Grant County Wisconsin Feature Names Relationship File

U.S. Census Bureau's TIGER/Line Feature Names Relationship File for Grant County, Wisconsin, extracted from the MAF/TIGER System. It links geographic feature names to address ranges and linear features using identifiers like ARID, LINEARID, and TLID. The file is part of a seamless national geographic database.

Use Cases

• Link address ranges to street names using the address range identifier (ARID) and linear feature identifier (LINEARID) for geocoding applications.
• Associate linear features like roads with their official names using the LINEARID and name attributes for cartographic labeling.
• Join feature name records to spatial edges in the All Lines shapefile using the permanent edge identifier (TLID) for network analysis.
• Analyze the relationship between multiple feature names and address ranges on a single edge to understand complex addressing scenarios.

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative U.S. Census Bureau MAF/TIGER System, ensuring national consistency and topological integrity.
• The file provides explicit relational links between feature names, address ranges, and spatial edges using standardized identifiers.
• It is designed to integrate with other TIGER/Line shapefiles (e.g., edges.shp, addr.dbf) to form a complete geographic representation.

Limitations

• The dataset is specific to Grant County, Wisconsin, limiting analysis to that geographic area without combining other county files.
• Sample data and exact row counts are unavailable, making it difficult to assess the volume of feature name records prior to download.
• The description is highly technical, requiring domain knowledge of Census TIGER/Line data structures for effective use.

Provenance

Source

U.S. Census Bureau, Department of Commerce

Collection Method

Extract of selected geographic and cartographic information from the Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) System.

Time Range

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Geography

Grant County, Wisconsin, United States.