Record Type Field Name Field Position Description
RT 1
(Basic info
for Lines)
TLID 6-15 TIGER/Line ID
SIDE1 16 Single side? (blank = both sides, 1 = single side)
FRLONG 191-200 Start (from) longtitude
FRLAT 201-209 Start (from) latitude
TOLONG 210-219 End (to) longtitude
TOLAT 220-228 End (to) latitude
RT 2
(Detail points
for Lines)
TLID 16-25 TIGER/Line ID (not all lines have an entry here
RTSQ 16-18 Record Sequence Number (1, 2, etc)
LONG1 19-28 Start (from) longtitude of point 1
LAT1 29-37 Start (from) latitude of point 1
LONG2 28-37 Start (from) longtitude of point 2
LAT2 etc etc
RT A
(Basic info
for Polygons)
POLYID 6-15 Polygon ID
RT I
(Line-Polygon
info)
TLID 6-15 TIGER/Line ID
POLYIDL 27-36 Polygon ID on the left side
POLYIDR 42-51 Polygon ID on the right side
RT P
(More info
on Polygons)
POLYID 16-25 Polygon ID
POLYLONG 26-35 Internal Point Longtitude
POLYLAT 36-44 Internal Point Latitude