.DMF Data Map File--binary file containing a single data variable
.BND Boundary file--binary file containing the turning points of a map
.GRP Group file -- Text file containing a list of boundary file names
.XLS Excel spreadsheet -- demo mapping spreadsheet for Microsoft Excel
.XLC Excel char -- a demonstration mapping chart for Microsoft Excel
.XLW Excel worksheet -- mapdata workspace in Excel
C> CD\WINDOWS
C> COPY A:*.*
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USAGE.DMF | Median age of population in 1980. |
USAREA.DMF | Land area in square miles. |
USASIAN.DMF | Percent Asian population. |
USBLACK.DMF | Percent Black population. |
USCOLLEG.DMF | Percent college graduates. |
USCRIME.DMF | Known serious crimes. |
USDENSIT.DMF | Population density in 1980. |
USDISPIN.DMF | Disposable income per capita 1980. |
USDIVORC.DMF | Divorce rate 1980. |
USGROWTH.DMF | 1970-1980 population growth. |
USHISPAN.DMF | Percent Hispanic or Spanish population. |
USHSCHOO.DMF | Percent High School graduates. |
USMALES.DMF | Males per 100 females. |
USPOPULA.DMF | U.S. population. |
USPTAX.DMF | Property tax per capita in dollars. |
USRENT.DMF | Median rent in dollars in 1980. |
USSODA.DMF | Soda consumption, gallons per capita. |
USUNEMP.DMF | Unemployment rates for 1980. |
USURBAN.DMF | Percent urban for 1980. |
USWHITE.DMF | Percent White population in 1980. |
Alabama | 1 | Minnesota | 27 | Utah | 49 |
Arizona | 4 | Mississippi | 28 | Vermont | 50 |
Arkansas | 5 | Missouri | 29 | Virginia | 51 |
California | 6 | Montana | 30 | Washington | 53 |
Colorado | 8 | Nebraska | 31 | West Virginia | 54 |
Connecticut | 9 | Nevada | 32 | Wisconsin | 55 |
Delaware | 10 | New Hampshire | 33 | Wyoming | 56 |
D.C. | 11 | New Jersey | 34 | ||
Florida | 12 | New Mexico | 35 | ||
Georgia | 13 | New York | 36 | ||
Idaho | 16 | North Carolina | 37 | ||
Illinois | 17 | North Dakota | 38 | ||
Indiana | 18 | Ohio | 39 | ||
Iowa | 19 | Oklahoma | 40 | ||
Kansas | 20 | Oregon | 41 | ||
Kentucky | 21 | Pennsylvania | 42 | ||
Louisiana | 22 | Rhode Island | 44 | ||
Maine | 23 | South Carolina | 45 | ||
Maryland | 24 | South Dakota | 46 | ||
Massachusetts | 25 | Tennesse | 47 | ||
Michigan | 26 | Texas | 48 |
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TITLE 50 ASCIIZ Title of the data, zero terminated
CR 1 Carriage Return
LF 1 Line Feed
LOW 10 ASCIIZ Lowest data value
BREAK1 10 ASCIIZ First Break Point
BREAK2 10 ASCIIZ Second Break Point
BREAK3 10 ASCIIZ Third Break Point
HIGH 10 ASCIIZ Highest Data Value
NUL 2 Binary zeros
ENTRIES 2 Intel format (LSB,MSB) word=number of rows
MAJOR 1 Byte MAJOR DIVISION CODE
COLOR 1 Byte COLOR CODE, must be 1, 2, 3, or 4.
MINOR 2 Intel format word, MINOR DIVISION CODE
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GROUP
\MAPPING\BOUNDARY\NEW_YORK.BND
C:\MAPPING\BOUNDARY\CONNECTI.BND
VERMONT.BND
NEW_HAMP.BND
C:\MAPPING\BOUNDARY\MAINE.BND
C:\MAPPING\BOUNDARY\RHODE_IS.BND
C:\MAPPING\BOUNDARY\MASSACHU.BND
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TEMP.MNM - contains just ASCII six comma-separated integers on a single line:
Master FIPS Code, XMAX, YMAX, XMIN, YMIN, Number of Keys
TEMP.KEY - contains (Number of Keys) lines of the following in ASCII
County number, Segment number, Number of Turning Points
TEMP.DAT - contains the exact number of turning points in the specified order.
These points should be positive integers less than 32767 in ASCII
X, Y
MAJOR 2 The MAJOR DIVSION CODE for this whole file. U.S. is zero
XMIN 2 The minimum x coordinate. Must be 0 < XMIN < XMAX
XMAX 2 The maximum x coordinate. Must be XMIN < XMAX < 32767
YMIN 2 The minimum y coordinate. Must be 0 < YMIN < YMAX
YMAX 2 The maximum y coordinate. Must be YMIN < YMAX < 32767
NUM 2 The number of MINOR DIVISIONS in this file
Next there are NUM occurrences of the following:
MINOR 2 The MINOR DIVISION CODE for each subdivision
SEGS 2 The number of the polygon that comprises a subdivision
POINTS 2 The number of points in the polygon
The data points themselves follow. The polygons that they describe need not start at the same
point as they begin--they will be closed automatically. The points are in the following format:
X 2 Intel format X-coordinate
Y 2 Intel format Y-coordinate
Thus, the Delaware boundary file looks like this (but in binary):
10 MAJOR: the FIPS code
27784 XMIN
28406 XMAX
18706 YMIN
19742 YMAX
4 NUM
1,1,154 MINOR,SEGS,POINTS: polygon 1 for county 1 has 154 points
3,1,182 MINOR,SEGS,POINTS: polygon 1 for county 3 has 182 points
3,2,6 MINOR,SEGS,POINTS: polygon 2 for county 3 has 6 points
5,1,398 MINOR,SEGS,POINTS: polygon 1 for county 5 has 398 points
28174,19127 X,Y
28177,19111 X,Y
28175,19111 .
28173,19115 .
28170,19114 etc . . .