I'm using ArcView 3.1, so this may or may not be relevant.
1. Download the read the Technical Documentation that goes with the files;
2. If you remember the process for downloading and converting the PL94 and
the SF1 files, the same goes here;
3. After decompressing the files (WinZip workes fine), rename them to a
.TXT file;
4. Import them into Access, setting field widths as defined in the
Technical Documentation for each individual file
5. Once imported into an Access table, Export the table as a .DBF
6. Now the fun really starts. If you need to concatenate fields to obtain
useable geography (some other listserve posters have done that), I find
it's easier to do that in Excel. Take the .DBF file, open it in Excel, do
your concatenation, and resave it to the .DBF file. Now you can do a JOIN
in ArcView, assuming you have other TIGER mapping with a common field.
Good Luck!
Michael D. Golembiewski
Transportation Modeler
BERKS COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION
BERKS COUNTY SERVICES CENTER
633 COURT STREET FL 14
READING PA 19601-4309
ph: 610-478-6300
fax: 610-478-6316
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