Aurora County SD Feature Names Relationship File 2022

2022 TIGER/Line data from the U.S. Census Bureau provides a relationship file linking feature names to geographic edges and address ranges for Aurora County, South Dakota. The file contains attributes for feature names, identifiers, and codes to connect with other TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Use Cases

• Link street names from the Name attribute to address ranges using the address range identifier (ARID) for geocoding applications.
• Analyze the distribution of feature types using the Maftiger Feature Class Code across the county's linear features.
• Join feature name records to the All Lines Shapefile using the permanent edge identifier (TLID) for network analysis.
• Examine naming conventions by parsing Prefix Direction Code, Suffix Direction Code, and Suffix Type Code attributes.

Strengths

• Data is part of the national, seamless MAF/TIGER Database (MTDB) with no overlaps or gaps.
• Provides specific 2022 geographic and cartographic information for Aurora County, SD.
• Includes relational attributes like LINEARID and ARID for linking to other core TIGER/Line files.

Limitations

• Row count and file size are unknown, limiting assessment of data scale.
• As a relationship file, it requires joining with other TIGER/Line shapefiles (e.g., EDGES.shp, ADDR.dbf) for full utility.
• Contains feature names for all linear features, not exclusively roads, which may require filtering for specific analyses.

Provenance

Source

U.S. Census Bureau, Department of Commerce

Collection Method

Extract from the Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database.

Time Range

2022

Freshness

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Geography

Aurora County, South Dakota, United States