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Abstract
Serving the American FactFinder with TIGER DataTrack: Census
Author(s): Ricardo Javier Ruiz, Jay E Spurlin, Kimberly K Kline
As part of the Census Bureau's efforts to quickly disseminate census data, the Bureau developed the American FactFinder Web-based application. This application uses TIGER data to provide users an easy way to select the area for which they want census data and view the data. The Geography Division is responsible for the creation and maintenance of the TIGER database. We developed the DADS System to extract the geographic data from our proprietary database and create shapefiles plus other data products. These products are being delivered to the Data Access Dissemination System staff to support the American FactFinder Web-based application and the creation of census data products. This paper describes our DADS System and provides helpful information on techniques we used to successfully develop a fully automated system.
Ricardo Javier Ruiz
U.S. Bureau of the Census
Room 315-WP1
Washington, DC 20233-7400
USA
Phone: (301) 457-1066
Fax: (301) 457-4710
E-mail: rruiz@geo.census.gov