TIGER/Line Shapefile, 2008, Connecticut State Boundary

Use_Constraints:

The TIGER/Line Shapefile products are not copyrighted however TIGER/Line and Census TIGER are 

registered trademarks of the U.S. Census Bureau.  These products are free to use in a product 

or publication, however acknowledgement must be given to the U.S. Census Bureau as the source.

The boundary information in the TIGER/Line Shapefiles are for statistical data collection and 

tabulation purposes only; their depiction and designation for statistical purposes does not 

constitute a determination of jurisdictional authority or rights of ownership or entitlement 

and they are not legal land descriptions.Coordinates in the TIGER/Line shapefiles have six 

implied decimal places, but the positional accuracy of these coordinates is not as great as 

the six decimal places suggest.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

The Census Bureau performed automated tests to ensure logical consistency and limits of 

shapefiles.  Segments making up the outer and inner boundaries of a polygon tie end-to-end 

to completely enclose the area.  All polygons are tested for closure.

The Census Bureau uses its internally developed geographic update system to enhance and 

modify spatial and attribute data in the Census MAF/TIGER database.  Standard geographic codes, 

such as FIPS codes for states, counties, municipalities, county subdivisions, places, American 

Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian areas, and congressional districts are used when encoding 

spatial entities.  The Census Bureau performed spatial data tests for logical consistency of 

the codes during the compilation of the original Census MAF/TIGER database files.  Most of the 

codes for geographic entities except states, counties, urban areas, Core Based Statistical Areas 

(CBSAs), American Indian Areas (AIAs), and congressional districts were provided to the Census 

Bureau by the USGS, the agency responsible for maintaining FIPS 55.  Feature attribute information 

has been examined but has not been fully tested for consistency.

For the TIGER/Line Shapefiles, the Point and Vector Object Count for the G-polygon SDTS Point 

and Vector Object Type reflects the number of records in the shapefile attribute table.  

For multi-polygon features, only one attribute record exists for each multi-polygon rather 

than one attribute record per individual G-polygon component of the multi-polygon feature.  

TIGER/Line Shapefile multi-polygons are an exception to the G-polygon object type classification.  

Therefore, when multi-polygons exist in a shapefile, the object count will be less than the actual 

number of G-polygons.

Completeness_Report:

Data completeness of the TIGER/Line Shapefiles reflects the contents of the Census MAF/TIGER 

database at the time the TIGER/Line Shapefiles were created.

Distribution_Liability:

No warranty, expressed or implied is made with regard to the accuracy of these data, and no 

liability is assumed by the U.S. Government in general or the U.S. Census Bureau in specific 

as to the spatial or attribute accuracy of the data.  The act of distribution shall not 

constitute any such warranty and no responsibility is assumed by the U.S. government in 

the use of these files.  The boundary information in the TIGER/Line Shapefiles is for statistical 

data collection and tabulation purposes only; their depiction and designation for statistical 

purposes do not constitute a determination of jurisdictional authority or rights of ownership 

or entitlement and they are not legal land descriptions.