U.S. Census Feature Class Codes (table)

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
Originator: ESRI
Publication_Date: 20061001
Title:
U.S. Census Feature Class Codes (table)
Edition: 2006
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Series_Information:
Series_Name: ESRI® Data & Maps
Issue_Identification: 2006 World, Europe, United States, Canada, and Mexico
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Redlands, California, USA
Publisher: ESRI
Other_Citation_Details:
Location: \usa\census
Description:
Abstract:
U.S. Census Feature Class Codes (table) represents the United States Census Bureau feature classifications. The Census feature class codes (also called FCC) are used in many data sets.
Purpose:
U.S. Census Feature Class Codes (table) displays Census feature class codes attributes. Join this table to any table with FCC or CFCC attributes as the common field.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Multiple_Dates/Times:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2000
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 20031024
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2004
Currentness_Reference:
publication date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Annually
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Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -178.227822
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -66.949831
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 71.382690
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 18.910842
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: table
Theme_Keyword: FCC
Theme_Keyword: CFCC
Theme_Keyword: Census feature class codes
Theme_Keyword: society
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: United States
Temporal:
Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Temporal_Keyword: 2000
Temporal_Keyword: 2003
Temporal_Keyword: 2004
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Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
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Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
Publication_Date: 2000
Title:
Census Feature Class Codes (table)
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular digital data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: USA
Publisher: Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
Other_Citation_Details:
The Census Feature Class Codes (table) is derived from the Census 2000 TIGER/Line 2000 documentation.
Online_Linkage: http://www.census.gov/
Type_of_Source_Media: CD ROM
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2000
Source_Currentness_Reference:
publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation:
Census FCC
Source_Contribution:
Attribute data
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Tele Atlas North America, Inc.
Publication_Date: 20031024
Title:
Tele Atlas® Feature Class Codes
Edition: 2004
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular digital data
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Tele Atlas Product Documentation - Documentation on CD-ROM
Issue_Identification: 2004
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA
Publisher: Tele Atlas North America, Inc.
Other_Citation_Details:
Tele Atlas Feature Class Codes is part of Tele Atlas Product Documentation (Documentation on CD ROM) under Reference Documents.
Online_Linkage: http://www.teleatlas.com
Type_of_Source_Media: CD ROM
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 20031024
Source_Currentness_Reference:
publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation:
Tele Atlas FCC
Source_Contribution:
Attribute data
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The following steps were performed by ESRI for Data & Maps 2002: Updated the table from the Census 2000 TIGER/Line® documentation.

The following steps were performed by ESRI: Extracted data set from Department of Commerce, Census Bureau media. Converted from delimited text file format to dBASE file format.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
Census FCC
Process_Date: 20011213
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The following steps were performed by ESRI: Updated the table to include all codes found in the Tele Atlas Feature Class Code (FCC) list. No codes were removed.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
Tele Atlas FCC
Process_Date: 20040316
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The following steps were performed by ESRI: Summarized on the CFCC attribute to create a file of unique CFCC codes sorted on the CFCC attribute and then joined back the DESCRIPT attribute.  Converted the data set to SDC.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
Census FCC
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
Tele Atlas FCC
Process_Date: 20060420
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Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: cfcc.sdc
Entity_Type_Definition:
The table represents the United States Census Bureau feature classifications.
Entity_Type_Definition_Source:
Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ObjectID
Attribute_Definition:
Internal feature number.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: CFCC
Attribute_Definition:
The Census feature class code. The code is three characters; the first character is a letter describing the feature class; the second character is a number describing the major category; and the third character is a number describing the minor category.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Codeset_Domain:
Codeset_Name: Census Feature Classification Codes (also called "FCC")
Codeset_Source: Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: DESCRIPT
Attribute_Definition:
The description of the Census feature class code.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Codeset_Domain:
Codeset_Name: Census Feature Classification Codes (also called "FCC")
Codeset_Source: Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
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Country: USA
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Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20060426
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