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Description & Citation--Study No. 8159

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:8159
 
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08159
 
Title:Basic Geographic and Historic Data for Interfacing ICPSR Data Sets, 1620-1983 [United States]
 
Principal Investigator(s):Robert P. Sechrist
 
Bibliographic Citation:Sechrist, Robert P. BASIC GEOGRAPHIC AND HISTORIC DATA FOR INTERFACING ICPSR DATA SETS, 1620-1983 [UNITED STATES] [Computer file]. ICPSR version. Baton Rouge, LA: Robert P. Sechrist, Louisiana State University [producer], 1984. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2000. doi:10.3886/ICPSR08159
 

Scope of Study

Summary:This data collection contains the basic information about all counties in the coterminous United States needed for mapping county-based data. It provides an interface between ICPSR datasets and the mapping programs SAS/GRAPH, SURFACE II, and SYMAP. Cloropleth and isopleth maps can be produced by match-merging this dataset with any other dataset (special facilities exist for ICPSR datasets) and running the merged data against a cartographic program. Isopleth mapping programs, using latitude and longitude coordinates provided for each county seat, can produce maps of ICPSR data. Cloropleth mapping of county-level data can be accomplished after merging by running the merged dataset through SAS/GRAPH. The nine variables provide state Federal Information Processing (FIPS) codes, county FIPS code, county name/county seat name, month county was created, day county was created, year county was created, latitude of county seat, longitude of county seat, and ICPSR county code.
 
Subject Term(s):counties, FIPS, FIPS codes, geographic information systems, states (USA), Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, United States, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
 
Time Period:1620 - 1983
 

Methodology

Access and Availability

Note:A list of the data formats available for this study can be found in the summary of holdings. Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.
 
Original ICPSR Release:1984-07-13
 
Dataset(s):
  • DS1: Basic Geographic and Historic Data for Interfacing ICPSR Data Sets, 1620-1983 [United States]
 

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