{ "culture": "en-US", "name": "", "guid": "", "catalogPath": "", "snippet": "We updated the GISTRANS.PLACES feature in December 2023-January 2024 from the Census Places data in the 2020 Census. These Census Places Points are used as orienting features on our maps and are not a complete set of census data. \nThis data was moved to a Feature in the Enterprise DB in 2025. It is now call CENSUS_PLACES and is a point feature. It should be updated again after the next census in 2030.", "description": "

Updated from the 2020 census data. <\/SPAN>- Analysis of census data determined tl_2020_450xx_pointslm MTFCC C3081 by county was the closest to our PLACES dataset. We used community equals our <\/SPAN>unincorporated points outside polygons (primarily LMA).<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P>

(Do not think of it as \u2018community\u2019 in the most traditional use of the word.)<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P>

Municipal<\/SPAN><\/SPAN> for points inside MUNICIPAL_AREAS feature polygon<\/SPAN><\/P>

Unincorporated<\/SPAN><\/SPAN> for points not in Municipal areas<\/SPAN><\/P>

Community<\/SPAN> equals our <\/SPAN>unincorporated points that are outside polygons (aka Limits of Map Area) used as orienting features<\/SPAN><\/P>

County Seat<\/SPAN><\/SPAN>; are easily identified (45, none Richland Co.)<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P>

State Capital<\/SPAN><\/SPAN> for one in Richland County<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P>

  • We used TL_2020_450xx_pointlm data (by county) and compared against our GISTRANS.PLACES in ~20 counties and 91% of our places matched with the tl_2020_4500xx_pointlm data. <\/SPAN><\/P><\/LI>

  • We determined the MTFCC code for the places was C3081. The other codes were other designations. <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P><\/LI>

  • Determined the tl_2020_45_places20 area census file were unincorporated polygons, and used to determine if points were community or unincorporated. <\/SPAN><\/P><\/LI><\/UL>

    PLACE_NAME <\/SPAN>attribute if the name is NAME capitalized then it is a municipal and is used to label Municipals in County, City, and Metro Maps.<\/SPAN><\/P>

    L:\\ORACLE_GIS_FEATURES\\GISTRANS_PLACES<\/SPAN><\/P>

    <\/P><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/DIV>", "summary": "We updated the GISTRANS.PLACES feature in December 2023-January 2024 from the Census Places data in the 2020 Census. These Census Places Points are used as orienting features on our maps and are not a complete set of census data. \nThis data was moved to a Feature in the Enterprise DB in 2025. It is now call CENSUS_PLACES and is a point feature. It should be updated again after the next census in 2030.", "title": "CENSUS PLACES", "tags": [ "SCDOT", "Census Places", "Points", "Cartography" ], "type": "", "typeKeywords": [], "thumbnail": "", "url": "", "minScale": 150000000, "maxScale": 5000, "spatialReference": "", "accessInformation": "U.S. Census Bureau; \n2010 ANSI Codes for Places US Census Bureau https://www.census.gov/geo/reference/codes/place.html Accessed September 2021.", "licenseInfo": "

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