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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. This 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.
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. This 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.
accessInformation: U.S. Census Bureau; 2010 ANSI Codes for Places US Census Bureau https://www.census.gov/geo/reference/codes/place.html Accessed September 2021.
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description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Updated from the 2020 census data. </SPAN><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><SPAN><SPAN>unincorporated points outside polygons (primarily LMA).</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 6 48;"><SPAN><SPAN>(Do not think of it as ‘community’ in the most traditional use of the word.)</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 6 48;"><SPAN STYLE="font-weight:bold;"><SPAN>Municipal</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN> for points inside MUNICIPAL_AREAS feature polygon</SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 6 48;"><SPAN STYLE="font-weight:bold;"><SPAN>Unincorporated</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN> for points not in Municipal areas</SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 6 48;"><SPAN STYLE="font-weight:bold;">Community</SPAN><SPAN> equals our </SPAN><SPAN>unincorporated points that are outside polygons (aka Limits of Map Area) used as orienting features</SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 6 48;"><SPAN STYLE="font-weight:bold;"><SPAN>County Seat</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><SPAN>; are easily identified (45, none Richland Co.)</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 6 48;"><SPAN STYLE="font-weight:bold;"><SPAN>State Capital</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><SPAN> for one in Richland County</SPAN></SPAN></P><UL STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;padding:0 0 0 0;"><LI><P><SPAN>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><LI><P><SPAN><SPAN>We determined the MTFCC code for the places was C3081. The other codes were other designations. </SPAN></SPAN></P></LI><LI><P><SPAN>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><P><SPAN STYLE="font-weight:bold;">PLACE_NAME </SPAN><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><P><SPAN>L:\ORACLE_GIS_FEATURES\GISTRANS_PLACES</SPAN></P><P><SPAN /></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
licenseInfo: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>https://www.scdot.org/disclaimer.html </SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>The South Carolina Department of Transportation makes no representations or warranties,</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN> implied or expressed, concerning the accuracy, completeness, reliability, or suitability,</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN> for any particular purpose of the information and data contained on this map or any information</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN> furnished in connection herewith.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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title: CENSUS PLACES
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