U.S. Census Bureau 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

U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line Geometry Support

Geometry

Supported?

aggregate

no

circles

no

circular arc

no

donut polygon

yes

elliptical arc

no

ellipses

no

line

yes

none

yes

point

yes

polygon

yes

raster

no

solid

no

surface

no

text

no

z values

no