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Next Generation
TIGER Translator
Leverage our national treasury of
digital geography with UTT©.
Blazing
fast, runs in memory, translating TIGER/Line Files was never this
easy.
The Universal TIGER Translator
(UTT©) from International Computer Works,
Inc. (ICW) is our next generation TIGER translator.
UTT© replaces TMT, introduced in 1992. UTT©
is offered as an integrated module of the MapEdit ToolKit©,
first introduced in September of 1995, or stand-alone. The TIGER
Update Software (TIGERUS©) consists of the MapEdit
ToolKit© and UTT©.
UTT will translate the compressed
TIGER/Line Files® directly from the CD’s as distributed
by the US Bureau of the Census. Or the user may work with files
compressed or uncompressed accessible from any other source. UTT
provides an easy-to-use interface, which automates and streamlines
the TIGER/Line File® translation process. UTT
operates in a MapInfo Professional environment as a pull down from
the MapInfo menu. The user specifies the file to process (compressed
or uncompressed), the location of the output, and the vintage of
the file to be processed.
The user is then presented with the dialog box
illustrated below. Simply select the layers to build from the list
box on the left to build a list of features in the right hand side,
specify whether to build MIF/MID or TAB files or both and depress
the OK button.
UTT© currently works with
TIGER/Line Files® for ’95, ’97, Luca,’98,
’99, 2000, 2000UA, 2002CD108, 2003, 2004, 2004 SE, 2005, and 2005 SE with a commitment to support future revisions
of TIGER. Annual maintenance is available through ICW.
The Universal TIGER Translator© (UTT©)
is available from International Computer Works, Inc.
as a stand alone application or as an integrated module of the TIGERUS©
application.
Typical Inventory of Layers
| 1 |
Key Geographic Locations |
KG |
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| 2 |
Landmark Points |
LP |
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ZIP+4 Points |
ZP |
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| 4 |
Roads w/alternate names |
RD |
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US Highways |
MA |
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| 6 |
State and County Highways |
SC |
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| 7 |
Airports and Railroads |
AR |
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| 8 |
Water Lines |
H2 |
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| 9 |
Special Linear Features |
SP |
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| 10 |
Water Polygons |
WA |
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| 11 |
Landmark Areas |
LA |
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| 12 |
Place |
PL |
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| 13 |
Indian Reservation |
RE |
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| 14 |
Alaskan Native Lands |
AN |
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| 15 |
County Boundaries |
CO |
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| 16 |
GT-Polygons |
GT |
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| 17 |
Block |
BL |
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| 18 |
Block Group |
BG |
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| 19 |
Tract/BNA |
TR |
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| 20 |
Minor Civil Divisions |
MC |
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| 21 |
Sub-Minor Civil Divisions |
SM |
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| 22 |
MSA/CMSA |
MS |
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| 23 |
Public Use Microdata Areas (PMSA) |
PM |
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| 24 |
Urbanized Area |
UR |
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| 25 |
Elementary School Districts |
ES |
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Secondary School Districts |
SE |
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Unified School Districts |
US |
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| 28 |
Voting Districts (VTD) |
VO |
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| 29 |
104, 105, 106 and 108th Congressional |
C8 |
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| 30 |
SLD Upper Chamber |
DU |
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SLD Lower Chamber |
DL |
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Public Use Microdata Areas |
PU |
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| 33 |
Traffic Analysis Zones (TAZ) |
TZ |
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| 34 |
ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) |
ZC |
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| 35 |
Oregon Urban Growth Area |
UG |
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| 36 |
Hawaii Home Land |
HH |
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| 37 |
PUMA |
PU |
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| 38 |
Core Based Statistical |
CB |
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| 39 |
Combined Statistical Area |
CS |
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New England City and Town |
NC |
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Combined New England City and Town |
CN |
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Metropolitan Division |
MD |
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New England City and Town Division |
ND |
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| 44 |
1990 Block |
BL9 |
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| 45 |
1990 Block Group |
BG9 |
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1990 Tract |
TR9 |
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1990 Minor Civil Division |
MC9 |
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| 48 |
1990 Place |
PL9 |
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| 49 |
1990 Urbanized Areas |
UR9 |
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The Map Layer Inventory list that follows was
first developed for use with the ICW Florida Digital Map
Atlas© (FLDMA©). The naming convention used in
the FLDMA has also been implemented with the ICW
US Digital Map Atlas© (USDMA©) and UTT©.
The first two characters in every map table
identify the feature that is mapped. The next two characters are
the state FIPS code and the last three characters are the county
FIPS code. This naming convention permits a unique name for every
feature for every county and state in the USDMA©.
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