US Census Bureau Releases 2009 Tiger/Line Shapefiles
written: October 14, 2009
For all you people out there interested in GIS, the US Census Bureau has released the 2009 Tiger/Line Shapefiles. You can find more information here, or download the shape files here.
For all of you that are not into GIS, the Tiger/Line shapefiles are files that gives GIS users all the geographic and cartographic information that is found in the master geodatabase of the US Census Bureau. The geographic information given are features such as streets, railroads, and bodies of water. It also gives attribute data like street addresses and other relationship classes.
And for all of you that might be concerend, these shapefiles do not contain any sensititve or confidential information, so you can breathe easy.
This is always a good time, but I have to wonder how many real GIS professionals out there use the Tiger/Lines shapefiles on a regular basis. If you do, please drop me a line in the comments!
