TIGER/Line Shapefile, 2015, Series Information for the Feature Names County-based Relationship File

 The MTDB represents a seamless national file with no overlaps or gaps between parts, however, each TIGER/Line File is designed to stand alone as an
               independent data set, or they can be combined to cover the entire nation.  The Feature Names Relationship File (FEATNAMES.dbf) contains a record for each
               feature name and any attributes associated with it.  Each feature name can be linked to the corresponding edges that make up that feature in the All
               Lines Shapefile (EDGES.shp), where applicable to the corresponding address range or ranges in the Address Ranges Relationship File (ADDR.dbf), or to both
               files.  Although this file includes feature names for all linear features, not just road features, the primary purpose of this relationship file is to
               identify all street names associated with each address range.  An edge can have several feature names; an address range located on an edge can be
               associated with one or any combination of the available feature names (an address range can be linked to multiple feature names).  The address range is
               identified by the address range identifier (ARID) attribute, which can be used to link to the Address Ranges Relationship File (ADDR.dbf).  The linear
               feature is identified by the linear feature identifier (LINEARID) attribute,  which can be used to relate the address range back to the name attributes
               of the feature in the Feature Names Relationship File or to the feature record in the Primary Roads, Primary and Secondary Roads, or All Roads
               Shapefiles. The edge to which a feature name applies can be determined by linking the feature name record to the All Lines Shapefile (EDGES.shp) using
               the permanent edge identifier (TLID) attribute.  The address range identifier(s) (ARID) for a specific linear feature can be found by using the linear
               feature identifier (LINEARID) from the Feature Names Relationship File (FEATNAMES.dbf) through the Address Range / Feature Name Relationship File
               (ADDRFN.dbf). 
               
               The TIGER/Line shapefiles and related database files (.dbf) are an extract of selected geographic and cartographic information from the
               U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database (MTDB).  The MTDB represents
               a seamless national file with no overlaps or gaps between parts, however, each TIGER/Line shapefile is designed to stand alone as an independent data
               set, or they can be combined to cover the entire nation.

Tags: county fips code, county gnis code, county or equivalent entity, feature names, maftiger feature class code, name, permanent edge id, prefix direction code, prefix qualifier code, prefix type code description, primaryalternate code, state fips code, state gnis code, suffix direction code, suffix qualifier code, suffix type code, table, u.s., united states
Organization: U.S. Census Bureau, Department of Commerce