12 Apr
2000
12 Apr
'00
1:32 p.m.
On Wed, 12 Apr 2000 Clara.A.Reschovsky(a)ccmail.census.gov wrote:
Census Bureau Response: Item #2: Alias street names
are a problem.
To the best of our knowledge there is not a street name alias feature
in TIGER. We are talking here at Census about a possible list of
street name aliases that can be used to figure out that respondents
may report "Last Chance Gulch" but it may be shown in TIGER as "Main
St. " We will put together a suggested format of such a list and send
it out to the list serve soon. If you have any questions or comments,
please call or email me. (email: clara.a.reschovsky(a)ccmail.census.gov
or phone: 301-457-2454) In the meantime, I would encourage you to add
a second record for large employers on streets that have alternative
names. I understand that you probably cannot do this for a lot of
smaller employers.
TIGER Line DOES have a street name alias feature, it is in record type 4 &
5. Record type 5 lists additional street names, record type 4 links these
to TL IDs. However, TIGER is lacking in that you can't link additional
street names that use a different addess scheme (So I can alias 101-199
Main St to 101-199 Hwy One, but I can't say 101-199 Main St is the same as
9501-9599 Hwy One). Most folks in Geography (Bob Lamachia, Jack George,
their staffs) should be able to help with this.
Unless you are talking about point records rather than lines, in which
case I don't know. But we've been using the street name alias feature of
TIGER Line since at least TL90.
Jim Bash, Associate Director Internet : JBash(a)UIC.edu
CAGIS (m/c 092) Phone (W): 312/996-6367
Program in Geography, Dept of Anthropology Fax : 312/996-6343
University of Illinois at Chicago
1007 W. Harrison St, Rm 2102 BSB URL : http://www.cagis.uic.edu/
Chicago, IL 60607-7138