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Census Designated Places (TIGER/Line), WI 2010
- Identification Information
- Spatial Reference Information
- Data Quality Information
- Distribution Information
- Spatial Representation Information
- Metadata Reference Information
Identification Information
- Citation
- Title
- Census Designated Places (TIGER/Line), WI 2010
- Originator
- U.S. Census Bureau
- Publication Date
- 2020-05-04
- Edition
- 2010
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- mapDigital
- Collection Title
- Statewide
- Abstract
- This data represents Census Designated Places from the U.S. Census Bureau for Wisconsin in 2010. [The TIGER/Line Files are shapefiles and related database files (.dbf) that 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 File is designed to stand alone as an independent data set, or they can be combined to cover the entire nation. The TIGER/Line Files include both incorporated places (legal entities) and census designated places or CDPs (statistical entities). An incorporated place is established to provide governmental functions for a concentration of people as opposed to a minor civil division (MCD), which generally is created to provide services or administer an area without regard, necessarily, to population. Places always nest within a State, but may extend across county and county subdivision boundaries. An incorporated place usually is a city, town, village, or borough, but can have other legal descriptions. CDPs are delineated for the decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places. CDPs are delineated to provide data for settled concentrations of population that are identifiable by name, but are not legally incorporated under the laws of the State in which they are located. The boundaries for CDPs often are defined in partnership with State, local, and/or tribal officials and usually coincide with visible features or the boundary of an adjacent incorporated place or another legal entity. CDP boundaries often change from one decennial census to the next with changes in the settlement pattern and development; a CDP with the same name as in an earlier census does not necessarily have the same boundary. The only population/housing size requirement for CDPs for the 2010 Census is that they must contain some housing and population. The boundaries of all 2010 Census incorporated places are as of January 1, 2010 as reported through the Census Bureau's Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS). The boundaries of all 2010 Census CDPs were delineated as part of the Census Bureau's Participant Statistical Areas Program (PSAP).]
- Purpose
- This data is intended for reference and mapping purposes, and may be used for basic applications such as viewing, querying, and map output production, or to provide a basemap to support graphical overlays and analysis with other spatial data. [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.]
- Supplemental Information
- This is an archived copy of the data held at UW-Madison.
- Temporal Extent
- Time Instant
- 2010-01-01T00:00:00
- Bounding Box
- West
- -92.808415
- East
- -87.048532
- North
- 46.886356
- South
- 42.49192
- ISO Topic Category
- boundaries
- Place Keyword
-
Wisconsin
- Place Keyword Thesaurus
- Theme Keyword
-
Census districts
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- LCSH
- Resource Constraints
- Use Limitation
- [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 boundary information in the TIGER/Line Shapefiles are for statistical data collection and tabulation purposes only; their depiction and designation for statistical purposes does not constitute a determination of jurisdictional authority or rights of ownership or entitlement and they are not legal land descriptions.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.]
- Legal Constraints
- Use Limitation
- Although this data is being distributed by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, no warranty expressed or implied is made by the University as to the accuracy of the data and related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the University in the use of this data, or related materials.
- Status
- completed
- Maintenance and Update Frequency
- unknown
- Language
- eng
- Credit
- U.S. Census Bureau
- Point of Contact
- Contact
- U.S. Census Bureau
Spatial Reference Information
- Reference System Identifier
- Code
- 4269
- Code Space
- EPSG
- Version
- 9.7
Data Quality Information
- Lineage
- Process Step
- Description
- Process Description: Provided access to archived data at UW-Madison.
- Process Date
- 2020-05-04T00:00:00
Distribution Information
- Format Name
- Shapefile
- Format Version
- 1.0
- Distributor
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Distributor
- U.S. Census Bureau
- Online Access
- https://gisdata.wisc.edu/public/WI_CensusTL_Places_2010.zip
- Protocol
- WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download
- Name
- GeoData@Wisconsin
- Function
- download
Spatial Representation Information
- Vector
- Topology Level
- geometryOnly
- Vector Object Type
- composite
- Vector Object Count
- 773
Metadata Reference Information
- Hierarchy Level
- dataset
- Metadata File Identifier
- D70B4317-7E09-4911-BAF8-73EEA98411D3
- Metadata Point of Contact
- Name
- Arthur H. Robinson Map Library
- Position Name
- Metadata technician
- Delivery Point
- 550 N. Park Street
- City
- Madison
- Administrative Area
- WI
- Postal Code
- 53706
- Country
- US
- askmap@library.wisc.edu
- Phone
- (608) 262-1471
- Metadata Date Stamp
- 2020-05-04
- Metadata Standard Name
- ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
- Metadata Standard Version
- 2007
- Character Set
- utf8
