name FULLNAME
Band
descriptor Route type code
sequence Identifier
name RTTYP
Band
descriptor MAF/TIGER feature class code
sequence Identifier
name MTFCC
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Content information: feature catalog description

Included With Dataset  true
Feature Types  
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Scope of quality information
scope level  dataset
Resource lineage description
source
source description  Source Contribution: All line segmentsSource Type online
source citation
Title Census MAF/TIGER database
publication  Date
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division
Resource extent
Temporal Extent
2011-08-01 2012-06-01
source
source description  Source Contribution: Coordinates to realign selected road features in the Census MAF/TIGER database.Source Type CD-ROM
source citation
Title Belmont Co., OH Centerline File
publication  Date   2002-09-01
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  1349 Belmont County Belmont Co. Engineer's Office
Resource extent
Temporal Extent
2002-09-01 2002-09-01
source
source description  Source Contribution: Coordinates to realign selected hydrographic features in the Census MAF/TIGER database.Source Type CD-ROM
source citation
Title Belmont Co., OH Centerline File
publication  Date   2002-09-01
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  1349 Belmont County Belmont Co. Engineer's Office
Resource extent
Temporal Extent
2002-09-01 2002-09-01
source
source description  Source Contribution: Coordinates to realign selected railroad features in the Census MAF/TIGER database.Source Type CD-ROM
source citation
Title Belmont Co., OH Centerline File
publication  Date   2002-09-01
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  1349 Belmont County Belmont Co. Engineer's Office
Resource extent
Temporal Extent
2002-09-01 2002-09-01
source
source description  Source Contribution: Coordinates to realign selected road features in the Census MAF/TIGER database.Source Type CD-ROM
source citation
Title Marshall Co - WV Addr & Map Proj.
publication  Date
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  3560 West Virginia Geological And Economic Survey
Resource extent
Temporal Extent
source
source description  Source Contribution: Coordinates to realign selected road features in the Census MAF/TIGER database.Source Type CD-ROM
source citation
Title Ohio Co - WV Addr & Map Proj.
publication  Date
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  3562 West Virginia Geological And Economic Survey
Resource extent
Temporal Extent
source
source description  Source Contribution: Coordinates to realign selected hydrographic features in the Census MAF/TIGER database.Source Type Internet Download
source citation
Title National Hydrography Dataset - High Res.
publication  Date
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  4859 USGS - National Hydrography Dataset Coordination and Requirements (C&R)
Resource extent
Temporal Extent
source
source description  Source Contribution: Coordinates to realign selected road features in the Census MAF/TIGER database.Source Type Unknown
source citation
Title 2010 ADCAN GPS Feature Updates
publication  Date
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  7190 Census Bureau - Geography Division US Census Bureau - Geo Div - LFGPB
Resource extent
Temporal Extent
source
source description  Source Contribution: Coordinates to realign selected road features in the Census MAF/TIGER database.Source Type Unknown
source citation
Title 2010 ADCAN Manual Feature Updates
publication  Date
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  7191 Census Bureau - Geography Division US Census Bureau - Geo Div - LFGPB
Resource extent
Temporal Extent
AbsoluteExternalPositionalAccuracy
name Of Measure Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report
evaluation Method Description  The Census Bureau uses Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinates at road centerline intersections to evaluate the horizontal spatial accuracy of source files that may be used to realign road features in the MAF/TIGER database and test the horizontal spatial accuracy of the road features in the TIGER/Line Shapefiles. The test compares a survey-grade GPS coordinate to its associated road centerline intersection in the TIGER/Line Shapefiles. The test is based on an independent collection of GPS coordinates for a random sample of road intersections from a centerline file that meet certain criteria. The points are referred to as the sample points and are gathered through a private contractor working for the Census Bureau. Since the collection method uses survey-quality GPS-based field techniques, the resulting control points are considered 'ground truth' against which the TIGER road centerline intersection coordinates are compared. The distances between the coordinates are calculated and the Census Bureau determines the Circular Error 95% (CE95). That is, the accuracy of the file in meters with 95% confidence. The CE95 can be calculated from the mean and standard deviation by using the formula: mean of differences plus (2.65 times the standard deviation). CE95 results reported for each file tested are determined using a spreadsheet with embedded statistical formula. The use and applicability of the spreadsheet and its embedded formula have been verified by Census Bureau statisticians. The basis of the calculation is the use of the root mean square error (RMSE). This is the method as stated in the U.S. Government's Federal Geographic Data Committee Standard FGDC-STD-007.3-1998, Geospatial Positioning Accuracy Standards. Part 3: National Standard for Spatial Data Accuracy. The results of using this measure of accuracy are in compliance with Federal Spatial Data requirements. In terms of the Census Bureau application, the dataset coordinate values are those taken from the centerline file and the coordinate values from an independent source of higher accuracy are those acquired through the Census Bureau's contractor. Please note that the horizontal spatial accuracy, where reported, refers only to the realigned road features identified as matched to the positionally accurate source file with that accuracy. It is not the spatial accuracy of the TIGER/Line Shapefile as a whole.
AbsoluteExternalPositionalAccuracy
name Of Measure Horizontal Positional Accuracy
measure Description  The Census Bureau uses root mean square error (RMSE) as stated in the FGDC-STD-007. 3-1998, Geospatial Positioning Accuracy Standards, Part 3: National Standard for Spatial Data Accuracy.
Quantitative Result
result value 6.57 meters for 3562
value Units
AbsoluteExternalPositionalAccuracy
name Of Measure Horizontal Positional Accuracy
measure Description  The Census Bureau uses root mean square error (RMSE) as stated in the FGDC-STD-007. 3-1998, Geospatial Positioning Accuracy Standards, Part 3: National Standard for Spatial Data Accuracy.
Quantitative Result
result value 2.576 meters for 1349
value Units
AbsoluteExternalPositionalAccuracy
name Of Measure Horizontal Positional Accuracy
measure Description  The Census Bureau uses root mean square error (RMSE) as stated in the FGDC-STD-007. 3-1998, Geospatial Positioning Accuracy Standards, Part 3: National Standard for Spatial Data Accuracy.
Quantitative Result
result value 6.57 meters for 3560
value Units
Completeness Commission
evaluation Method Description  Data completeness of the TIGER/Line Shapefiles reflects the contents of the Census MAF/TIGER database at the time the TIGER/Line Shapefiles were created.
Completeness Omission
evaluation Method Description  Data completeness of the TIGER/Line Shapefiles reflects the contents of the Census MAF/TIGER database at the time the TIGER/Line Shapefiles were created.
ConceptualConsistency
measure Description  There may be some inconsistencies in feature names along features. An anomaly exists with the sporadic occurrence of road segments comprising a complete chain with different MAF/TIGER Feature Census Class Code (MTFCC) values assigned. This problem could affect applications that use the MTFCC values for network analysis, routing, or for assigning symbology to a feature when creating a map. The Census Bureau performed automated tests to ensure logical consistency and limits of shapefiles. Node/geometry and topology relationships are collected or generated to satisfy topological edit requirements. These requirements include: (1) Complete chains must begin and end at nodes. (2) Complete chains must connect to each other at nodes. (3) Complete chains do not extend through nodes. (4) Left and right polygons are defined for each complete chain element and are consistent throughout the extract process. (5) The chains representing the limits of the files are free of gaps.

