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The Nature of Geographic Information

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Chapter 4: TIGER, Topology and Geocoding

  • 1. Overview
  • 2. MAF/TIGER
  • 3. Vector Extracts from MAF/TIGER
  • 4. Shapefiles
  • 5. Topology
  • 6. Geocoding
  • 7. Geocoding with TIGER/Line Shapefiles
  • 8. Geocoding Online
  • 9. Applications beyond the Census Bureau
  • 10. Geocoding Your Customers
  • 11. Delivering Products and Services
  • 12. Delineating Service Areas
  • 13. Summary
  • 14. Bibliography

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Lessons

  • The Nature of Geographic Information
    • Chapter 1: Data and Information
    • Chapter 2: Scales and Transformations
    • Chapter 3: Census Data and Thematic Maps
    • Chapter 4: TIGER, Topology and Geocoding
      • 1. Overview
      • 2. MAF/TIGER
      • 3. Vector Extracts from MAF/TIGER
      • 4. Shapefiles
      • 5. Topology
      • 6. Geocoding
      • 7. Geocoding with TIGER/Line Shapefiles
      • 8. Geocoding Online
      • 9. Applications beyond the Census Bureau
      • 10. Geocoding Your Customers
      • 11. Delivering Products and Services
      • 12. Delineating Service Areas
      • 13. Summary
      • 14. Bibliography
    • Chapter 5: Land Surveying and GPS
    • Chapter 6: National Spatial Data Infrastructure I
    • Chapter 7: National Spatial Data Infrastructure II
    • Chapter 8: Remotely Sensed Image Data
    • Chapter 9: Integrating Geographic Data

Course materials prepared by David DiBiase, with contributions from Ryan Baxter, Beth King, Jim Sloan, and Adreienne Goldsberry, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University.

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