TIGER/Line Quick Facts

About Quick Facts Tables

Format Type Identifier

TIGER

Reader/Writer

Reader

Dataset Type

Folder or File

Licensing Level

Base

Dependencies

None

Feature Type

Feature role

Typical File Extensions

.rt1, .bw1

Automated Translation Support

Yes

User-Defined Attributes

Yes

Coordinate System Support

Yes

Generic Color Support

No

Spatial Index

Never

Schema Required

Yes

Transaction Support

No

Geometry Type

tiger_type

Encoding Support No

 

Geometry Support

Geometry

Supported?

 

Geometry

Supported?

aggregate

no

 

point

yes

circles

no

 

polygon

yes

circular arc

no

 

raster

no

donut polygon

yes

 

solid

no

elliptical arc

no

 

surface

no

ellipses

no

 

text

no

line

yes

 

z values

no

none

yes