Resource distribution information

Distributor
distributor contact - distributor
organisation Name  U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, Geographic Products Branch
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 301-763-1128
Fax 301-763-4710
Address
4600 Silver Hill Road, Stop 7400, Washington, DC, 20233-7400 Country United States
electronic Mail Addressgeo.tiger@census.gov
Standard ordering process
fees The online copy of the TIGER/Line files may be accessed without charge.
Ordering Instructions  Ordering Instructions: To obtain more information about ordering TIGER/Line shapefiles visit http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger
Format
Format name TGRSHP (compressed)
Format version
file Decompression Technique  PK-ZIP, version 1.93 A or higher
Digital Transfer Options
Linkage for online resource
URL:http://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER2012/ROADS/tl_2012_54069_roads.zip
Metadata data stamp:  2012-06-15
Resource Maintenance Information
maintenance or update frequency:  annually
notes: This metadata was automatically generated from the FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata standard (version FGDC-STD-001-1998) using the 2012-06-20T17:21:00 version of the FGDC RSE to ISO 19115-2 transform.
Metadata contact - pointOfContact
organisation Name  U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, Geographic Products Branch
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 301-763-1128
Fax 301-763-4710
Address
4600 Silver Hill Road, Stop 7400, Washington, DC, 20233-7400 Country United States
electronic Mail Addressgeo.tiger@census.gov
Metadata scope code  dataset
Metadata language  eng; USA
Metadata character set encoding:   utf8
Metadata standard for this record:  ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data
standard version:  ISO 19115-2:2009(E)
Metadata record identifier:  0446a849-8d45-4b67-8161-f3b5e4098665

Metadata record format is ISO19139-2 XML (MI_Metadata)