NTL Record

Title Department of Transportation County DIME File Technical Summary
Record ID 49500
Personal Name
Creator
Davis, Chris L.
Source 20p. in various pagins
Corporate Creator Charles Stark Draper Laboratory
Corporate
Contributor
John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
Publisher United States. Dept. of Transportation. Office of the Secretary
Publication Date 19740301
Language English
Abstract This document describes the DOT County DIME (Dual Independent Map Encoding) File available in sequenced and compressed versions from the Information Division of the Transportation Systems Center. The file provides the capability to produce maps of county-base data with display software systems currently in wide use. The Sequenced County DIME File has been arranged so that each county has a complete boundary whose segments are internally structured in a clockwise manner. The Compressed County DIME File is composed of variable length records that contain all the segment data for a county boundary common to tow and only two counties. The technical specifications necessary to run the Sequenced File on 32 bit machines and the Compressed File on IBM 360/370 equipment are included.
Rosap ID dot:10942
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/10942
TRT Terms Mapping; Counties; Geographic information systems
General Subjects Geocoding; Counties; Mapping
Classification NTL - GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS - GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Geographical
Coverage
United States
Report Number DOT-TSC-OST-74-07
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/49000/49500/49500/DOT-TSC-OST-74-07.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository