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Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS) Tribal
Respondent Guide: GUPS
Instructions for using the Geographic Update Partnership Software (GUPS)
Revised as of November 12, 2020

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction ............................................................................................................................ix
A.

The Boundary and Annexation Survey .......................................................................... ix

Key Dates for BAS Respondents .................................................................................... ix

Legal Disputes ................................................................................................................ x

Respondent Guide Organization .................................................................................... x

Part 1

BAS Overview ....................................................................................................... 1

Section 1

Process and Workflow .......................................................................................... 1

1.1

Receiving the GUPS Application and Shapefiles ............................................................. 1

1.2

Getting Help ................................................................................................................... 2

1.2.1 GUPS Help.................................................................................................................. 2
1.2.2 BAS Help .................................................................................................................... 2
Section 2

Reviewing BAS Data .............................................................................................. 3

2.1

Boundary Corrections .................................................................................................... 3

2.2

Legal Boundary Changes ................................................................................................ 3

2.3

Tribal Areas that can be Submitted through BAS ........................................................... 3

2.4

Submitting Acceptable Documentation ......................................................................... 4

2.5

Reviewing Linear Features ............................................................................................. 5

2.6

Reviewing Area Landmarks and Hydrographic Areas ..................................................... 6

2.7

Reviewing Point Landmarks ........................................................................................... 8

Section 3

Quality Control and File Submission .................................................................... 10

3.1

Validating Updates ....................................................................................................... 10

3.2

Submitting Files through Secure Web Incoming Module (SWIM) ................................ 10

3.3

Submitting Files on DVD ............................................................................................... 11

Part 2

How to use GUPS ................................................................................................ 12

Section 4

Requirements and Installation ............................................................................ 12

4.1

Getting Started ............................................................................................................. 13

4.2

How to Install GUPS ..................................................................................................... 14

Section 5

Using GUPS (Basics and Map Management) ........................................................ 19

5.1

How to Access BAS Shapefiles ...................................................................................... 19

5.2

Import Data from the Census Bureau’s BAS Website ................................................... 20

5.3

Download Shapefiles from the BAS Website ................................................................ 29

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Download Shapefiles from the Census Bureau ftp2 Site .............................................. 31

5.5

Using the GUPS Interface ............................................................................................. 33

5.5.1 GUPS Main Page ...................................................................................................... 33
5.5.2 Layers Panel and Map View ..................................................................................... 35
5.5.3 Managing the Map View from Within the Layers Panel .......................................... 36
5.5.3.1 Manage Layer Visibility ................................................................................................................... 36
5.5.3.2 Reorder Data Layers ........................................................................................................................ 37
5.5.3.3 Expand/Contract Layers Panel Menus ............................................................................................ 37

5.6

Menu & Toolbars ......................................................................................................... 38

5.6.1 Menu Tabs ............................................................................................................... 38
5.6.2 Standard Toolbar Buttons ........................................................................................ 43
5.6.2.2 Identify a Feature Using the Identify Features Button ................................................................... 46
5.6.2.3 Select/Deselect Features Using the Select Features and Deselect Features Buttons.....................47
5.6.2.4 Select Features by Querying the Attribute Table ............................................................................ 50
5.6.2.5 View an Attribute Table for a Layer on the Map............................................................................. 52
5.6.2.6 Determine Distance, Area, and Angles on the Map ........................................................................ 53
5.6.2.7 Save Locations on a Map Using the Bookmark Button ................................................................... 55

5.6.3 BAS Toolbar Buttons ................................................................................................ 56
5.6.4 Status Bar................................................................................................................. 57
5.7

How to Import User-Provided Data into GUPS ............................................................. 58

5.7.1 The Add Data Toolbar .............................................................................................. 58
5.7.2 How to Upload User-Provided Data Layers.............................................................. 59
5.7.3 How to Import a Shared ZIP Shapefile ..................................................................... 61
Section 6
6.1

Making BAS Updates in GUPS ............................................................................. 63

How to Update Legal Boundaries ................................................................................. 63

6.1.1 Adding Land Area as Reservation or Trust Lands for the First Time ......................... 63
6.1.2 Adding (or Deleting) Land Area to an Existing Reservation or Existing OffReservation Trust Land ............................................................................................ 71
6.1.3 Make a Boundary Correction (Add Area/Remove Area) .......................................... 76
6.1.4 Adding a Geographic Offset ..................................................................................... 79
6.2

How to Update Linear Features ................................................................................... 86

6.2.1 Adding a Linear Feature ........................................................................................... 86
6.2.2 Deleting a Linear Feature ......................................................................................... 87
6.2.3 Restoring a Deleted Linear Feature ......................................................................... 88
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6.2.4 Changing the Attributes of a Linear Feature ............................................................ 89
6.3

How to Update Area Landmarks and Hydrographic Areas ........................................... 91

6.3.1 Adding a New Area Landmark/Hydrographic Area .................................................. 91
6.3.2 Deleting an Area Landmark/Hydrographic Area ...................................................... 94
6.3.3 Adding Area to an Area Landmark or Hydrographic Area ........................................ 96
6.3.5 Removing Area from an Area Landmark/Hydrographic Area................................... 98
6.4

How to Update Point Landmarks ............................................................................... 100

6.4.1 Adding a Point Landmark ....................................................................................... 100
6.4.2 Deleting a Point Landmark ..................................................................................... 101
6.4.3 Changing the Attributes of a Point Landmark ........................................................ 102
6.5

How to Use GUPS Review and Validation Tools ......................................................... 103

6.5.1 Geography Review Tool ......................................................................................... 103
6.5.2 Review Change Polygons Tool ............................................................................... 107
6.6

Exporting a Printable Map .......................................................................................... 114

6.6.1 How to Export ZIP Files to Share/Submit ............................................................... 117
6.6.2 Exporting a File to Share ........................................................................................ 117
6.6.3 Exporting a File to Submit to the Census Bureau ................................................... 119
Section 7

Submitting Files to the Census Bureau through SWIM ...................................... 122

Appendix A

BAS Contact Information and Resources ........................................................ A-1

Appendix B

Terms............................................................................................................. B-2

Appendix C

MTFCC Descriptions ....................................................................................... C-1

Appendix D

Standard Street Type Abbreviations .............................................................. D-1

Appendix E

GUPS Tools .................................................................................................... E-1

Set Layer Symbology ................................................................................................... E-1

Change Label Display................................................................................................... E-3

Restoring Default Label Display Settings ..................................................................... E-5

Using the Layers Panel Toolbar to Manage Layers ...................................................... E-6

Appendix F

MAF/TIGER Feature Classification .................................................................. F-1

Appendix G

Shapefile Names ............................................................................................ G-1

Appendix H

Shapefile Layouts ........................................................................................... H-1

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LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Available Change Types by Government Type ................................................................. 4
Table 2: Acceptable MTFCCs for New Area Landmarks/Hydrographic Areas ................................ 7
Table 3: Restricted Point Landmark MTFCCs ................................................................................. 8
Table 4: GUPS Hardware and Software Requirements................................................................ 13
Table 5: Install the GUPS Application .......................................................................................... 14
Table 6: Start a New Project Using Shapefiles from the BAS Website ......................................... 20
Table 7: Download Shapefiles from the BAS Website to a Hard Drive ........................................ 29
Table 8: Download Shapefiles from ftp Site to a Hard Drive (State Users) .................................. 31
Table 9: GUPS Main Page Elements ............................................................................................ 34
Table 10: Menu Tabs and Their Functions .................................................................................. 38
Table 11: Adjust Snapping Tolerances......................................................................................... 42
Table 12: Standard Toolbar Buttons............................................................................................ 44
Table 13: Identify a Feature on the Map ..................................................................................... 46
Table 14: Select/Deselect Features on the Map.......................................................................... 47
Table 15: Select Features by Querying the Attribute Table ......................................................... 50
Table 16: View Layer Attributes Using the Attributes Table........................................................ 53
Table 17: Measure Distances, Area, and Angles on a Map .......................................................... 54
Table 18: Bookmark Locations on a Map .................................................................................... 55
Table 19: BAS Toolbar Buttons .................................................................................................... 56
Table 20: Status Bar Elements ..................................................................................................... 57
Table 21: Add Data Toolbar Buttons ........................................................................................... 58
Table 22: Load Shapefiles/Geodatabase Layers .......................................................................... 59
Table 23: Load Data from a Web Mapping Service ..................................................................... 60
Table 24: Add Imagery Files ........................................................................................................ 61
Table 25: Import a ZIP File Shared by Another User .................................................................... 61
Table 26: Add Land Area as Reservation or Off-reservation Trust Land ...................................... 63
Table 27: Record an Addition ...................................................................................................... 71
Table 28: Make a Boundary Correction ....................................................................................... 77
Table 29: Add a Geographic Offset.............................................................................................. 80
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Table 30: Adding a Linear Feature............................................................................................... 86
Table 31: Deleting a Linear Feature ............................................................................................ 87
Table 32: Restoring a Deleted Linear Feature ............................................................................. 88
Table 33: Changing the Attributes of a Linear Feature ................................................................ 89
Table 34: Creating a New Area Landmark/Hydrographic Area .................................................... 91
Table 35: Deleting an Area Landmark/Hydrographic Area .......................................................... 94
Table 36: Adding Area to an Area Landmark/Hydrographic Area ............................................... 96
Table 37: Removing Area from an Area Landmark/Hydrographic Area ...................................... 98
Table 38: Adding a Point Landmark........................................................................................... 100
Table 39: Deleting a Point Landmark ........................................................................................ 101
Table 40: Changing the Attributes of a Point Landmark ............................................................ 102
Table 41: Using the Geography Review Tool ............................................................................. 103
Table 42: Reviewing Change Polygons ...................................................................................... 107
Table 43: Exporting a Printable Map ......................................................................................... 114
Table 44: Exporting Files to Share with Another User ............................................................... 117
Table 45: Exporting Files for Submission to the Census Bureau ................................................ 119
Table 46: Transmitting Files to the Census Bureau Using SWIM ............................................... 122
Table 47: BAS Contact Information and Resources ................................................................... A-1
Table 48: MTFCC Descriptions....................................................................................................C-1
Table 49: Standard Street Type Abbreviations .......................................................................... D-1
Table 50: Reset Layer Symbology ............................................................................................... E-1
Table 51: Change Default Labeling ............................................................................................. E-3
Table 52: Restoring Default Labeling.......................................................................................... E-5
Table 53: Layers Panel Toolbar Buttons ..................................................................................... E-6
Table 54: MAF/TIGER Feature Classification .............................................................................. F-1
Table 55: State Shapefiles Names ............................................................................................. G-1
Table 56: County Shapefiles Names .......................................................................................... G-2
Table 57: Edges Shapefile (PVS_20_v2_edges) ......................................................................... H-1
Table 58: Address Ranges Attribute File (PVS_20_v2_addr) ..................................................... H-1
Table 59: Census Block Shapefile (PVS_20_v2_tabblock2010) .................................................. H-2
Table 60: Census Tract Shapefile (PVS_20_v2_curtracts).......................................................... H-3
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Table 61: American Indian Areas Shapefile (PVS_20_v2_aial) .................................................. H-3
Table 62: County and Equivalent Areas Shapefile (PVS_20_v2_county) ................................... H-4
Table 63: County Subdivisions Shapefile (PVS_20_v2_mcd) ..................................................... H-4
Table 64: Incorporated Place Shapefile (PVS_20_v2_place) ..................................................... H-5

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LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1. Tribal BAS Workflow....................................................................................................... 1
Figure 2. GUPS Main Page Layout ............................................................................................... 33
Figure 3. Close Layers Panel ........................................................................................................ 35
Figure 4. Restore the Layers Panel .............................................................................................. 36
Figure 5. Managing Layer Visibility .............................................................................................. 37
Figure 6. Menu and Toolbars ...................................................................................................... 38
Figure 7. Manage Layer Toolbar .................................................................................................. 38
Figure 8. Standard Toolbar .......................................................................................................... 43
Figure 9. Sub-tool Markers .......................................................................................................... 43
Figure 10. BAS Toolbar ................................................................................................................ 56
Figure 11. Status Bar ................................................................................................................... 57
Figure 12. Add Data Toolbar ....................................................................................................... 58
Figure 13. Annexed Area Corridor and Unincorporated Area ....................................................B-3
Figure 14. Incorporated Area and Unincorporated Area ............................................................B-3
Figure 15. Participant Responses ...............................................................................................B-4
Figure 16. A Cadastral (Parcel-Based) Boundary Map ................................................................B-4
Figure 17. How a Boundary Should be Represented When Sent to the Census Bureau.............B-5
Figure 18. Place Boundary – Front-Lot-Line ...............................................................................B-5
Figure 19. Place Boundary – Rear-Lot-Line.................................................................................B-5
Figure 20. Layers Panel Toolbar ................................................................................................. E-6

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INTRODUCTION
A.

The Boundary and Annexation Survey

The U.S. Census Bureau conducts the Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS) annually to collect
information about selected legally defined geographic areas, such as counties (and equivalent
areas), incorporated places, minor civil divisions (MCDs), federally recognized American Indian
Areas (AIAs) — including reservations, off-reservation trust lands and tribal subdivisions, and
Hawaiian Homelands. BAS also provides an opportunity for participants to review the names
and geographic relationships for these areas. Title 13, Section 6, United States Code authorizes
this survey.
The Census Bureau uses the boundary information collected during BAS to tabulate data for the
decennial and economic censuses, and to support the yearly delivery of the American
Community Survey (ACS) data. Maintaining correct boundaries and boundary-to-feature
relationships through BAS helps ensure that the Census Bureau assigns the appropriate housing
and population counts to each government.
In compliance with the Office of Management and Budget Circular A-16, BAS supports the
Census Bureau’s spatial data steward responsibilities for the Federal Geographic Data
Committee (FGDC) and the Geospatial One-Stop by updating the inventory and boundaries of
governments.
In addition, BAS is the source of up-to-date information on changes to the boundaries, codes
and names of incorporated places, MCDs, counties (and equivalent areas), Hawaiian
Homelands, and federally recognized AIAs, which include reservations and off-reservation trust
lands used by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the National Map, and the Geographic Names
Information system (GNIS). Please visit the BAS program website at
.
For more information on BAS, please view the BAS video series on the Census Bureau’s BAS
website at .

Key Dates for BAS Respondents

January 1—Boundary updates must be legally in effect on or before this date to be reported in
the current survey year.
March 1—Boundary updates returned by this date will be reflected in the ACS and in next
year’s BAS materials.
May 31—Boundary updates returned by this date will be reflected in next year’s BAS materials.

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Legal Disputes

If the Census Bureau discovers that an area of land is in dispute between two or more
jurisdictions, the Census Bureau will not make any boundary corrections until the parties come
to a written agreement or there is a documented final court decision regarding the dispute.
To learn more, please contact the Census Bureau Legal Office at 1-301-763-9844.
For disputes involving tribal areas, the Census Bureau must defer to the Office of the Solicitor at
the Department of the Interior for a legal opinion. Often complicated land issues require an
extended period of time for resolution, and in those cases, the Census Bureau will retain the
current boundary in the database until a legal opinion is issued by the Solicitor's office.

Respondent Guide Organization

This guide was created for those who choose to participate in the survey using GUPS. Those
using their own GIS should consult the Boundary and Annexation Survey Tribal Respondent
Guide: Digital available on the BAS website: . Those using paper maps should
consult the Boundary and Annexation Survey Respondent Guide: Paper available on the BAS
website: .
This guide is equipped with shortcuts to subjects that respondents may want to jump to
directly. To move directly to one of these sections, click on the linked text. This guide contains
two parts:
Part 1: Provides an overview of BAS. It specifies the:
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Process and Workflow.
Reviewing BAS Data (Information specific to the review and update of each type of
geographic area).
Quality Control and File Submission.
Submitting Files through Secure Web Incoming Module (SWIM).
Submitting Files on DVD.

Part 2: Describes GUPS and gives step-by-step instructions (Action/Result in table format) for:
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Requirements and Installation.
How to Install GUPS.
Using GUPS (Basics and Map Management).
How to Access BAS Shapefiles.
Import Data from the Census Bureau’s BAS Website.
Download Shapefiles from the BAS Website .
Download Shapefiles from the Census Bureau ftp2 Site.
How to Import User-Provided Data into GUPS.
Making BAS Updates in GUPS.
How to Update Legal Boundaries.
How to Update Linear Features.

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How to Update Area Landmarks and Hydrographic Areas.
How to Update Point Landmarks.
How to Use GUPS Review and Validation Tools.
Exporting a Printable Map.
Submitting Files to the Census Bureau through SWIM.
In all the Action/Result tables, the action is usually a command or action the participant needs
to perform, and the Result(s) of the action will be shown in italics. For example, if the
participant clicks the GUPS icon on the desktop, the software should begin to run
automatically.

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PART 1

SECTION 1

BAS OVERVIEW

PROCESS AND WORKFLOW

Figure 1 below illustrates the three phases of the work to be completed for Tribal BAS. The first
section in the diagram includes initial steps. The second section indicates the types of
geographic data that should be reviewed and updated. The last section lists the final steps to
validate and submit changes.

Figure 1. Tribal BAS Workflow

The sections of this guide are organized around the topical areas in the diagram and provide
needed program information and procedures, as well as relevant deadlines.
See Appendix A for a list of contacts and helpful program links.

1.1

Receiving the GUPS Application and Shapefiles

GUPS is available for installation two ways. GUPS software is available for download directly
from the BAS website . Participants can also request to receive GUPS software
on DVD, which will be shipped in a package that includes a DVD containing GUPS, this
respondent guide in portable document format (.pdf), and a read me text (.txt) file.

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Once GUPS is installed, the BAS shapefiles can be imported from the BAS website directly to the
GUPS application. Instructions on how to load data into GUPS appears in 5.2, Import Data from
the Census Bureau’s BAS Website. If a participant does not have internet access, they may
request shapefiles on DVD. To request a data DVD, call 1-800-972-5651 or email
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1.2

Getting Help

Part 2: How to Use GUPS of this guide contains directions for how to use the tools available
within the GUPS application, as well as step-by-step instructions for how to carry out specific
shapefile updates (e.g., additions and deletions of tribal areas, adding and deleting features and
landmarks, etc.).

1.2.1

GUPS Help

Training videos for help with using GUPS are available on the BAS website
. In addition,
a 508-compliant version of this guide is available at .
For supplemental information on functions within GUPS that are specific to QGIS, a QGIS user’s
manual can be found at .
The QGIS manual offers particularly helpful information on several activities that are touched
on in this guide, but not described in detail, including working with user-provided data layers,
creating search expressions for attribute tables, and creating customized coordinate systems.
For questions concerning technical problems with the GUPS application, user support is
available via telephone at 1-800-972-5651 and by email .

1.2.2

BAS Help

BAS participants may find the Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS) Tribal Respondent Guide:
Digital helpful. Although designed for experienced GIS users, it provides important information
on geocoding, topological relationships, and spatial accuracy relevant to Census Bureau
shapefiles. This guide can be downloaded at: .

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SECTION 2

REVIEWING BAS DATA

The Census Bureau requests that participants review and update all legal governments and
boundaries within their reservation/trust lands/tribal subdivisions, including the additions and
deletions of land area and boundary corrections. They may also update linear features and
landmarks, including area landmarks, hydrographic areas, and point landmarks, although
review of these is optional.
To help conduct the review, the GUPS application allows participants to import and overlay
their own geospatial data layers with the Census Bureau shapefiles. Image files may be
imported from web mapping services, geodatabases, and other file types. Steps to import the
most common types of user-provided data are provided in 5.7, How to Import User-Provided
Data into GUPS.

2.1

Boundary Corrections

A boundary correction is the adjustment of a boundary to correct an error in how the Census
Bureau depicts an existing boundary. Boundary corrections should follow the general shape of
the existing boundary. Legal documentation is not required when submitting a boundary
correction to the Census Bureau.

2.2

Legal Boundary Changes

Legal boundary changes are the result of legal actions (e.g., additions), and documenting such
changes is the primary goal of BAS. AIA legal documentation (e.g., statute, federal court
decision, trust deed) must accompany all AIA legal boundary changes.

2.3

Tribal Areas that can be Submitted through BAS

The following can be updated through Tribal BAS:
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Federal American Indian Reservations are areas that have been set aside by the United States
for the use of tribes, the exterior boundaries of which are more particularly defined in the final
tribal treaties, agreements, executive orders, federal statutes, secretarial orders, or judicial
determinations.

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Federal Off-Reservation Trust Lands are areas for which the United States holds title in trust
for the benefit of a tribe (tribal trust land) or for an individual American Indian (individual
trust land).

Note:

Trust lands may be located on or off a reservation; however, the Census Bureau tabulates data
only for off-reservation trust lands. Please do not submit on-reservation trust land because
the Census Bureau can only show the exterior reservation boundary. The Census Bureau does
not identify fee land (or land in fee simple status) or restricted fee lands as specific geographic
areas.

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Tribal Subdivisions are legal administrative subdivisions of federally recognized American Indian
reservations and off-reservation trust lands, and are described as additions, administrative
areas, areas, chapters, county districts, communities, districts, or segments. These areas are
internal units of self-government or administration that serve social, cultural, and/or economic
purposes for the American Indians on the reservations and off-reservation trust lands.

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Hawaiian Homelands are areas held in trust for Native Hawaiians by the state of Hawaii,
pursuant to the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act of 1920, as amended.

Table 1 shows the specific changes allowed for each legal government type.
Table 1: Available Change Types by Government Type

Entity Type

Available Change Types

Hawaiian Home Land (HHL)

Reservation / Trust Land

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Tribal Subdivision

2.4

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New Entity
Deleted Entity
Addition
Deletion
Boundary Correction (add)
Boundary Correction (remove)
Geographic Corridor
Geographic Offset
New Entity (No Land previously. Have
Reservation land and adding Trust Lands
for first time, or Have Trust land and are
adding Reservation for first time)
Deleted Entity (changing from Reservation
to Trust land or Trust Land to Reservation)
Addition (adding to type of geography that
already exists)
Deletion (Deleting a portion of Reservation
or Trust Land)
Boundary Correction (add)
Boundary Correction (remove)
Geographic Offset
Adding tribal subdivisions for first time
Deleting tribal subdivisions all together
Addition
Deletion
Boundary Correction (add)
Boundary Correction (remove)

Submitting Acceptable Documentation

The Census Bureau is responsible for depicting reservation and off-reservation trust land
boundaries, but because the Census Bureau is not the authority on the boundaries,
documentation is required to update reservation and off-reservation trust land boundaries.

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The following changes require documentation:
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New off-reservation trust land.

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New reservation land.

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Changes from off-reservation trust land to reservation land and changes from reservation land
to off-reservation trust land.

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Large changes to existing off-reservation trust land.

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Large changes to existing reservation land.

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Boundary corrections to off-reservation trust land or reservation land that do not follow the
general shape of the boundary.

For off-reservation trust land, the most common documentation is a trust deed or a letter from
the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). Documents should state that the land is “in trust” for the
tribe.
For reservation land, documentation examples include (but are not limited to) federal register
notice, Act of Congress, Executive Order, or a new legal opinion issued by the BIA. When
submitting large boundary corrections to an existing reservation, please submit the reservation
document.
If no documentation is available, please contact the tribe’s regional BIA office to obtain
documentation. The Census Bureau will treat legal opinions issued in writing from the BIA as
documentation since the BIA is the authority on reservation and off-reservation trust land
boundaries. If the Census Bureau cannot interpret a document, such as a treaty, the Census
Bureau will contact the BIA for assistance.
For questions about documentation, please call the Census Bureau at 1-800-972-5651 or email
. To contact the BIA, please reach out to the nearest regional office, see
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2.5

Reviewing Linear Features

It is important that Census Bureau data reflects the most recent linear features to ensure that
new or previously missed housing units located along these features are identified and located.
When reviewing linear features (edges layer) on the Census Bureau shapefiles, first determine
whether any features are missing or need to be deleted. Pay particular attention to areas that
have experienced recent population growth or construction activities, as these are the most
likely to possess new or altered linear features (e.g., new subdivisions, traffic circles converted
to straight ways, or privately maintained roads that serve as public streets, but exclude private
driveways).
Attribute updates (e.g., name, class code, and address ranges) may also be added for selected
features. For a complete list of Master Address File and Topologically Integrated Geographic
Encoding and Reference (MAF/TIGER) Feature Class Codes (MTFCC), refer to Appendix C.
To aid in the review of linear features, GUPS allows users to import local street centerline files,
hydrography layers, imagery, and other user-provided geospatial data for reference and
comparison against the Census Bureau data.
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In the review, please note:
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S1100 and S1200—If adding road features with an MTFCC of S1100 (Primary Road) or S1200
(Secondary Road), users must supply a feature name. As is the case for all road features, the
feature name should be a proper name or route number.

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Spatial Inaccuracies—The Census Bureau will not process the wholesale spatial realignment of
features to enhance spatial accuracy. If a feature is in the incorrect location, delete the feature
and add it in the correct location. Take this action only if the feature is exceedingly spatially
inaccurate and/or the current location (with respect to other features and boundaries) affects
the tabulation of housing units to the correct geography, such as legal governments, census
tracts, and census blocks.

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Address Range Changes—The Census Bureau accepts address range data as part of the linear
feature update layer. As with other linear feature updates, the required attributes and
corresponding change type for the update must be supplied. In addition, because existing
address ranges are not shown in the Census Bureau’s outgoing shapefiles, it is recommended
that participants only add address ranges to new features.

2.6

Reviewing Area Landmarks and Hydrographic Areas

The Census Bureau accepts updates to area landmarks and hydrographic areas in a similar
manner to legal boundary changes. However, area landmarks and hydrographic areas are not
legal governments, so no documentation or effective dates are required.
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Allowable updates for area landmarks and hydrographic areas are:

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Add new area landmark or hydrographic area.

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Remove area landmark or hydrographic area.

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Change or add landmark name.

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Boundary corrections (add and remove area).

If adding a new area landmark or hydrographic area, please add only:
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Water bodies.

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Glaciers.

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Airports.

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Cemeteries.

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Golf courses.

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Parks.

The Census Bureau cannot add other types of area landmark/hydrographic areas to the
MAF/TIGER system at this time (even though others may already exist in the database).
Table 2 shows the acceptable MTFCCs for new area landmarks or hydrographic areas.

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Table 2: Acceptable MTFCCs for New Area Landmarks/Hydrographic Areas

MTFCC

Note:

Description

H2030

Lake/Pond

H2040

Reservoir

H2041

Treatment Pond

H2051

Bay/Estuary/Gulf/Sound

H2081

Glacier

C3023

Island

K1231

Hospital/Hospice/Urgent Care Facility

K1235

Juvenile Institution

K1236

Local Jail or Detention Center

K1237

Federal Penitentiary, State Prison, or Prison Farm

K2110

Military Installation

K2180

Park

K2181

National Park Service Land

K2182

National Forest or Other Federal Land

K2183

Tribal Park, Forest, or Recreation Area

K2184

State Park, Forest, or Recreation Area

K2185

Regional Park, Forest, or Recreation Area

K2186

County Park, Forest, or Recreation Area

K2187

County Subdivision Park, Forest, or Recreation Area

K2188

Incorporated Place Park, Forest, or Recreation Area

K2189

Private Park, Forest, or Recreation Area

K2190

Other Park, Forest, or Recreation Area (quasi-public, independent park,
commission, etc.)

K2424

Marina

K2540

University or College

K2457

Airport – Area Representation

K2561

Golf Course

K2582

Cemetery

If adding an MTFCC K2457 (Airport – Area Representation) area landmark, please limit the
updates to major airports (major regional and international airports). The feature should show
the full extent of the airport facility, that is, do not limit the addition to simply the landing
strips.

Area Landmark/Hydrographic Area Changes May Be Delayed
The Census Bureau prioritizes boundary changes to legal areas to meet ACS and BAS deadlines. Therefore,
there may be delays in incorporating area landmark and hydrographic area changes to the MAF/TIGER
system. Please do not resubmit any changes that were sent during the previous year’s BAS. The Census
Bureau are working on incorporating those changes, and they will be reflected in the next year’s BAS
materials.
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2.7

Reviewing Point Landmarks

Because many of the area landmarks contained in the Census Bureau’s MAF/TIGER system
originate from USGS GNIS, which is the official gazetteer of point landmark names for the
Federal Government, point landmark updates are limited in BAS. The Census Bureau cannot
modify any point landmark imported from the GNIS database. Thus, be aware that name
changes or deletions submitted for the following types of landmarks may be left unchanged:
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K2451 (Airport or Airfield).

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K2582 (Cemetery).

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C3022 (Summit or Pillar).

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C3081 (Locale or Populated Place).

Also, due to Title 13 privacy concerns, any landmark with an MTFCC shown in Table 3 below
cannot be added to the MAF/TIGER system as a point landmark. The MAF/TIGER system no
longer maintains any point landmarks with these MTFCCs. Point landmarks with these codes
could identify a residence or private business. Thus, it is also important not to add any of the
point landmark types shown in the table using alternative MTFCCs.
Table 3: Restricted Point Landmark MTFCCs

MTFCC

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Description

K1100

Housing Unit Location

K1121

Apartment Building or Complex

K1122

Rooming or Boarding House

K1223

Trailer Court or Mobile Home Park

K1226

Housing Facility/Dormitory for Workers

K1227

Hotel, Motel, Resort, Spa, Hostel, YMCA, or YWCA

K1228

Campground

K1229

Shelter or Mission

K1232

Halfway House/Group Home

K1233

Nursing Home, Retirement Home, or Home for the Aged

K1234

County Home or Poor Farm

K1235

Juvenile Institution

K1241

Sorority, Fraternity, or College Dormitory

K1251

Military Group Quarters

K1299

Other Group Quarters Location

K2100

Governmental

K2197

Mixed Use/Other Non-residential

K2300

Commercial Workplace

K2361

Shopping Center or Major Retail Center

K2362

Industrial Building or Industrial Park

K2363

Office Building or Office Park

K2364

Farm/Vineyard/Winery/Orchard

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MTFCC

Description

K2366

Other Employment Center

K2424

Marina

K2500

Other Workplace

K2564

Amusement Center

Point Landmark Changes May Be Delayed
The Census Bureau prioritizes boundary changes to legal areas to meet ACS and BAS deadlines. Therefore,
there may be delays in incorporating point landmark changes to the MAF/TIGER system. Please do not
resubmit any changes that were sent during the previous year’s BAS. The Census Bureau is working on
incorporating those changes, and they will be reflected in the next year’s BAS materials.

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SECTION 3
3.1

QUALITY CONTROL AND FILE SUBMISSION

Validating Updates

Once BAS updates are complete, please conduct a review of the change polygons using the
validation tools to ensure that:
1. The polygons have no unintended holes (e.g., several faces were annexed but missing a traffic
circle or small pond).
2. All boundary corrections meet a minimum size threshold (very small corrections cannot be
processed).

Validate Often
Validation tools in GUPS are accessible at any time while working in the application.
For best results, utilize the tools often while working to identify errors early and avoid
extensive rework. Steps to use the Geographic Review tool and the Review Change
Polygons tool are included in 6.5, How to Use GUPS Review and Validation Tools.

3.2

Submitting Files through Secure Web Incoming Module (SWIM)

Prompt submission of updates is welcome. It benefits the Census Bureau-allowing the BAS team
to review the files early, provide feedback, and avoid backups in file processing-and the
participant-guaranteeing their updates are recorded accurately and are reflected in the latest
releases of Census Bureau data products.
For those with internet access, all BAS submissions must be made via the SWIM. Due to security
reasons, the Census Bureau cannot accept files sent via email or through its alternate File
Transfer Protocol (FTP) sites. For those without Internet access, see 3.3, Submitting Files on
DVD.
If participants indicated on their BAS Annual Response Form that they wished to receive or use
the GUPS application, they will automatically receive the SWIM URL and a registration token via
email. The email should arrive five days after completion of the Annual Response online (or five
business days after the Census Bureau receives the paper form).
The registration token allows users to establish personal SWIM accounts. If a SWIM token does
not arrive after the amount of time specified, email or call 1-800-972
5651. Once registered, the token will no longer be necessary to log into the system.
Current SWIM Users
If a participant is in another Census Bureau partnership program or participated in a
previous BAS year and already has a SWIM account, they may use their current account
to submit files for BAS. They do not need to set up a new account.
Note: Participants will not be able to upload a file larger than 250 MB and SWIM will
block participants from uploading a ZIP file that contains another ZIP file.
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For step-by-step instructions to submit files through the SWIM, refer to Table 46.

3.3

Submitting Files on DVD

If internet access is unavailable, please copy the ZIP file(s) to DVD for submission. The DVD
should be mailed to:
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National Processing Center
ATTN: BAS Returns, Bldg 63E
1201 East 10th Street
Jeffersonville, IN 47132

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PART 2

SECTION 4

HOW TO USE GUPS

REQUIREMENTS AND INSTALLATION

This section includes information needed to use GUPS. It offers a description of the GUPS
application and gives specific instructions (in the form of Step/Action tables) for how to use
GUPS to make BAS updates. Reminder: this guide is equipped with shortcuts to subjects that
respondents may want to jump to directly. To move directly to one of these sections, click on
the linked text.
Section 4. Requirements and Installation.
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Getting Started - Lists the hardware and software requirements for GUPS and SWIM.

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How to Install GUPS - Provides instructions for installing the application.

Section 5. Using GUPS (Basics and Map Management)
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How to Access BAS Shapefiles - Provides instructions to load shapefiles.
Import Data from the Census Bureau’s BAS Website.
Download Shapefiles from the BAS Website .
Download Shapefiles from the Census Bureau ftp2 Site.
Using the GUPS Interface - Including the Menu, Toolbars, Layers Panel or Map Legend, and the
Map View area.
GUPS Main Page.
Menu & Toolbars- Offers instructions for using the tools available through the menu and
toolbars.
How to Import User-Provided Data into GUPS.
How to Upload User-Provided Data Layers.
How to Import a Shared ZIP Shapefile.

Section 6. Making BAS Updates in GUPS
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How to Update Legal Boundaries - Gives instructions to make required and optional updates in
the application.
Adding (or Deleting) Land Area to an Existing Reservation or Existing Off-Reservation Trust
Land.
Make a Boundary Correction (Add Area/Remove Area).
Adding a Geographic Offset.
How to Update Linear Features.
How to Update Area Landmarks and Hydrographic Areas.
How to Update Point Landmarks.
How to Use GUPS Review and Validation Tools.
Exporting a Printable Map.

Section 7. Submitting Files to the Census Bureau through SWIM -Provides instructions to
submit files to the Census Bureau through SWIM.

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4.1

Getting Started

Download GUPS from the BAS website at: . If the GUPS package was
requested, it should include a DVD containing the GUPS software, respondent guides, and a
readme text file.
Before beginning the installation, check that the computer has the capabilities needed to run
GUPS (using Table 4).
GUPS is based on QGIS (formerly known as Quantum GIS), a free and open-source desktop
geographic information system application. To learn more about QGIS, visit their website at
. The GUPS application was developed for use in a desktop PC
or a network environment.
Table 4 lists the hardware and software requirements to install and run GUPS. Also included are
the software requirements to submit files through the SWIM website.
Table 4: GUPS Hardware and Software Requirements

Hardware
Disk Space Needed to Run
GUPS:
4 GB
Disk Space Needed to Store
Shapefiles:
Shapefile sizes vary. To view
the size of the shapefiles,
right-click, and choose
Properties in the dropdown menu. The Files
Properties box opens and
displays the folder size.
Select multiple files/folders
in the list to view their
properties via the same
method.
RAM:
4 GB minimum, 8 GB or
more recommended for
optimal performance.

Operating system
Windows®:
To run GUPS, Windows users need one of the
following operating systems:
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Windows 8®
Windows 10®

Apple®:
Mac OS X® users must secure a license for
Microsoft Windows and use a Windows bridge.
The suggested bridge software is Boot Camp®,
which comes pre-installed on all Mac computers.
Locate instructions for using Boot Camp at:
.

Browser
SWIM runs on the two most
recent versions of each of
these major browsers:
• Internet Explorer®
• Google Chrome®
• Mozilla Firefox®
• Apple Safari®

IMPORTANT: Since Boot Camp requires a restart
of the computer to set up the bridge, be sure to
print the instructions provided at the URL above
before beginning installation.

Depending on the Windows OS version, the GUPS dialog boxes may have a different
appearance than the screenshots contained in the user guide, although the content
is the same.
Note:

GUPS continues to evolve through updates and revisions. As a result, some discrepancies
between the appearance of individual screens or buttons in this guide may differ from the
actual software received with the feedback materials. Other variations in color or styles may
also exist.

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4.2

How to Install GUPS

To install the GUPS application users must have Administrator privileges for their computer. If
an earlier installation of GUPS is present, please check that it is the correct version for this
year's BAS. Go to the GUPS tab and select the About GUPS option in the drop-down menu to
find the GUPS version number. If it is not GUPS Version 13.0.X-X or later, download the most
recent version and follow the setup instructions. Alternatively, compare the currently installed
version with the one provided on the Census Bureau’s installation DVD to ensure the latest
version. To complete the installation, follow the steps in Table 5.
Table 5: Install the GUPS Application

Step
Step 1

Action and Result
Click the direct download link or place the
installation DVD into the computer’s DVD drive. For some users, a Windows protected your PC
pop-up box may appear.

To continue, click ‘More info’, then select ‘Run anyway?’.
Step 2

Other users may receive a user account control pop-up that asks, “Do you want to run this file?”,
“Do you want to allow the following program from an unknown publisher to make changes to this
computer?”, or a similar query. See an example below.

If this pop-up occurs, click Run, Yes, Allow, or an option that allows the installation to proceed. The
software should begin to run automatically.

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Step 3

If the software does not run automatically, open Windows Explorer, navigate to the DVD drive, and
double-click on the file named Setup.bat file.
Note: The name of this file will vary depending on the current GUPS version number, but it will be
the only setup .bat file available.

If the software still does not run properly, contact the local system Administrator for assistance.
Step 4

A Welcome to QGIS 3.4.4-Madeira window pops up allowing users to import previous settings
used into the default profile. Users may choose to import their settings or to have a clean start.
Select the desired options and click “Let’s get started”.

Before proceeding, close all other programs or applications. Once other programs and applications
are closed, click the Next button.

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Step 5

When the installer opens, the Welcome to the QGIS Setup Wizard screen appears.

Note: The version needed for2020 BAS is QGIS 3.4.4 Madeira. If the exact same version of QGIS
exists on the computer, an instruction to uninstall and reinstall appears. Participants may retain
other versions of QGIS that may be in use for other programs but must reinstall if the same version
exists on the computer to ensure installation of the latest update.
Before proceeding with installation, close all other programs or applications. Once other programs
and applications are closed, click the Next button.
Step 6

The License Agreement screen appears.

Read the License Agreement and click the I Agree button to continue.

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Step 7

The Choose Install Location screen opens. It is recommended to install the application at the
default: (i.e., C:\Program files\QGISGUPS). Otherwise, use the Browse button to navigate to a
preferred location.

The Browse button on this screen allows participants to browse the local computer for an
installation location. The Census Bureau recommends the installation of the GUPS application to
the default location: (e.g., C:\QGIS344) to prevent installation errors or issues. To begin the
installation, click the Next button.
Step 8

The Choose Components screen opens.

‘QGIS’ in the Select components to install field is checked and grayed out since it is the default.
Simply click Install to continue.
To review a previous page or reread the license agreement, click the Back button (each screen
contains this button). This returns the screen to the previous page.

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Step 9

The software should take between 5 and 10 minutes to install. When it is finished, the Completing
the QGIS GUPS Setup Wizard screen opens.

Click the Finish button.
Step 10

The GUPS Install Setup: Completed screen opens showing the status of the installation of GUPS.
When completed, click the Close button on the following screen.

Step 11

To complete the installation, click the Close button at the bottom of the GUPS Install Setup:
Completed Setup Wizard screen. Once the application installs, QGIS will be added to the All
Programs Start Menu list.

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SECTION 5

USING GUPS (BASICS AND MAP MANAGEMENT)

After successfully installing GUPS, participants are ready to start their Tribal BAS updates. There
are three ways to retrieve shapefiles when starting a new project:
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From the Census website (loads directly into GUPS).
From DVD (if one was requested).
From My Computer (if the files have been downloaded to the hard drive).

Table 6 shows the steps to open GUPS and start a new project using the Census Bureau
website. Table 7 shows the same steps to open GUPS, but starts a new project using the Census
Bureau provided DVD or My Computer (downloaded Census shapefiles saved to the hard drive).

5.1

How to Access BAS Shapefiles

BAS shapefiles from the BAS website can be pulled directly into the application when working in
GUPS by choosing the Census Web option during project setup. Users can load the shapefiles as
needed or load multiple county files at once. This is the preferred method for loading the
Census Bureau’s BAS shapefiles into GUPS as it ensures that required files are placed in the
correct location for the application to access.
Another option for loading files is to download the shapefiles from the BAS website (or from
the Census Bureau ftp2 site), then import them into GUPS. BAS shapefiles are available for
download from the BAS website here: . Instructions for how to download Census
Bureau shapefiles appear in Table 6 and Table 7. Downloading files to the hard drive is not the
preferred method when working in GUPS and should be used only when necessary
(e.g., if additional data layers that GUPS does not automatically load need to be pulled in as
user-provided data).
If the shapefiles were received as part of the GUPS package on a DVD, the files can be loaded
directly into GUPS from the DVD. Instructions for how to load shapefiles are contained in
Table 6.
Important:

New format for references that include a date with a year. X will represent the current
year (i.e., all images where 202x is used).

Whether pulling the files from the BAS website or from the DVD, the GUPS application unzips
them and places them into a pre-established folder created on the computer’s home directory
during the installation process (C:\GUPSGIS\gupsdata\BAS2021\shape). It then displays them in
the application and manages the files. There is no need to take any further action.
CAUTION!
Regardless of the source of the shapefiles, it is important NOT TO CHANGE any shapefile or folder name.
The files and folders must have the exact names given for the GUPS application to recognize and load
them.
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5.2

Import Data from the Census Bureau’s BAS Website

To open the GUPS application and begin Tribal BAS updates, follow the steps in Table 6 below.
Before beginning, note that:
1. To practice using GUPS without committing the changes made, simply exit the system without
saving. Before the system closes, it will give the option to discard the changes.
2. If comfortable with the system, but not all changes are completed in one session, simply save
the changes, then close the system. When opening GUPS later, reopen the project and continue
working.
Note:

In all the Action/Result tables, the action is usually a command or action to perform and the
Result(s) of the action are in italics. For example, click the QGIS icon on the desktop, the
software should begin to run automatically.

Important:

New format for references that include a date with a year. X will represent the current
year (i.e., all images where 202x is used).

Table 6: Start a New Project Using Shapefiles from the BAS Website

Step
Step 1

Action and Result
Select QGIS Desktop 3.4.4 from the All Programs Start Menu list.

The QGIS splash screen appears. (Note: QGIS is the open-source platform for building GUPS.)

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Step 2

Wait until the application loads (this may require a few minutes on older computers). When the
GUPS application has loaded, the GUPS main page opens and the QGIS Tips! box appears.

Note: Since GUPS was built on the QGIS open-source platform, there may be references to QGIS in
several locations within the GUPS application.
Step 3

To view QGIS system tips, click the Next button to read the first tip. Thereafter use the Previous
and Next buttons to navigate within tips. To no longer see the tips on startup, click the checkbox in
the bottom left-hand corner that reads ‘I’ve had enough tips, don’t show this on startup anymore!’

Step 4

To begin a GUPS project, close the QGIS Tips! box by clicking the OK button. The box closes and the
Map Management dialog box opens, as shown below.

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Step 5

In the Map Management dialog box, use the drop-down menu next to the Program field to select
the program, ‘Tribal Boundary and Annexation Survey’. ‘Tribal Boundary and Annexation Survey’
populates the field.

Step 6

In the Sub Program field, select ‘Tribal Boundary and Annexation Survey’. In the State field, use
the drop-down menu to select a state. The scroll bar to the right allows the user to move up and
down the list of states.

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Step 7

In the Entity Type field drop-down menu, select the entity type represented by this submission. The
options are ‘Alaska Native Regional Corporation’, ‘Hawaiian Homeland’, and Reservation/Trust
Land’.

This example uses Reservation/Trust Land.
Step 8

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Next, select the Entity Name field drop-down. Since the entity type ‘Reservation/Trust Land’ was
selected GUPS automatically provides a list of the Reservations and Off-Reservation Trust Lands.
The scroll bar to the right allows users to move up and down the list of reservations/trust lands.

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Step 9

Once the entity is selected from the drop-down menu, the Map Management screen will provide
users with a list of counties. The counties in which the selected entity already exists will be at the
top of the list and their corresponding check boxes will be ‘checked’. Adjacent counties (counties
whose borders touch the automatically selected county or counties) are highlighted in YELLOW.
Any previously selected counties will be highlighted in CYAN.
All checked counties will display in the Map View. Uncheck the box for any counties that do not
need to be seen.
To select additional counties to display (users may choose up to a total of 10 at once), check the
checkboxes next to them. Scroll down using the scroll bar to the right to see the full list of
counties.

Step 10

After selecting the working county or counties, GUPS will prompt the participant for a location
from which to import the county’s (or county equivalent’s) shapefiles. The Select Data Folder,
Directory or Location box opens.

GUPS only ask to specify a data download location once per project. When a project has been
closed and reopened, the shapefiles automatically load, even if there were no changes during the
first session.
Step 11

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In the Select Data Folder, Directory or Location box drop-down menu, select the location from
which to pull the file. This example assumes the user is pulling the data from the BAS website, so
click on Census Web in the drop-down menu.

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Step 12

When Census Web is chosen, the shapefile for the county begins to load and progress is displayed
by a blue striped bar (color may vary), with the percentage of the upload completed displayed to
the right.

Step 13

As GUPS loads the data, it unzips and copies the files to a folder that in the home directory
created during the installation process. The data is then loaded into the GUPS application.

Step 14

It then pulls the file into the GUPS application.

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Step 15

If for any reason shapefiles are missing from the location chosen in the Select Data Folder,
Directory or Location drop-down menu, or the files are corrupted and cannot be loaded, an error
message will display.

Step 16

Click OK to return to the Map Management dialog box.

Step 17

Try loading the file(s) from another location. After reopening map management, reselect the
desired working county and pick another option for loading the files.

If loading shapefiles using the ‘Census Web’ and ‘CD/DVD’ options is not successful, follow the
instructions in Table 7 or Table 8 to download the files to the computer from the BAS website or
Census Bureau’s ftp2 site. Then pull them into GUPS using the ‘My Computer’ option in the Select
Data Folder, Directory or Location drop-down menu. When ‘My Computer’ is selected the Select
directory screen opens.

On this screen, click on the My Computer icon in the left-hand corner.
Navigate to the location of the files to be loaded, then select the files and click on the Select
button at the bottom of the Select directory screen. GUPS unzips and loads the files, then moves
them to the pre-established folder on the home directory.

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Step 18

After working on a project, be sure to save before exiting. Otherwise the edits will be lost. To
save, click the Save icon on the Standard toolbar.
The Current edits pop-up box asks to save the changes for all layers.

Click OK. The changes are saved.
Step 19

Close the application to discard any changes (click the red X in the upper right-hand corner of the
main GUPS page). A Save? pop-up warning asks “Do you want to save the current project?”

Click Discard to not save the current project.
Step 20

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To reopen a saved project, in the Map Management dialog box, click the down arrow next to the
Open Recent button. The drop-down menu opens with a list of current projects.

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If sharing a computer with other GUPS users, multiple project files may appear in the drop-down
menu, as shown below. Here three separate users in Karuk Reservation have created projects on
the same computer.

To identify which of the entries in the list represents the project, look at its number string. This
string comprises the BAS ID. Each BAS ID is 11 digits. The first digit indicates the Entity Type (i.e.,
the user type) (4 = American Indian Area). The next two digits are the state FIPS code and 99 is
what BAS uses for all AIAs since they can cross state lines. The following four digits are the TR
code (the tribe code). The final four digits are the AIANNHCE/TA Code (the tribal area code).
The number string,
reflects a project created by the Karuk Tribal
participant, where 4 = American Indian Area; 99 = state FIPS code used for tribal areas; 0117 =
code for Karuk Tribe; and 1750 = Karuk Reservation/Trust Land.
The BAS ID information for a particular geography is available within the Map Management
dialog box. Below is an example for Karuk Tribe Karuk Reservation.

Step 21

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After identifying the correct file to reopen, select it from the list. The map for the project
automatically loads and the layers show in the Layers Panel.

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Census Bureau-defined default layers and view settings are loaded each time a new project is
started in GUPS. If these default settings have been changed and then are saved during a project,
reopening the project will load these saved changes rather than the Census Bureau-defined
default layers and view setting. To restore the default settings for a layer:
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Click on the layer in the Layers Panel. A drop-down menu opens.

•

In the drop-down menu, select ‘GUPS Layer’. A submenu opens.

•

In the submenu, select ‘Load default style’ (see illustration below).

To reset the default settings for all layers, select ‘Load all default style.’

5.3

Download Shapefiles from the BAS Website

Follow the steps in Table 7 to download the files from the BAS website to the hard drive. Please
note that images may vary slightly as website updates are made after this document is
published.
Table 7: Download Shapefiles from the BAS Website to a Hard Drive

Step
Step 1

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Action and Result
Enter the URL into the Internet browser. The Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS)
Partnership Shapefiles page opens.

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Step 2

Under ‘2020 Partnership Shapefiles’, in the ‘Select a Geography’ drop-down box, select the name
of the state in which the entity is located from the drop-down list. The [State Name] Partnership
Shapefile Batch Download page opens.

Step 3

Select the county(ies) or county equivalent(s) needed by clicking the box next to it. Up to five (5)
counties may be selected at a time. Once the counties selection is complete, click the Submit
button at the bottom left hand side.

A prompt to save the file(s) appears.

Step 4

Click the down arrow next to Save and select ‘Save As’ in the drop-down list. The Save As dialog
box appears, with the file appearing in the File Name field. If more than one county was selected, a
single ZIP file containing the selected counties is saved.

Step 5

In the Save As dialog box, select a location on the home directory to save the files.

Step 6

Click the Save button. The file(s) are saved in the selected location.

Step 7

To obtain shapefiles for additional counties, repeat the download process as needed.

Step 8

When the geography is selected in GUPS, the application asks to specify the location (‘CD/DVD’,
‘My Computer’, or ‘Census Web’) of the files. When a selection is made, GUPS asks to select a
directory. Navigate to the location where the files were saved and select those to be uploaded.
GUPS unzips and loads the files, then moves them to the pre-established folder in the home
directory.

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When the Select Data Folder, Directory or Location box opens, use the drop-down menu to select
the location from which to pull the shapefiles. In this instance, this example loads them from a
Census Bureau-provided DVD. To do so, insert the DVD into the DVD drive, then select ‘CD/DVD’,
as shown below.

Step 9

The files for Clark and Jennings Counties begin to load and progress is displayed by the blue striped
bar (color may vary), with the progress percentage noted to the right.

Step 10

5.4

Download Shapefiles from the Census Bureau ftp2 Site

If using GUPS at the state level, or if downloading shapefiles for several counties at one time,
follow the steps in Table 8.
Table 8: Download Shapefiles from ftp Site to a Hard Drive (State Users)

Step
Step 1

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Action and Result
Using Internet Explorer (IE) or another web browser navigate to . The FTP
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Step 2

Press ‘Alt’ and click the ‘View’ tab on the browser menu and select “Open FTP site in File
Explorer” to open the Census Bureau FTP site in Windows Explorer (sometimes called file
explorer). If using Windows Explorer to access the FTP site, no login information is required.

Step 3

After the Census Bureau FTP site opens in file explorer, click the ‘geo’ folder.

Step 4

Within the ‘geo’ folder, click the ‘pvs’ folder (partnership verification files).

Step 5

Select the state folder that contains the county or counties for which data is downloading. The
state folders are represented using two-digit state FIPS codes.

Step 6

There are several sets of shapefiles within each state directory. Download the most recent
partnership shapefiles. These shapefiles are contained within a ZIP file with the prefix
partnership_shapefiles_20v2. Each ZIP file ends with a five-digit state-county FIPS code (e.g.,
08051) which represents the county for which the data is downloading. Make sure to choose the
filename with “20v2”, because the “20v1” files are sometimes also available in the folders.

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Step 7

Select the county or counties that are to be downloaded to the local drive. These files may be
copied to any desired location. When selecting a geography in GUPS, the application asks to
specify the location (‘CD/DVD’, ‘My Computer’, or ‘Census Web’) of the files. When ‘My Computer’
is selected, GUPS asks to select a directory. Navigate to the location where the files will be saved
and select those that are to be uploaded. GUPS unzips and loads the files, then moves them to the
pre-established folder on the home directory.
If using an FTP client software such as WinSP or FileZilla (or other), may
be connected to without a password. Participants should enter ‘anonymous’ as the user name and
their email address as the password.

5.5

Using the GUPS Interface

5.5.1

GUPS Main Page

Figure 2 shows the layout of the main GUPS page. This page contains all the tools needed for
making BAS updates. All work is completed from this page. Shown in the figure are the main
page elements.
These include the:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Menu.
Layers Panel.
Map View (where the data display).
Toolbars (Standard toolbar, BAS toolbar, and Add Layers toolbar).
Status Bar (at bottom of page).

Figure 2. GUPS Main Page Layout

The purpose for each element on the main GUPS page is explained in 5.5.1 through 5.7.1 which
describe in detail the individual components and specific functions of each element.

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Table 9: GUPS Main Page Elements

Page Element

General Function

The menu offers basic features such as settings and help; tools to manage the map view and
import user-provided data; important calculation, measurement, and geoprocessing tools;
and tools needed to make shapefile updates. Note that almost all the functions available
from the menu are also available in the application’s more conveniently located toolbars.

Layers Panel

The Layers Panel shows the layers on the map for the county selected. Layers (or groups)
can be removed, layer visibility managed, and legend content filtered through the Layers
Panel toolbar.

Map View

The Map View displays the data for the county selected in the Map Management dialog
box.

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Page Element

General Function

Standard Toolbar

Provides the navigation and other tools needed to interact with the map and layers’
attribute tables.

BAS Toolbar

Gives the specific tools needed to make BAS updates, view linear feature attributes, review
and validate changes, import and export zipped files, and print maps.

Manage Layers
Toolbar

Offers tools to import non-Census data. Map layers may be superimposed in GUPS to
compare the features on the users’ maps with those on the Census Bureau shapefiles.
Note: Although shown horizontally here, this toolbar appears aligned vertically to the left of
the Layers Panel in the GUPS application.

Status Bar

Displays information on the map scale, projection, and coordinates and allows adjusting of
the display.

5.5.2

Layers Panel and Map View

When choosing a program and geography in the Map Management dialog box, GUPS
automatically loads a set of default data layers (and default layer groups) defined by the Census
Bureau for the program specified. As the map opens in Map View, the list of the preset layers
(already grouped) appears in the Layers Panel.
Use the Layers Panel and the small toolbar appearing at its top to manage the map view.
Note that the Layers Panel and the Map View windows are interdependent. Selections that are
made in the Layers Panel are immediately reflected on the map display.
Close the Layers Panel at any time to see more of the map (just click on the small ‘x’ in the
upper right-hand corner).

Figure 3. Close Layers Panel

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To restore the Layers Panel, click the View tab on the Menu, select ‘Panels’ in the drop-down
menu, click the arrow next to ‘Panel’ to open the submenu, then click on ‘Layers’.

Figure 4. Restore the Layers Panel

The Layers Panel will then reopen and display in its default position on the page.

5.5.3

Managing the Map View from Within the Layers Panel

Within the Layers Panel, layer visibility can be managed (i.e., determine what layers display on
the map), data layers reordered, and new layer symbology set.
5.5.3.1 Manage Layer Visibility
To add or remove layers from the map view:
•

Click the checkbox next to a layer to add it to the map view.

•

Uncheck the checkbox next to a layer to remove it from the view.

Note:

To remove a layer from the map document right-click the name of the layer and select
‘Remove Layer’ in the drop-down menu. The layer will be removed from the map document.
After removal, the layer would need to be re-added if needed again.

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Figure 5. Managing Layer Visibility

5.5.3.2 Reorder Data Layers
In the Layers Panel, the order in which the layers are listed determines how the layers display
on the map. The layers at the top display on top of those below them. To change the display
order:
1. Left click on the layer name.
2. Hold down the mouse button and drag the layer to the desired position in the list.
3. Release the mouse button to place the layer in its new position. The map display will then
reflect the new layer order in the Layers Panel.

5.5.3.3 Expand/Contract Layers Panel Menus
To expand or contract the menu for a layer or layer group:
•
•

Click on the ‘ ’ sign to expand the group:
When the ‘ ’ sign next to the layer name is clicked, the layer’s submenu opens:

•

Click on the box and uncheck next to the layer to close the submenu(s).

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5.6

Menu & Toolbars

The main Menu, the Standard toolbar, and the BAS toolbar are located at the top of the GUPS
page. These toolbars offer general GIS and system tools used to make BAS updates.

Figure 6. Menu and Toolbars

The Manage Layer toolbar, the vertical toolbar located to the left of the Layers Panel (shown
here in a horizontal position) is used to import user-provided data.

Figure 7. Manage Layer Toolbar

Note:

Although the Menu is always located at the top of the page and cannot be moved, the
toolbars may be moved to a more convenient location. For example, drag the Add Data
toolbar to the top of the page to expand the area available for the Layers Panel and Map
View.

While working with the toolbars, hover the mouse over any toolbar button to see the name of
the tool it represents. Resize and reposition the toolbars by dragging them.
The Menu, the Standard toolbar, and the BAS toolbar are described in the section below. The
Add Data toolbar is discussed in 5.7, How to Import User-Provided Data into GUPS.

5.6.1

Menu Tabs

Table 10 below defines each of the tabs on the main Menu, provides an image of the
drop-down options for each, and describes each tab’s function.
Table 10: Menu Tabs and Their Functions

Tab
Project

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Drop-down Menu

Function/Description
From the Project tab, click on ‘Save’ to save the
project, click on ‘Import/Export’ to create an
image file of the map in Map View, or exit the
application. When using ‘Export Map to Image’
sub-menu under ‘Import/Export’, GUPS provides
various image file type formats when exporting a
map view (.png, .jpg, .tif, etc.).

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Edit

Drop-down Menu

Function/Description
From the Edit tab, click ‘Undo’ to undo the last
action or ‘Redo’ to redo an undone action.
Note: For ‘Undo’ to work, the correct layer must
be selected in the Layers Panel. For example, if a
linear feature is added to the Edges layer, then
the layer is deselected by selecting the Area
Landmarks layer, ‘Undo’ will not delete the linear
feature. The Edges layer must be selected to undo
the linear feature’s addition.
Note: Multiple actions can be undone on a single
layer (e.g., the addition of several linear features)
if the project has not been saved. If the project is
saved, the Undo option is disabled until more
changes are made.

View

The View tab is used to complete several actions
also available on the Standard toolbar. Included
are options for navigating the map, identifying
feature attributes, measuring distance, and
creating spatial bookmarks to return to the same
map view at a later time. This location also
provides a way to:
• Set what toolbars display.
• Restore the Layers Panel if it has been
closed it (click ‘Panels’ in the drop-down
menu, click the right arrow, click ‘Layers’
in the Layers down-menu).
• Refresh the map to restore it to the
original map extent.

Layer

The Layer tab on the Main menu toolbar allows
you to Add Layer, Add from Layer Definition File,
Paste Style, Remove Layer/Group, Set Scale
Visibility of Layer(s), set Coordinate Reference
system (CRS) of layer(s), and set project CRS from
layer.
Note: Many of these same functions are more
conveniently located on the Add Layers toolbar
and the small toolbar that sits at the top of the
Layers Panel.

Settings

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The Settings tab provides access to User Profiles,
Style Manager, Custom Projections, Interface
Customization, and General Options for QGIS.

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Tab

Drop-down Menu

Function/Description

Vector

The Vector tab provides access to several
Geoprocessing Tools, used to create buffers
around features, overlay areas to create an
intersection, union, or symmetrical difference,
merge features, and perform other common
geoprocessing actions.

Raster

The Raster tab provides access to a Raster
Calculator, which performs calculations on the
basis of existing raster pixel values. It includes a
Georeferencer tool, which can be used to assign
coordinates to the raster, and access to the
Terrain Analysis, Projection, Conversion,
Extraction, Analysis, and Miscellaneous Tools to
assist in drawing land detail.

Processing

Although available to GUPS users, the options
under the Processing tab are not needed for
Census Bureau geographic program participation.
The items under this tab pertain to algorithms,
creating models, viewing the results of algorithms
executed, and history.

Help

The Help tab provides tools for understanding
QGIS (the open-source platform on which GUPS
was developed) and the GUPS application itself.
It also contains BAS contact information, access to
the online version of this guide, training videos,
and other information. Clicking the About option
will bring up the latest version of GUPS installed
on the computer.

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Tab

Drop-down Menu

Function/Description
The GUPS tab provides quick access to Map
Management, Geographic Review, Point
Landmark, Quality Control (QC), Import/Export,
and Imagery drop-down screens.

GUPS

Click the About GUPS option in the dropdown menu to find the GUPS version
number. This number will be required if
technical assistant is needed. Here the
version number is 13.0.X-X
current_202x1008. The number that
appears may be more recent based on the
user’s computer and software.

Note on Snapping Tolerances
Snapping tolerances in GUPS are pre-defined by layer (e.g., the default tolerance for edges is set to 15
pixels). When making boundary corrections, it may be beneficial to adjust the snapping tolerances for a
layer or layers. To do this, follow the steps in the table below.

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Table 11: Adjust Snapping Tolerances

Step
Step 1

Action and Result
In the Project tab drop-down menu, click on ‘Snapping Options’.

The Snapping Setting dialog box opens.

Step 2

From the Advanced Configuration drop-down menu, select whether to apply the tolerance
adjustment to the current layer only or to all layers.

Step 3

Within the Layer window, you will need to expand the layer menu to see all the layers.

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Step 4

Check the box next to each layer to snap. From the Tolerance drop-down menu, use the up and
down arrows to select the value, and then select the units (map units or pixels) in the drop-down to
the right to avoid intersection.

Step 5

To enable topological editing and/or snapping on an intersection, select either box.

Step 6

Exit out of the window. The new snapping tolerances are set.

5.6.2

Standard Toolbar Buttons

The Standard toolbar provides the navigation tools to interact with the map and layers’
attribute tables.

Figure 8. Standard Toolbar

The Standard toolbar includes several smaller toolbars. Each sub-toolbar is identified by a
series of small parallel lines that precede it.

Figure 9. Sub-tool Markers

The first sub-toolbar contains the Save button, Style Manager button, Map Management
button, GUPS Data Settings button, the Search button, and the Select Features button.
The second sub-toolbar provides tools for viewing, navigating the map and creating spatial
bookmarks in Map View, and the third sub-toolbar is used to identify, select features by value,
deselect all features on the map, access processing tools in the Toolbox, and make
measurements.

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The location of the sub-toolbars can be moved by simply left-clicking the parallel lines
preceding the sub-toolbar and while holding down the mouse, dragging the sub-toolbar to the
desired location. Each button on the Standard toolbar and its purpose is defined in Table 12.
Table 12: Standard Toolbar Buttons

Button

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Name

Function/Description

Save

Saves the current GUPS project, including any user changes to
layer properties, projection, last viewed extent, and layers
added.

Style Manager

Allows customization of map symbols.

Map Management

Choose a geographic participant program in GUPS and access
the automatically loaded default map display layers based on
the program chosen.

GUPS Data Settings

Warning! This tool deletes files and folders permanently!
Change GUPSGIS data working directory and clean GUPS
project data.

Search the map by place, landmark, or street name and zoom
automatically to the feature.

Select Features by Area
or Single Click

Allows the user to select layer features in the map window with
a single click, by dragging the cursor, or by drawing graphics on
the screen.

Pan Map

Shifts the map in Map View without changing the map scale.
Click the button, then click a location on the map to re-center
the map to the clicked location.

Pan Map to Selection

Shifts the map in Map View to the rows selected in the
attribute table for a selected feature. After selecting a
feature(s), click the button to re-center the map based on the
selected feature(s).

Zoom In

Displays the map in Map View at a larger scale. Click the
button, then click on the map at the location to be zoomed.

Zoom Out

Displays the map in Map View at a smaller scale.

Zoom Full

Displays the map in Map View at a smaller scale and zooms the
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Button

Name

Function/Description

Zoom to Selection

Zooms the Map View to the rows selected by query in the
attribute table for a feature(s). After selecting a feature(s)
on the map, click the button to view the feature(s) at a
larger map scale.

Zoom to Layer

Zooms the Map View to the layer selected in the Layers Panel.
After selecting the layer, click the button to zoom to the layer’s
extent.

Zoom Last

Zooms the Map View to the previous map extent.

Zoom Next

Zooms the Map View forward to the next map extent (only if a
previous extent is available).

New Bookmark

Creates and names a spatial bookmark of the current map view.

Show Bookmarks

Display all bookmarks created by the user.

Refresh

Displays Map View to initial full display.

Identify Features

Identifies geographic features. Click the button, then click on a
feature on the map to identify the feature at the location.

Select Features by Value

Allows selection of features by value.

Deselect Features from
All Layers

Deselects selected features from all layers.

Processing Toolbox

Displays list of processing tools available.

Measure

Provides options to measure linear distance, area, and angles
on the map.

Most of the sub-toolbar buttons defined above are straight-forward. Those related to features,
however, require further explanation. These buttons are used to identify and select/deselect
features on the map and to view feature attributes. They are also used to make measurements
and create spatial bookmarks.

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5.6.2.2 Identify a Feature Using the Identify Features Button
To identify a feature on the map, follow the steps in Table 13.
Table 13: Identify a Feature on the Map

Step

Action and Result

Step 1
Click the Identify button on the Standard toolbar.
Step 2

Then right-click on the feature. The results will display in drop-down menus on the map.

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Step 3

Alternately, click the Identify button, then left click on the feature. The feature turns red (color may
vary) and the Identify Results screen opens under the Layers Panel, showing the feature attributes.
(Note that here the screen was dragged from beneath the Layers Panel so that it sits over the map.)

5.6.2.3 Select/Deselect Features Using the Select Features and Deselect Features Buttons
The Select Features button provides several ways to select features on the map. The Deselect
Features from All Layers button will deselect previously selected features.
Table 14 describes each of the feature selection methods, discusses when one might be
preferable over another, and explains how to deselect features.
Table 14: Select/Deselect Features on the Map

Step
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3

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To begin, click on a layer name in the Layers Panel. For example, to select a linear feature, click on
the ‘edges’ layer. To select faces, click on the ‘faces’ layer.
Click once on the Select Features button on the Standard Toolbar.
To select an edge or face on the map, click on it. In this example, select ‘faces’ in the Layers Panel
and click on a face. The face selected turns cyan.

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Step 4

To select more than one face, hold down the CTRL key while clicking on the additional face(s). This
method is useful when selecting noncontiguous faces, as shown below.

To select multiple features, click the Select Feature button, then drag the cursor over the features on
the map. This method is useful when selecting several contiguous faces or a large number of nearby
linear features without having to click each feature one by one.
A Note on GUPS Tools
GUPS tools remain active until a different tool is selected. For example, if the Select Features tool is
used to choose faces for a new area landmark, then in order to add a new linear feature instead, the
Add Linear Feature must be clicked before clicking on the map again. If note, the Select Features
tool, still active, selects a face.
Step 5

To open the other Select Features options, click on the down arrow to the right of the Select
Features button. The Select Features drop-down menu opens.

Note that when a menu option is selected, the button’s appearance changes.
Step 6

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The first option in the menu, ‘Select Feature(s)’, duplicates the functions made available in the Select
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Step 7

The second option, ‘Select Features by Polygon’, selects features via a polygon drawn on the map. To
use this feature select it in the drop-down menu, then follow the steps below.

Step 8

Left click on the map to begin the polygon. Drag the cursor to extend the line, left click, and then
extend the line in a new direction. Finish by closing the polygon, as shown below.

Step 9

To complete the selection, right-click. All faces with an edge appearing within the polygon are
highlighted in cyan.

Step 10

The third option, ‘Select Features by Freehand’, selects features based on user-defined shapes drawn
on the map.

To use this option, click on the map and use the cursor to draw any shape (polygon, triangle, circle,
etc.). If the shape does not cross any edges, the single face in which the shape is drawn is selected and
turns cyan. If the shape crosses several faces, all faces whose edges are crossed are selected and turn
cyan.
Note: This method is particularly useful when attempting to select a very small face. For example,
draw a tiny triangle within a face to select it.

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The final option, ‘Select Features by Radius’, selects features by defining a circle around the features
to select.

To use this tool, left click on the map, then hold down the mouse and drag the cursor outward to
expand the circle. Release the mouse when done. The feature(s) selected is (are) highlighted in cyan.
Step 12

Polygons can be deselected by holding and using the same selection option to select by holding CTRL
and retracing over the polygons or deselect a feature or features automatically by clicking the
Deselect Features from All Layers button once.
The selected features in all layers are deselected.

5.6.2.4 Select Features by Querying the Attribute Table
Another method to select features is by querying the attribute table. To do so, follow the steps
in Table 15. In this example, the attribute table is being queried for the edges layer to locate
and select all linear features flagged as edges for block boundaries.
Table 15: Select Features by Querying the Attribute Table

Step
Step 1

Action and Result
Click the Select Features by Value button on the Standard toolbar.
In the drop-down menu, Select by Expression window opens. The window has two tabs: Expression
and Function Editor.

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Step 2

Under the Expressions tab, click the ‘
their submenus.

Step 3

To build a query, click the ‘+’ sign next to ‘Fields and Values’ to open the list of choices and then
double-click on a field name. In this example, the ‘BBSP Flag’ is selected to search for all features
flagged as edges for block boundaries. Once selected, “BBSP Flag” appears in the expression pane, and
a Load values field is added to the Fields pane at the bottom far-right corner.

Step 4

Select an operator from a full list by clicking the ‘+’ sign next to “Operators” in the Functions pane. OR,
if one needs a commonly used operator such as equals, plus, or minus, click its corresponding button
in the row of buttons at the top of the Expression pane.

Step 5

In this example, the operator for equals is required. Double-click the ‘=‘operator button. The
expression in the Expression pane now reads “BBSP Flag” =.

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Step 6

To select a specific value for the field “BBSP Flag”, click either the all-unique or 10 samples button in
the Load values field. The Values field above the buttons populates with all allowed values.

Step 7

Select a value. Then select ‘4’ by double-clicking on it in the Values field list. The expression changes to
“BBSP Flag” = ‘4’.

Step 8

Click the Select by Expression
button just below the Load values field. Then click Close.
All edges marked with a BBSP Flag with a value of ‘4’ turn cyan on the map.

5.6.2.5 View an Attribute Table for a Layer on the Map
To view an attribute table for a map layer, follow the steps in Table 16.

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Table 16: View Layer Attributes Using the Attributes Table

Step

Action and Result

Step 1

Right-click the layer in the Layers Panel. The drop-down menu opens.

Step 2

Click the ‘Open Attribute Table’ option in the drop-down menu. The Attribute table opens showing
all features in the layer and their attributes (e.g., name, MTFCCs, etc.). Each column represents a
separate attribute and each row an individual feature.

Step 3

To select a feature to view, click on the number on the far left of the row. To select multiple
features, click on the number of the row for the first feature, then press the CTRL key. While
holding the CTRL key down, click on the numbers for the other desired individual features. To
select a range of features, click on the number for the row showing the first feature, then press the
SHIFT key. While holding down the SHIFT key, click on the number for the last row to be selected.

5.6.2.6 Determine Distance, Area, and Angles on the Map
To measure the distance between two or more points, area, or an angle on a map, follow the
steps in Table 17.

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Table 17: Measure Distances, Area, and Angles on a Map

Step
Step 1

Action and Result
Click the Measure button on the Standard toolbar.
The Measure button drop-down menu opens.

Step 2

Step 3

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To measure the distance between two points on the map, select ‘Measure Line’ in the drop-down
menu. The Measure box opens.

Zoom to the map location to be measured. Then click on the beginning point on the map and continue
clicking on points until reaching the final point. Right-click when finished. The length of each segment
of the line drawn, as well as the total length of the line between the beginning point and the ending
point, appear in the Measure box.

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Step
Step 4

Step 5

Action and Result
To measure area on the map, select ‘Measure Area’ in the drop-down menu. The Measure box opens.
When the box opens, left click on the map to begin drawing a polygon around the area one wants to
measure. Left click when each vertex of the polygon is reached. When finished, tight-click. The area
polygon encompasses appears in the Total field. Use the drop-down to the right to see the area in other
units of measure.

To begin a new measurement, click the New button.
To measure an angle on the map, first select the ‘Measure Angle’ option in the drop-down menu.
Then left click on the map to begin drawing the angle. Drag the mouse (but do not hold down the
mouse button) to create the first side of the angle. Then left click. Drag the mouse again (again without
holding down the mouse button) to draw the second leg. The Angle box opens showing the angle
measurement.

5.6.2.7 Save Locations on a Map Using the Bookmark Button
To save geographic locations on the map and view them later, follow the steps in Table 18.
Table 18: Bookmark Locations on a Map

Step
Step 1

Action and Result
Zoom to the location on the map in Map View to be bookmarked and click on the New Bookmark
button on the Standard toolbar.

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Step 2

Click on the row named ‘New bookmark’. Then backspace over ‘New bookmark’ and type in a
descriptive name for the bookmark (255-character limit). Click the Close button. The bookmark is
added.

Step 3

To view and manage spatial bookmarks, click on the Show Bookmarks button on the Standard
toolbar. The Spatial Bookmarks dialog box again opens. To zoom to a bookmark, click on a
bookmark name in the dialog box and then click the Zoom to button. To delete a bookmark, click on
the bookmark name, then press the Delete button.
Bookmark names and coordinates can be edited from the Geospatial Bookmarks dialog box.

5.6.3

BAS Toolbar Buttons

The BAS toolbar provides the BAS-specific functions needed to complete a participant’s review
and update activities, as well as to import and export zipped shapefiles.

Figure 10. BAS Toolbar

Each toolbar button is described in Table 19.
Table 19: BAS Toolbar Buttons

Button

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Name

Function/Description

Add Linear Feature

Add a new linear feature.

Delete/Restore Linear
feature

Delete an existing linear feature.

Split Linear Feature

Split a linear feature. Splitting a linear feature may be necessary to
accurately reflect an entity’s location. This feature “splits” the original
into two.

Display All Names

Displays all names for a street with multiple names assigned in the
MAF/TIGER system.

User Address List

Import an address list (.csv, .txt, etc.) into GUPS.

Modify Linear Feature
Attributes

Edit attributes of a selected linear feature.

Modify Area Feature

Make updates to legal area (additions, deletions, boundary corrections,
etc.).

Show/Hide Legend

Shows or hides the layer.

Geography Review Tool

Review the attribute table for a layer.

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Button

5.6.4

Name

Function/Description

Review Change
Polygons

Review change polygons in a layer and make corrections (reviews change
polygons for holes and minimum size).

Import County ZIP

Import zipped Census Bureau shapefiles shared by another GUPS user.

Export to ZIP

Create the ZIP file containing all required data and shapefiles to be
submitted to the Census Bureau.

Print Map to File

Export a printable map in .pdf, .png, .tif, or jpeg format.

Internet Map Service

Add imagery from Google Maps or Bing Maps.

Add Esri Imagery

Displays satellite imagery overlaid on the QGIS map.

Add Point Landmark

Add a new point landmark.

Edit Point Landmark

Edit point landmark attributes.

Delete Point Landmark

Delete an existing point landmark.

Status Bar

The Status bar at the bottom of the GUPS main page displays information about the map. It
helps adjust the map scale and see the mouse cursor’s coordinates on the map.

Figure 11. Status Bar

Table 20 describes each element of the Status Bar.
Table 20: Status Bar Elements

Item
Coordinate

Description
Shows the current position in map coordinates (default is decimal degrees for
GUPS) as the map cursor is moved across the map.
Toggles between the coordinate position of the mouse cursor or the map view
extents as the map is panned and zoomed.

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Item

Description
Shows the current zoom level in the Map View. Can be changed by selecting one of
the predefined levels from the drop down, by typing in a new ratio, or using the
scroll wheel on the mouse.

Scale

Locks the scale to use the magnifier to zoom in or out.
Magnifier

Allows the map view to be set to a specific zoom level.

Rotation

Shows the map rotation.

Render

Temporarily prevent layers from drawing. Enable by clicking the checkbox
immediately to the left of “Render”.
Clicking on the icon opens the projection properties for the current map.
Displays system messages for the QGIS session.

5.7

How to Import User-Provided Data into GUPS

5.7.1

The Add Data Toolbar

To import one’s own imagery, geodatabase, shapefiles, web mapping service, or other data
layers into GUPS use the Add Data toolbar.

Figure 12. Add Data Toolbar

Although shown in a horizontal position in Table 12, the Add Data toolbar appears arranged
vertically to the left of the Layers Panel in GUPS. Its buttons are described in Table 21.
Table 21: Add Data Toolbar Buttons

Button

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Name

Function/Description

Add Vector Layer

Add vector-based shapefile and geodatabase files.

Add Raster Layer

Add raster-based shapefile and geodatabase files.

Add SpatialLite
Layer

Add data from a SpatialLite database.

Add/Edit Virtual
Layer

Add or Edit Virtual Layers.

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Button

Name

Function/Description

Add PostGIS
Layer

Add PostGIS layer.

Add
WMS/WM(T)S
Layer

Add Web Mapping Services and Web Mapping Tile Services. Publicly accessible
and secured WMS services are supported.

Add WCS Layer

Add Web Coverage Services, which provide access to raster data useful for
client-side map rendering.

Add WFS Layer

Add Web Feature Services.

New Shapefile
Layer
Add a new shapefile layer or new temporary scratch layer.

5.7.2

How to Upload User-Provided Data Layers

GUPS supports vector data in a number of formats, including those supported by the OGR
library data provider plugin, such as Esri shapefiles, MapInfo MIF (interchange format), and
MapInfo TAB (native format). It also supports PostGIS layers in a PostgreSQL database and
SpatiaLite layers. Support for additional data types (e.g., delimited text) is provided by
additional data provider plugins.
Below are the steps to import the most commonly used data formats. To load shapefile or
geodatabase data layers into the map, follow the steps in the table below.
Note: Only one user-provided data layer may be uploaded at a time. If uploading multiple data layers,
note that GUPS will only allow upload one layer at a time.
Table 22: Load Shapefiles/Geodatabase Layers

Step

Action and Result

Step 1
Begin the upload. Click the Add Vector Layer
Layer dialog box opens.

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Step 2

In the Encoding drop-down menu, the default value is ‘system’. If an error message appears when
opening the file, use the drop-down to select UTF-8. UTF-8 populates the Encoding field.

Step 3

Click the ellipses button and navigate to the folder where the shapefile or geodatabase is saved on the
computer.

Step 4

Left click the file to be uploaded, then click the Add button. The shapefile / geodatabase is added to
the Layers Panel and to the Map View window.

To load data from a web mapping service, follow the steps in Table 23.
Table 23: Load Data from a Web Mapping Service

Step
Step 1

Action and Result
Begin the upload. Click the Add WMS/WM(T)S Layer button
Source Manager dialog box opens.

on the Add Data toolbar. The Data

Step 2

Select the web mapping service. Click the Layers tab, then click the New button under the tab. The
Create a new WMS Connection dialog box opens.

Step 3

In the Name field, type a name for the web mapping imagery service. In the URL field, type the URL for
the service. If the service requires a user name and password, type them in the fields provided. Click
OK. The service will be added to the drop-down menu for web mapping services appearing just below
the Labels tab.
Note: If working inside a firewall, users may be prompted to enter a user name and password to
obtain resources from outside the firewall.

Step 4

Select the imagery service added in the drop-down menu. The available layers appear in the
ID/Name/Title/Abstract box.

Step 5

Click on the layer to be displayed, then click the Add button. The WMS is added to the map showing in
Map View and to the Layers Panel.
When the WMS is added, it displays over the top of other layers selected for Map View. To make it
display below these layers, click on the WMS layer and, while holding down the mouse button, drag it
to the bottom of the Layers Panel.

If participants do not have access to a web mapping service, have a poor Internet connection,
or work under a restrictive firewall, they can still add other types of imagery files to GUPS (e.g.,
a county or state imagery dataset). One option for adding imagery may be the National
Agricultural Imagery Service (NAIP), supplied in web mapping service format by the U.S.
Geological Survey. To add imagery files, follow the steps in Table 24.

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Table 24: Add Imagery Files

Step

Action and Result

Step 1
button on the Add Data toolbar. The Open a GDAL Supported Raster

Click the Add Raster Layer
Data Source dialog box opens.
Step 2

Navigate to the folder where the imagery file is stored.

Step 3

Select the file, then click Open. The file loads into GUPS.

5.7.3

How to Import a Shared ZIP Shapefile

To import Census Bureau shapefiles already updated by another user, use the Import Project
ZIP File button (available both on the BAS toolbar and in the Map Management dialog box),
then follow the steps in Table 25.
Table 25: Import a ZIP File Shared by Another User

Step
Step 1

Action and Result
Click the Import Project ZIP File button in the upper left-hand corner of the Map Management
dialog box:

OR on the BAS toolbar:
Step 2

The Open window launches.

Step 3

From this window, click on the Computer icon (called My Computer in some versions of Windows)
located in the far-left-hand pane.
When the list of directories opens, navigate to the location where the shared ZIP file is located.

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Click once on the file, then click the Open button.

The file loads into Map View.

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SECTION 6

MAKING BAS UPDATES IN GUPS

The tables in this section provide step-by-step instructions for making BAS updates. The
examples assume participants have read and understood the directions for opening GUPS and
using Map Management. If not yet comfortable with Map Management, please review the
contents of Section 5, Using GUPS (Basics and Map Management) before making updates. It is
highly recommended to use a source of imagery data when making any BAS updates.

6.1

How to Update Legal Boundaries

All examples shown here, although using real data, are purely fictitious. They are employed for
purposes of illustration only and do not indicate any actual geographic changes.

6.1.1

Adding Land Area as Reservation or Trust Lands for the First Time

Follow the steps in the Table 26 to add land as reservation or off-reservation trust land(s). In
this example, a parcel of land is added as a fictitious newly acquired ‘off-reservation’ trust land
for the Spirit Lake Reservation (3935).
Table 26: Add Land Area as Reservation or Off-reservation Trust Land

Step
Step 1

Step 2

Action and Result
Open in Map View the entity where the new trust land(s) will be added. Be sure that all layers
desired to be seen are checked in the Layers Panel. It is recommended to check (turn on) all Tribal
Layers.
Click the Modify Area Feature button on the BAS toolbar.
The Modify Area Feature dialog box opens.

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Click the drop-down area next to the Geography field and select the entity type to be added from the
drop-down menu. In this example Off-Reservation trust land is being added, so ‘Reservation/Trust
Land’ is selected.

Reservation/Trust Land appears in the Geography field and prior to any changes, Spirit Lake
Reservation will be the only file that becomes available.
Step 4

Double-click on the row in the list for the place that is making the annexation. (Note: The list of
places is short, but in some cases it can be long. Use the scroll bar to the right of the list to move up
and down the list, if needed.) The map zooms to the place selected upon double-clicking a row.

If the map does not zoom to a scale sufficient to make the changes, click on the Zoom in button on
the Standard toolbar.

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Step 5

Then click on the map to select the face or faces.
If the entity includes only a single face, simply click once on the face to select it. If the entity includes
several contiguous faces, after clicking on the first face, depress the CTRL key and while holding it
down, left click on each additional face to be added. The selected faces turn cyan.

Note: Faces may also be selected (after clicking the Select Features button) by simply dragging the
cursor over the edges that mark their boundaries. Additional means of selecting faces (by polygon
and by radius) are discussed in SECTION 1.
Because all geographic areas consist of faces, it may be necessary to “split” a face to accurately
reflect an entity’s boundary.
To split a face, digitize a new line that represents the boundary’s location (see Table 30 for
instructions on how to add a linear feature) and assign it the appropriate MTFCC. This splits the
original face into two faces. The new face can now be added to the new entity.
If a face is accidentally selected, it can be deselected with the Deselect Features from All Layers
option in the Select Feature(s) drop-down menu.

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Step 6

To record a new entity, click the Add Entity button on the dialog box toolbar.

The Modify Area Feature new entity dialog box opens.

A pop-up warning will appear if Add Entity is clicked before selecting the faces. Simply click OK and
add the faces.

Since faces were already selected, the pop-up warning does not appear.
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In the new entity dialog box, select the LSAD (Legal/Statistical Area Description) from the drop-down
list available. This example indicates an ‘Off-Reservation Trust Land (suffix)’ since a reservation
already exists. If a reservation didn’t already exist, then the LSAD should be ‘Trust Land (suffix)’. The
term ‘Off-Reservation Trust Land’ or ‘Trust Land’ will be added to the Entity Name, in this example,
will be added to Spirit Lake Reservation.

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Step 8

Next add the effective date for the legal change. Click on the calendar icon next to the EFF_DATE field
and, when the calendar opens, click on the effective date.

The date selected populates the EFF_DATE field.

Step 9

Next, add the authority type using the AUTHTYPE drop-down menu. This example indicates the
AUTHTYPE as a D-Deed.

Step 10

Finally, upload documentation for the change. For all changes that are more than cartographic
boundary corrections, documentation will need to be provided. To upload documentation, click the
folder icon next to the DOCU field.

The DOCU window opens.

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Step 11

Click on the icon for My Computer (or simply Computer in some Windows versions) to open the
directory where documentation is saved.

The directories display, as shown below.

Step 12

Select the appropriate directory in the list and navigate to the file to be uploaded as documentation,
then click the file. The file name appears in the File name field.
To upload the file, click the Open button.

Step 13

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Step 14

Click the OK button.
Note: Red asterisks indicate required fields. These required fields must be completed to move
forward. If OK is clicked before completing one or more required fields, GUPS will not move on. Any
required field not completed will highlight in red.
If the reservation and/or trust lands contain more than one census tract, or more than one block
group or more than one Tribal Subdivision – there are a few additional steps – continue on to Step
15 below.
If not, and all required fields have been completed, when OK is clicked, the faces for the new entity
turn green on the map (colors may vary) and the name of the new entity appears on the list in the
Modify Area Feature dialog box. Skip to Step 16.

Once the Census Bureau verifies the new Trust Lands, it will assign it the same FIPS code as the
Reservation.

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Step 15

If there is more than one census tract, block group or tribal subdivision, there are additional steps to
follow when adding area either as ‘reservation’ or ‘trust land’.
After clicking OK (in Step 14) if there is currently more than one tribal subdivision defined for the
Entity, a pop-up window will appear with a drop-down menu to select which Tribal subdivision (AITSL)
the new area should be assigned to. In this example, the new Off-Reservation Trust Land is being
assigned to Wood Lake District (800).

Once a selection is made, if there is more than one Tribal Block Group (TBG), a new pop-up window
will appear with a drop-down menu to select which Tribal Census Tract/Tribal Block Group to which
the new area should be assigned. In this example, it is being assigned to the adjacent area labeled
3935T00100B.

Once the selection is made, users are returned to the Modify Area Feature menu and can continue
with additional changes to the boundaries. (Step 16)

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To make additional changes to the map, simply make a new selection in the Modify Area Feature
dialog box Geography field and continue work (refer back to Step 3 above). Changes may be saved
while working or once all the work is done, however, it is recommended to save changes as they are
made to avoid losing work in the event of a power outage or system interruption. Changes can be
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6.1.2

Adding (or Deleting) Land Area to an Existing Reservation or Existing OffReservation Trust Land

Follow the steps in Table 27 to record land being added to an existing reservation or existing
off-reservation trust lands. The fictitious example in the table looks at Kootenai Off-Reservation
Trust Lands.
Table 27: Record an Addition

Step
Step 1

Action and Result
Open in Map View the entity. Be sure that all layers desired to be seen are checked in the Layers
Panel.

Step 2
Click the Modify Area Feature button on the BAS toolbar.
The Modify Area Feature dialog box opens.

Step 3

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Click the drop-down area next to the Geography field and select the entity type (here
‘Reservation/Trust Land’), from the drop-down menu. A list of available entities appears in the Info
list in the bottom portion of the dialog box.

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Step 4

Click on the row in the list for the entity that is making the addition (here ‘Kootenai Off-Reservation
Trust Land’). (Note: The map zooms to the full extent of the entity selected when a row is clicked.)

Step 5

Click on the Zoom in button on the Standard toolbar to zoom into the area where the addition is to
be made.

Step 6

To select the faces to be added to the off-reservation trust lands, click on the small down arrow next
to the Select Features button on the dialog box toolbar. The Select Features button drop-down menu
opens.
In this example the “polygon” method is used to select the faces to be added to Kootenai OffReservation Trust Lands. Click on ‘Select Features by Polygon’ in the menu.

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Step 7

Next, go to the map and place the cursor where the faces should be added.
To select a single face, simply drag the cursor outward in the center of the face. To select multiple
faces, drag the cursor across the edges that separate the faces. In this example, select seven faces.
The faces selected turn cyan.

Because all geographic areas consist of faces, it may be necessary to “split” a face to accurately
reflect an entity’s boundary.
To split a face, digitize a new line that represents the boundary’s location (see Table 30 for
instructions on how to add a linear feature) and assign it the appropriate MTFCC. This splits the
original face into two faces. The new face can now be added to the new entity.
If a face is selected by accident, use the Deselect Features from All Layers option in the Select
Feature(s) drop-down menu to clear the selected faces from the screen and start over.

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Step 8

Click the Add Area button on the dialog box toolbar.

The Modify Area Feature Choose change type pop-up box appears and asks to choose the change
type.

Step 9

Since this is an addition (not a boundary correction), click the ‘Legal Change’ radio button, then click
OK. The Create Change Polygons dialog box opens.

Step 10

Click the calendar icon next to the EFF_DATE field to open the calendar, then click on the effective
date for the annexation.

The selected date will populate the EFF_DATE field.

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Step 11

Select an authority type for the addition in the AUTHTYPE field drop-down menu.

Step 12

In the DOCU field, type in the ordinance or other legal documentation number authorizing the
addition of the Off-Reservation Trust Lands or upload documentation for the change. To upload
documentation, click the folder icon next to the DOCU field.

The DOCU window opens.

Step 13

Click on the icon for My Computer (or simply Computer in some Windows versions) to open the
directory where documentation is saved.

The directories display, as shown below.

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Step 14

Select the appropriate directory in the list and navigate to the file to be uploaded. Click the file, then
to upload it, click the Open button at the bottom of the DOCU window.

The name of the document populates the DOCU field on the dialog box.

Step 15

Finally, select ‘Addition or Added Area’ in the drop-down menu for the CHNG_TYPE field.

Step 16

When finished, click OK. The added faces (once saved) turn green in color on the map (color may
vary). If there is more than one census tract, block group or tribal subdivision, there are additional
steps to follow when adding area either as ‘reservation’ or ‘trust land’.
Instructions can be found beginning in Table 26 Step 15.

6.1.3

Make a Boundary Correction (Add Area/Remove Area)

To make a boundary correction that adds or removes area from a government, follow the steps
in Table 28. In this fictitious example, a boundary correction is made to the Karuk OffReservation Trust land.

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Table 28: Make a Boundary Correction

Step
Step 1

Action and Result
Open in Map View the entity. Be sure that all layers desired to be seen are checked in the Layers
Panel.

Step 2
Click the Modify Area Feature button on the BAS toolbar.
The Modify Area Feature dialog box opens.

Step 3

Click the arrow next to the Geography field and select in the drop-down menu the entity type for
which are will be added or removed. In this example, ‘Reservation/Trust Land’ is selected. The Info
list populates with the entities for the geography that was chosen at the beginning of the project.

Step 4

Click on the row in the list for the area for which area is being added or removed (here Karuk offReservation trust land). The map zooms to the area selected.

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Step 5

Click the down arrow next to the Select Features button to select the face(s) to add or remove for
the boundary correction. The Select Features drop-down menu opens.

In this example, add two small faces that are difficult to select, so opt for ‘Select Features by
Freehand’. This method allows placing the cursor inside the first face and drawing a tiny line. The
selected face turns cyan.

To select the other face, press the CTRL key, and while holding it down, repeat the action for the
remaining face. Both faces turn cyan.

To add area, the area must be outside the selected entity. To remove area, the area must be within
the selected entity.

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On the Modify Area Feature toolbar, click on the Add button (to add area to the entity) or on the
Remove button (to remove area from the entity).

Step 6

The Modify Area Feature Choose change type pop-up box opens and asks to choose the change type.

Step 7

Since a boundary correction is being made, rather than a legal boundary change, click the radio
button next to ‘Boundary Correction’. Then click OK. The added faces turn green on the map (color
may vary) and are added to the legal entity boundary.

Removing area from a boundary is conducted following the same steps, the only difference being
that the Remove button is clicked on the Modify Area Feature toolbar. Once the faces are selected
and the Remove button clicked, the same Modify Area Feature Choose change type pop-up box
appears. Select ‘Boundary Correction’, and see the faces turn green.

6.1.4

Adding a Geographic Offset

The steps to add a geographic offset are shown in Table 29. The fictitious example provided
uses Karuk Reservation and Off-Reservation Trust Land. The steps in the table show how the
tribe would mark the addition of a geographic offset along Old Hwy 96 in order to ensure that
the houses that are addressed to the north side of that stretch of highway are not included
within the reservation/trust land boundary.

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Table 29: Add a Geographic Offset

Step

Action and Result
Creating a geographic offset requires two actions: first split the face (if an edge does not already
exist), then add the area.

Step 1

Load the data for the reservation (in this example, Karuk Reservation/Trust Land).

Step 2

Pan to the location of the geographic offset (here Old Hwy 96).

Step 3

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Click the Add Linear Feature button on the BAS toolbar.

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Step 4

Left click on the map at the beginning point of the first line and drag the cursor to create the line
marking the offset distance from the highway. Left-click at the end of the line, then right-click to tell
GUPS to finish drawing. The line appears on the map, and the Add Linear Feature dialog box opens.

Step 5

Type a name if desired in the Name field, then select the appropriate MTFCC code in the MTFCC
drop-down list. In this example, select ‘P0001 – Nonvisible Legal/Statistical Boundary’.

The MTFCC field populates with the selection.

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Step 6

Click the OK button. The line turns from purple to dark green (colors may vary) and the name, if
provided, is added to the map.

Step 7
To add the area: click the Modify Area Feature button on the BAS toolbar.
Feature dialog box opens.

The Modify Area

Step 8

In the Geography field drop-down menu, select the entity type (in this case, ‘Reservation/Trust
Land’). A list of the available options populates the Info list at the bottom of the dialog box.

Step 9

Click on the row for Karuk Off-Reservation Trust Land in the list. The map zooms to the Karuk OffReservation Trust Land.

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Step 10

Pan to the location of the new offset drawn on the map. Then click the Select Feature(s) button on
the small toolbar near the top of the Modify Area Feature dialog box.

Step 11

Left click inside the offset face, then drag the cursor across the road. When the cursor is released the
face on the north side of the road will be selected and turn cyan to highlight.

Step 12

To record the offset, click the Add button on the Modify Area Feature dialog box toolbar.

The Modify Area Feature Choose change type dialog box opens.

Step 13

Click the radio button next to Offset. A box opens giving an explanation of what a geographic offset is
and asking to proceed.

Click Yes. The screen returns to the Modify Area Feature Choose change type box.

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Step 14

Click the OK button at the bottom of the box.

Step 15

The Review Change Polygons pop-up box opens and asks whether this is a legal change.

Step 16

If the geographic offset is not part of a legal change, click No. The change is automatically added as a
boundary correction.
If the geographic offset is a legal change, click Yes. The Create Change Polygons dialog box opens.

Step 17

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Click on the calendar icon next to the EFF_DATE field to select an effective date for the change.

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Step 18

Use the AUTHTYPE drop-down menu to select an authority type.

Step 19

In the DOCU field, either type in the documentation number, or upload legal documentation of the
change. To upload a document, click on the folder icon, navigate to the directory where the
document is stored, and double-click the file. The file uploads to GUPS and the name of the file
appears in the DOCU field.

Step 20

In the CHNG_TYPE field, select ‘Offset’ in the drop-down list. Offset fills the CHNG_TYPE field as
shown in the screenshot above.

Step 21

Click OK. The face marking the offset turns green on the map (color may vary). The offset has been
added.

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6.2
6.2.1

How to Update Linear Features
Adding a Linear Feature

Follow the steps below to add a linear feature.
Table 30: Adding a Linear Feature

Step
Step 1

Action and Result
Open in Map View the entity where the new linear feature will be added. Be sure that the edges
layer is checked in the Layers Panel. Then zoom to the location on the map where the feature will
be added.

Step 2
Click on the Add Linear Feature button on the BAS toolbar.
Step 3

Left-click the mouse at the starting point of the line (A) and continue to left-click the mouse at each
vertex (shape) point of the line. Right-click the mouse (B) when the new line is completed. The rightclick tells GUPS to finish drawing.

The Add Linear Feature dialog box opens.

Step 4

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Type the name of the new linear feature in the Name field if the feature is named; otherwise, leave
blank. Be sure when entering the feature name either to spell out the feature type (e.g., street,
road, avenue), or to select an approved abbreviation from the list provided in Appendix D.

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Step 5

In the MTFCC field drop-down menu, choose the appropriate code for the feature.

Step 6

Click the OK button
at the bottom of the Add Linear Feature dialog box. The added
linear feature and the assigned name appear on the map.

Adding a linear feature coincident with a boundary – GUPS will not allow one linear feature to be
placed over another. For example, if attempting to add a road overlaying a legal boundary line, a
pop-up box will warn ‘Added Line Overlays an Existing line’. If adding a linear feature coincident
with a boundary, follow the instructions for updating linear feature attributes instead (for
instructions click on Table 33). Once a street is added on a boundary edge, update the MTFCC in the
Update Attributes pop-up to one of the "S" class feature codes (e.g., S1400) and add a name in the
FULLNAME field.

6.2.2

Deleting a Linear Feature

To delete a linear feature, follow the steps below.
Table 31: Deleting a Linear Feature

Step
Step 1

Step 2

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Action and Result
Open in Map View the entity where the linear feature will be deleted. Be sure that the edges layer
is checked in the Layers Panel. Then zoom to the location on the map where the feature will be
deleted.
Click on the Delete Linear Feature button on the BAS toolbar.

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Step 3

Left click the linear feature to be deleted. In the example below, 26th St SW was clicked. The clicked
linear feature turns yellow (color may vary) and the Delete Linear Feature pop-up box appears,
asking for confirmation to delete the feature.

Step 4

Click OK. The line is deleted in the attribute table. The yellow color is removed from the line and the
line now has Xs marked on the street.

When a linear feature is deleted, it is not actually removed from the Census Bureau shapefile. GUPS
assigns a Delete Line flag to the feature in the attribute table, and the feature is later processed for
deletion when the Census Bureau receives the BAS file.
Note: If there are multiple linear features to delete, click the Delete Linear Feature button on the
toolbar once, then press CTRL and click each of the features to be deleted. GUPS will delete all of
the linear features selected. The cursor can also be dragged over multiple linear features to select
them.

6.2.3

Restoring a Deleted Linear Feature

To restore a deleted linear feature, follow Table 32.
Table 32: Restoring a Deleted Linear Feature

Step
Step 1

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Action and Result
Open in Map View the county that contains the deleted linear feature. Be sure the edges layer is
checked in the Layers Panel. Then zoom to the location on the map where the deleted feature is
located.

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Step 2

Left click on the deleted feature. The deleted feature turns cyan and the Delete Linear Feature dialog
box opens. The box asks for confirmation to restore the line.

Step 3

To restore the linear feature, click the OK button. The Delete Line flag is removed from the attribute
table and the line is restored.

6.2.4

Changing the Attributes of a Linear Feature

Follow the steps in Table 33 to change the attributes (e.g., the name, MTFCC, or address range)
of a linear feature.
Table 33: Changing the Attributes of a Linear Feature

Step
Step 1

Action and Result
Identify any alternate names a linear feature may have before planning on changing the name. To
identify all names, click the Display All Names button on the BAS toolbar.
Then click on the linear feature on the map. The selected feature turns cyan and the Display All
Names dialog box opens, showing the primary name in the Prim. Name field and the alternate
name, if one is present, in the Alt. Name field.

To see any additional alternate names, click the drop-down arrow to the right of the Alt. Name
field. If no alternate name exists, ‘NULL’ appears in the Alt. name field.

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If providing an address range for a linear feature, check the checkbox next to > direction in the
Edges field in the Layers Panel. This activates the arrows that indicate the FROM and TO nodes for
line segments.

Step 3
Click on the Modify Linear Feature Attributes button on the BAS toolbar.
Step 4

Click the linear feature on the map with attributes to be edited. The Modify Linear Feature
Attributes dialog box opens with the TIGER Line Feature ID (TLID) of the feature selected. The
FULLNAME field populates if the feature is named. If the feature is not named, the field is blank. The
MTFCC, LTOADD, RTOADD, LFROMADD, and RFROMADD fields show the assigned values for each.

Step 5

Update the FULLNAME field. If the field is blank, type in the new name. If the field is already
populated, highlight the existing name and hit the Delete key on the keyboard. It is also possible to
backspace over the name to clear the field. Then type in the new name.

Step 6

If correcting the MTFCC, click on the down arrow to the right of the field to open the drop-down
menu and select the correct MTFCC from the menu.

Step 7

Change the address range for the linear feature, if necessary. Type in potential address ranges in
the LTOADD (left to address); RTOADD (right to address); LFROMADD (left from address);
RFROMADD (right from address) fields based on the directional arrows. The directional arrows
show the origin node (FROM) and the end node (TO).

Step 8

Click Save button at the bottom of the Modify Linear Feature Attributes dialog box.

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The address ranges for all features are blank in the geographic partnership shapefiles because the
ranges are stored in tables separate from the shapefiles. Address ranges can be provided in these
fields but be aware that the Census Bureau may already have address ranges.
It is important to note which node is the FROM node and which is the TO node (based on the red
directional arrows) so that the address ranges are associated with the correct side of the street and
the correct census block.
Note: Provide potential address ranges for block sides, such as 0-98, 100-198, etc., for even parity
and 1-99, 101-199, etc., for odd parity address ranges. Do not provide actual address ranges.

6.3
6.3.1

How to Update Area Landmarks and Hydrographic Areas
Adding a New Area Landmark/Hydrographic Area

To create a new landmark or hydrographic area, follow the steps below. In this fictitious
example, a golf course is added in Jefferson County, Indiana, located northwest of Dupont
Town.
Table 34: Creating a New Area Landmark/Hydrographic Area

Step
Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

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Action and Result
Open in Map View the county where the new landmark or hydrographic area will be added. Be sure
the ‘Area_Landmarks’ layer is checked in the Layers Panel. Then zoom to the location on the map
where the landmark or hydrographic area will be added.
Click the Modify Area Feature button on the BAS toolbar.
opens.

The Modify Area Feature dialog box

In the Geography field drop-down menu, select ‘Area Landmark/Area Hydrology’. ‘Area
Landmark/Area Hydrology’ populates the Geography field and a list of area landmarks and
hydrological features in the county appears in the Info list.

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Click on the yellow Select Feature(s) button on the Modify Area Feature toolbar.

Step 5

Then click on the first face on the map to select it. To select more than one face, depress the CTRL key,
and while holding it down, click on the additional faces. In this example, two faces are selected, one on
either side of Bear Creek. The selected faces turn cyan.

Step 6

Click on the Add Entity button on the Modify Area Feature toolbar.

The Modify Area Feature box opens.

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In the Modify Area Feature box, type in the name of the new area landmark in the Full name field.

Then select the appropriate code in the MTFCC field drop-down list, as shown below.

Step 8

Click OK. The faces selected for the new entity now display in purple (color may vary). The name of the
added landmark also appears within the change polygon on the map (see green circle), and the name
of the new entity appears in the Info list.

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6.3.2

Deleting an Area Landmark/Hydrographic Area

To delete an area landmark or hydrographic area, follow the steps below.
Table 35: Deleting an Area Landmark/Hydrographic Area

Step
Step 1

Action and Result
Open in Map View the county where the new landmark or hydrographic area will be deleted. Be sure
the ‘Area_Landmarks’ layer is checked in the Layers Panel.

Step 2
Click the Modify Area Feature button on the BAS toolbar.
The Modify Area Feature dialog box opens.

Step 3

In the Geography field drop-down menu, select ‘Area Landmark/Area Hydrography’. ‘Area
Landmark/Area Hydrography’ populates the Geography field and a list of area landmarks and
hydrological features in the county appears in the Info list.

Hint

To view all the area landmarks and hydrographic areas in the Info list, use the scroll bar located to the
far right-hand side of the Modify Area Feature dialog box.
To move up and down within the list, use the blue navigation arrows located on the small toolbar near
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Step 5

In the Info list, click on the area landmark/hydrographic area to be deleted. The selected entry is
highlighted in the Info list and the map zooms directly to the selected feature.

Click the Delete Area Feature button on the Modify Area Feature dialog toolbar.

A pop-up box opens and asks to confirm deleting the feature.

Step 6

To delete the area landmark/area hydrography, click OK. The linear feature turns gray (color may vary)
on the map, and its name disappears from the Info list.

Step 7

Not ready to delete? Click Cancel to be returned to the Modify Area Feature dialog.

Step 8

Once ready to delete the area landmark/area hydrography, click on the feature name in the Info list,
the buttons will reactivate, and click the Delete Area Feature button.

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Adding Area to an Area Landmark or Hydrographic Area

Follow the steps in Table 36 to add area to an area landmark or hydrographic area.
Table 36: Adding Area to an Area Landmark/Hydrographic Area

Step
Step 1

Action and Result
Open in Map View the county that contains the area landmark or hydrographic area to which area will
be added. Be sure the ‘Area_Landmarks’ layer is checked in the Layers Panel.

Step 2
Click the Modify Area Feature button on the BAS toolbar.
box opens.

The Modify Area Feature dialog

Step 3

Click the down arrow next to the Geography field and select ‘Area Landmark/Area Hydrography’ in
the drop-down menu. The selection populates the Geography field and a list of area landmarks/hydro
features in the county appears in the Info list.

Step 4

Click the row in the list for the area landmark/area hydrography to which area will be added. The
selected entity is highlighted in the Info list and the map zooms to its location.

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To select the face(s) to add to the area landmark, click the Select Feature button on the Modify Area
Feature toolbar.

Then click the face to be added to the area feature. The added face turns cyan. (Note: To select more
than one face, depress the CTRL key, and while holding it down, click the other faces.)

Step 6

To add the face(s) selected, click the Add Area button on the Modify Area Feature dialog box toolbar.

The selected face is added to the area landmark and turns the same color as the other face(s) that
make up the area landmark. The map also now shows the full extent of the area landmark.

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6.3.5

Removing Area from an Area Landmark/Hydrographic Area

Follow the steps in Table 37 to remove area from an area landmark or hydrographic area.
Table 37: Removing Area from an Area Landmark/Hydrographic Area

Step
Step 1

Action and Result
Open in Map View the county that contains the area landmark or hydrographic area from which
area will be removed. Be sure the ‘Area_Landmarks’ layer is checked in the Layers Panel.

Step 2
Click the Modify Area Feature button on the BAS toolbar.
The Modify Area Feature dialog box opens.

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Select the area landmark/hydrography area from which area will be removed. The selected entity is
highlighted in the Info list and the map zooms to its location. In this example, Indian Lake County
Park is chosen.

Step 5

To select the face(s) to remove from the area landmark, click the Select Feature button on the
Modify Area Feature dialog box toolbar.

Then click on the first face to remove. To select additional faces, depress the CTRL key, and while
holding it down, click the additional faces.
Step 6

To remove the face(s) selected, click the Remove Area button on the Modify Area Feature dialog
box’s internal toolbar.

The selected face turns light green (color may vary) on the map and is removed from the area
landmark.

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6.4
6.4.1

How to Update Point Landmarks
Adding a Point Landmark

To add a point landmark, follow the steps in Table 38.
Table 38: Adding a Point Landmark

Step
Step 1

Action and Result
Open the project in Map View. Be sure the ‘Point Landmark’ layer is checked in the Layers Panel
(found under the ‘State_Level’ layer).

Step 2
Click the Add Point Landmark button on the BAS toolbar.
Step 3

Click on the map where the point landmark will be added. The Add Point Landmark dialog box
opens, and a red X marks the selected location.

Step 4

Type in the name for the new point landmark in the FULLNAME field. Then click the down arrow
next to the MTFCC field to open the drop-down menu.

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Step 5

Select the MTFCC, then click the OK

button at the bottom of the box.

The map updates to show the added point landmark. In this case, a traffic circle was added and
named Buchanan Circle.

6.4.2

Deleting a Point Landmark

To delete a point landmark, follow the steps in Table 39.
Table 39: Deleting a Point Landmark

Step
Step 1

Action and Result
Zoom to the area on the map where a point landmark will be deleted. In this example, the traffic circle
named Buchanan Circle will be deleted.

Step 2
Click the Delete Point Landmark button on the BAS toolbar.
Step 3

On the map, click on the point landmark to be deleted (Buchanan Circle). The Delete Point Landmark
dialog box opens and asks to confirm the deletion of the point landmark.

Step 4

Click OK. The point landmark disappears from the map and from the attribute table.

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6.4.3

Changing the Attributes of a Point Landmark

To change the attributes of a point landmark (e.g., its name, MTFCC), follow the steps in
Table 40.
Table 40: Changing the Attributes of a Point Landmark

Step
Step 1

Action and Result
Zoom to the area on the map where the point landmark is located and click on the landmark. In this
example, the name of Buchanan Traffic Circle will be changed.

Step 2
Click on the Edit Point Landmark button on the BAS toolbar.
Step 3

On the map, click on Buchanan Circle. The Edit Point Landmark dialog box opens.

Step 4

To change the name, backspace over the name appearing in the FULLNAME: field, then type in the
new name. In this example, the name is changed to Marley Circle.

Step 5

Click OK. The new name of the point landmark appears on the map.

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6.5

How to Use GUPS Review and Validation Tools

GUPS provides two tools—the Geography Review tool and the Review Change Polygons tool to
help users review and validate the updates made in the system.

6.5.1

Geography Review Tool

The Geography Review tool filters the map layers based on various fields in the attribute table.
This tool can check the changes made to linear features, area landmarks, point landmarks, and
legal boundaries anywhere within a county. It can also be used to view the attributes of
governments, features, landmarks, and boundaries that were not changed.
Note: Although this tool allows users to review the changes, they cannot use it to edit them.
Instructions for how to use the Geography Review tool information appear in Table 41.
Table 41: Using the Geography Review Tool

Step

Action and Result

Step 1
Click on the Geography Review button on the BAS toolbar.
dialog box opens.

Step 2

The Geography Review Tool

In the Layer Name: field drop-down menu, select the data layer to be viewed:

In this example, the file “bas2x_49900250335_99_changes_aial” was selected. This is the
transaction data output file for the area landmark layer (note the word “changes” in the file name
to indicate the layer has been updated).

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Step 3

Once the selection is made, the attribute table for the layer opens, with the attributes for each
area landmark changed displayed in a separate row.

If not all the columns in the attribute data table are visible, drag the edge of the dialog box
outward to widen the view. Users may also move the dialog box to another location by clicking
inside the box and dragging it.
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To see a tribal area on the map, click its row in the attribute table, then click the Zoom button (the
row is highlighted and the map automatically zooms to the area selected, which is highlighted and
shows changes made in cyan).

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Step 5

To view other features listed in the table rows, use the Previous Zoom and Next Zoom buttons.
The previous or next row highlights and the system zooms to the map for that row.

Step 6

Use the Search feature at the bottom of the dialog box to filter the table layers by specific
attributes (e.g., full name, MTFCC, change type, etc.).

Step 7

First, select the layer to view (in this example, the AIAL (Tribal Area) layer is selected).

For each feature changed for a Tribal area, the attributes of the changed feature display in the
table rows. Each column gives the name of the attribute.

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Step 8

In the Column Name drop-down menu, select the attribute by which to filter.

In this example, change type (CHNG_TYPE) is selected.
Step 9

Finally, in the Select drop-down, select the attribute value by which to filter, then click the Search
button. In this example, ‘Boundary Correction’ is selected.

After clicking Search, the attribute table is filtered to show the rows for all boundary corrections
made in the AIAL (Tribal Area) layer.

Step 10

To view an individual boundary correction, click on its row and click the Zoom button.

Step 11

To return to the attribute table to see the full (unfiltered) county subdivision layer, click the
Refresh button in the upper right-hand corner of the dialog box.

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Note that when filtering the table by some attributes (e.g., state and county FIPS code or MTFCC),
no drop-down list appears from which to make a selection. This is because some attribute codes
are too numerous to make scrolling through a list practicable. Instead a blank box will appear in
which search values may be entered. For example, if filtering the area landmarks layer by MTFCC
to see hospitals, type in the MTFCC for hospitals (K1231), as shown below, then click Search.

6.5.2

Review Change Polygons Tool

The Review Change Polygons tool allows users to view the transactions created from the edits
made to legal governments, as well as to area landmarks and hydrographic areas. Users can
review the transaction polygons that represent boundary changes, as well as new
incorporations and disincorporations. The tool also allows users to make corrections to change
polygons.
Notes on Reviewing Change Polygons
The Review Change Polygons tool must be run before GUPS will export a file. The Review Change
Polygons tool must be run for each county in which changes were made. For example, if changes were
made to the working county, but also to an adjacent county when annexing land for the tribal area, the
change polygon check must be run on both counties.

To use the Review Change Polygons tool, follow the steps in Table 42.
Table 42: Reviewing Change Polygons

Step
Step 1

Action and Result
In the Map Management dialog box, make sure the Tribal Area for which the check is to be run
appears in the Working County field.

Once the Open button at the bottom of the dialog box is clicked and the map opens in Map
View, the Review Change Polygons check may be run.

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Step 2

Once the entity is loaded, the change polygons review may begin. Click on the Review Change
Polygons button on the BAS toolbar.

The Review Change Polygons dialog box opens just below the Layers Panel.

Note: This box can be dragged anywhere on the screen and docked.
Step 3

Use the Geography drop-down menu shown below to select the geography to review.

Step 4

After selecting an entity type, the Small Area Check and Find Holes buttons become active and
all change polygons for the entity type selected appear in the Info list at the bottom of the box.

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Step 5

To check for small area change polygons, click the Small Area Check button. If all the change
polygons are of sufficient size, a pop-up box with this information appears.

Step 6

If there are small area polygons within the Reservation/Trust Land, they appear in the Info list
with their acreage noted in the Area in Acres column. The Display All Changes button also
becomes active (this button allows toggling back to see all change polygons in the list).

Step 7

To view a polygon on the map, click the row for the polygon in the Info list. The polygon is
highlighted and the map zooms to the location of the polygon.

Note in the illustration above, the Review Change Polygons box was moved to sit over the map.
As stated earlier, the box may be moved anywhere on the page and docked.

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Step 8

Next, review the polygons for holes (that is, two or fewer small faces missed when creating a
change polygon). While still in the Review Change Polygons dialog box, select a geography type
from the Geography drop-down menu. For this example, ‘Reservation/Trust Lands’ is selected.
A list of change polygons for Reservations/Trust Lands populates the Info list and the Display All
Changes button replaces the Small Area button (since this check was already run). The Find
Holes button remains in its original location.

Step 9

Click on the row for the polygon in the Info list to see it on the map, then click the Find Holes
button. If no holes are present, a pop-up box with this information appears.

Step 10

If holes are found, a list of polygons with holes appears in the Holes Review box and the Fix
button activates at the bottom of the box.

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Step 11

To correct a change polygon, click on its row to highlight it. The map zooms to its location and
displays all holes in cyan.

Step 12

Click the Fix button to repair the hole. The change polygon is corrected and the correction
displays on the map (i.e., the hole is changed to the same color as the remainder of the polygon).

Step 13

Before the Find Holes check is complete, repeat the steps above for each geography type for
which change polygons were created.

Step 14

After reviewing for small areas and holes, use the Review Change Polygons tool to check the
general accuracy of the change polygons. To do so, select the entity type in the Geography dropdown menu. A full list of change polygons for the geography type selected displays in the Info
list.

Step 15

Click on the row for each polygon to see it on the map and review the changes.
If there is a mistake on the map (e.g., a new incorporated place was created with five faces
rather than intended six), click on the Modify Area Feature button on the BAS toolbar and make
the correction.

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Step 16

To review boundary changes, select the entity type to be reviewed in the Geography drop-down
menu at the top of the Review Change Polygons dialog box. In this example, ‘Reservation/Trust
Land’ is selected. All boundary change polygons for the entity type selected populate the Info list.
To review a boundary change, click on the change polygon in the list, then click the Legal Entity
Change button at the bottom of the Review Change Polygons dialog box, shown below.

The map zooms to where the change was made, and a box opens displaying the information that
was entered when the change was coded. Here, because the change was a boundary correction,
the effective date, authority type, and documentation fields are not filled.

If this change was mistakenly coded as a boundary correction, and should have been a legal
change instead, correct the error here. In this example a change polygon mistakenly coded as a
boundary correction rather than an addition is corrected.
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Step 18

Use the drop-down menu for the AUTHTYPE field to select the authority type for the change.

Step 19

In the DOCU field, type in the ordinance or other legal documentation number authorizing the
Addition or upload legal documentation for the change. To upload documentation, click the
folder icon next to the DOCU field.

When the DOCU window opens, click on the icon for ‘My Computer’ (or simply ‘Computer’ in
some Windows versions) to open the directory where the documentation is saved.

The directories display, as shown below.

Select the appropriate directory and navigate to the file to be uploaded. Click the file. Then, to
upload it, click the Open button at the bottom of the DOCU window.

GUPS uploads the file and the file name appears in the DOCU field.

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Step 20

Step 21
Step 22

Finally, in the CHNG_TYPE field drop-down menu, change ‘Boundary Correction’ to the correct
change type (‘Annexation’, ‘Corridor’, or ‘Offset’). Here ‘Annexation’ is selected.

Click the OK

button. The correction is made.

When all reviews are completed (for small areas, holes, and boundary changes) for all entity
types, and all needed corrections have been made, click the Save
button on the BAS
toolbar. All corrections are saved. The Review Change Polygons check is complete.

6.6

Exporting a Printable Map

GUPS allows users to generate printable maps in four formats (.pdf, .png., .tiff, and .jpeg). The
maps can be created in portrait or landscape view, on letter or ledger (legal) size paper, and at
various scales. To export a printable map from GUPS, follow the steps below.
Table 43: Exporting a Printable Map

Step

Action and Result

Step 1
Click on the Export to ZIP button on the BAS toolbar.
The Print Map to File dialog box opens.

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Step 2

In the Desired Map Titles section, type in a map title and sub-title.

Step 3

Under Page Orientation, click the radio button next to ‘Portrait’ or ‘Landscape’ to select the map’s
orientation on the page when printed.

The map orientation in the preview pane to the right changes to reflect the selection.

Portrait View (left) and Landscape View (right).
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Under Map Scale, click the appropriate radio button to select the map scale (use the current map
extent or set a fixed scale). To select a fixed scale, click the radio button next to ‘Fixed Scale’, then
click the down arrow to open the drop-down menu. In the drop-down list, click on the desired scale.

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Step 5

Under Desired Paper Size, click the radio button next to ‘Letter’ for 8½ by 11-inch paper or the
‘Ledger’ button for 11 by 17-inch paper.

Step 6

When ready to export the file, under Export File Format, click the radio button next to the desired
format. The file may be exported in .pdf, .png, .tiff, or .jpeg format.

Step 7

Click the Save button. The Map Export – Save Map As… window opens.

Note: GUPS automatically selected the “output” folder for BAS2020 as the save location. This folder
was created on the computer by the GUPS installer. To save the file to a different location, navigate
to the location first before saving.
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Step 9

The file is saved and a pop-up message appears confirming that the export is complete.

Step 10

To save the file, click OK. The file is saved either in the default BAS2020 output location or in the
alternate location specified. Here file is saved in the default location.

6.6.1

How to Export ZIP Files to Share/Submit

When creating ZIP files to export, users have two options—exporting the file to share with
other users or exporting the file for submission to the Census Bureau. In either case, GUPS
automatically names the output ZIP file. It packages all the files required by the Census Bureau
(including any documentation uploaded) into the ZIP file and saves it in a preset location
created on the computer during the installation process.
Important Note
If changes were made to more than one working county, separate ZIP file must be exported for each county.

6.6.2

Exporting a File to Share

To export a file to share with another user, follow the steps in Table 44.
Table 44: Exporting Files to Share with Another User

Step

Action and Result

Step 1
Click on the Export to ZIP button on the BAS toolbar.

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Step 2

After clicking the Export to Zip button, one of two results may occur, depending on whether the
changes were validated using the Review Change Polygons tool. If the tool was not used to check
the work, the Export to ZIP pop-up box appears and lists the specific checks that need to be run
before the file can be exported.

If this message appears, click the Cancel button and run the Review Change Polygons check. Then
repeat the initial export steps again.
Step 3

If the Review Change Polygon check was already run, the Export to ZIP pop-up box displays the
status of the checks and the date and time they were made, as shown below.

Step 4

Look carefully at the run times listed. If any additional changes were made after these times, click
Cancel and run the Review Change Polygons check again. Then repeat the export steps.

Step 5

The Select Output Type dialog box opens.

To prepare ZIP file to be shared with another user, select the “Share with Another Participant”
radio button. Click OK.

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Step 6

The ZIP File Output dialog box opens. It informs that the ZIP file was created and asks “if you want
to view the folder”.

Step 7

If Yes is clicked, the directory opens and displays the folder location where GUPS placed the file.
Note: GUPS automatically saves the file to an output folder that the GUPS installer placed on the
computer during the installation process.

Step 8

The file may now be shared with another user.

6.6.3

Exporting a File to Submit to the Census Bureau

To export a file to submit to the Census Bureau, follow the steps in Table 45.
Table 45: Exporting Files for Submission to the Census Bureau

Step

Action and Result

Step 1
Click on the Export to ZIP button on the BAS toolbar.
The Select Output Type dialog box opens.

Click the Export for Census radio button. Then click OK.

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Step 2

After clicking the OK button, one of two results may occur, depending on whether the changes were
validated using the Review Change Polygons tool. If the tool was not used to check the work, the Export
to ZIP pop-up box appears and lists the specific checks that need to be run before the file can be
exported.

Step 3

If this message appears, click the Cancel button and run the Review Change Polygons check. Then
repeat the initial export steps again.

Step 4

If the Review Change Polygon check was already run, the Export to ZIP pop-up box displays the status
of the checks and the date and time they were made, as shown below.

Step 5

Look carefully at the run times listed. If any additional changes were made after these times, click
Cancel and run the Review Change Polygons check again. Then repeat the export steps.

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Step 6

Otherwise, click OK. The GUPS User Contact Information dialog box opens up. Complete the required
fields and click OK.

The ZIP File Output dialog box opens. It informs the user that the ZIP file was created and asks if they
want to view the folder.

Step 7

If Yes is clicked, the directory opens and displays the folder location where GUPS placed the file. Note:
GUPS automatically saves the file to an output folder that the GUPS installer created during the
installation process.

Step 8

The file is now ready to be uploaded to the Census Bureau through SWIM. See Section 7, Submitting
Files to the Census Bureau through SWIM.

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SECTION 7

SUBMITTING FILES TO THE CENSUS BUREAU THROUGH
SWIM

To upload and transmit update files to the Census Bureau, participants must access their
accounts in the SWIM, as shown in Table 46.
Note:

Participants with existing SWIM accounts, should use their user name (email address) and
password. If participants indicated on their BAS Annual Response Form that they wished to
receive or use the GUPS application, they automatically receive the SWIM URL and a
registration token via email. The email should arrive five days after the Annual Response is
completed online (or five business days after the Census Bureau receives the paper form).
Participants without existing SWIM accounts, should contact the Census Bureau at
to obtain a 12-digit registration token needed to create an account.
Once a token has been assigned, participants can create their SWIM accounts.
Table 46: Transmitting Files to the Census Bureau Using SWIM

Step

Action and Result

Step 1

Open a new browser window and enter the URL . The SWIM login
screen opens.

Step 2

Users that already have a SWIM account should enter their email address and password. Click the
Login button. The Welcome screen opens. Go to Step 8.

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Step 3

Users without a SWIM account must register. Click the Register Account button. The Account
Registration screen opens.

All fields on the Account Registration screen are required.
Step 4

On the Account Registration screen, first, enter the 12-digit token provided by the Census Bureau.
Then enter contact name, agency, and email in the appropriate fields.

Step 5

Create a password. The password must meet the five criteria below:

4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

It must be at least 8 characters in length
It must have at least one upper case character
It must have at least one lower case character
It must have at least one number
It must have at least one special character (valid special characters
are: #, !, $, *, &, ?, ~).

Note: The commas shown immediately above are to separate the special characters listed. A comma
is not a valid character for the password.

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Step 6

Set up a security question (click the arrow on the right of the Security Question box and select a
question in the drop-down list, then enter an answer in the Answer box). When finished, click the
Submit button. A screen opens to confirm that the account has been successfully registered.

On the Confirmation screen, click Login, and be returned to the Login screen.
Step 7

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Step 8

On the Login screen, enter the email and password then click the green Login button. The Welcome
screen opens. A list of previously uploaded files is visible with the following information, the creation
date of the file, the name of the file, and its corresponding ZIP size. To make modifications, click on the
file to be edited then select the Start Now Upload button.

Step 9

To begin an upload, click the Start New Upload button. Select the Boundary Annexation Survey (BAS)
radio button, and then click Next at the bottom of the screen.

Step 10

A screen opens asking “What type of BAS are you reporting for?” Click the radio button next to the
governmental unit for which data is being reported, then click the Next button. In this example, Tribal
Area is selected.

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Step 11

A screen opens that allows selection of the Tribal Area for which data is being reported. Scroll through
the drop-down menu and select the Tribal Area. Then click the Next button.

Step 12

The Select a .zip file to upload screen opens. Choose a ZIP file to upload. Note: All files must be a ZIP
file. The ZIP file cannot contain another ZIP file. To upload a file, click the + Add File button on the
screen.

Step 13

The Choose File to Upload window opens.

Locate the ZIP file to upload then double-click it. Note: Only one file can be added at a time.

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Step 14

Once the file upload is complete, the Status field shows ‘Success.’ The name of the file appears in the
File(s) field. To add another file, click the + Add File and the upload process will repeat.
In this example, there are two files uploaded.

Step 15

After uploading the file(s), type any comments (including pertinent information about data projection
or supporting documentation for shapefiles) in the Comments field. Click Next.

Step 16

The Thank You screen appears and confirms the receipt of the submission.

Step 17

To submit files for a different entity, click on the ‘Upload Form’ link in the phrase “You may Log Out or
return to the upload form, to submit more files.” This choice returns to the Welcome screen.
To log out, click on Log Out. The Census Bureau will acknowledge the receipt of the uploaded file.
SWIM sessions deactivate after 15 minutes of inactivity.
Note: While working in SWIM, the participant may obtain help by clicking on the Help button on any
screen. After clicking the button, a screen opens with links to help resources.

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APPENDIX A

BAS CONTACT INFORMATION AND RESOURCES
Table 47: BAS Contact Information and Resources

Action/Question

Resource

Request shapefiles on
DVD

Geography
Division

BAS materials
questions

Geography
Division

Legal boundary
questions

Geography
Division

Ask guidance on areas
under legal dispute
GUPS technical support

Census Bureau
Legal Office
Geography
Division

SWIM token questions

Geography
Division

SWIM technical
support

Geography
Division

Submit output files on
DVD (if Internet access
is unavailable)

National
Processing
Center

U.S. Census Bureau

Contact
Call: 1-800-972-5651
Email:
Call: 1-800-972-5651
Email:
Call: 1-301-763-1099
Email:
Fax: 1-800-972-5652
Call: 1-301-763-9844
Call: 1-800-972-5651
Email:
Be sure to have the number for the version of GUPS being run
ready. To find this number, go to the Help tab on the main Menu in
GUPS and click ‘About GUPS’ in the drop-down menu. A pop-up
box will provide the number.
Call: 1-800-972-5651
Email:
Email:
Send to:
U.S. Census Bureau
National Processing Center
ATTN: BAS Returns, Bldg 63E
1201 East 10th Street
Jeffersonville, IN 47132

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APPENDIX B

TERMS

Areal Feature - is a prominent and identifying feature of a landscape significant enough to
warrant name recognition, such as a lake, park, school, military base, or cemetery, etc. This
type of feature class is only assigned to a face geometry. Any face can be assigned to multiple
features. For example, a water body can also be part of a park.
Edge - is a one-dimensional object (legacy 1-cell), bounded by two nodes: a start node and an
end node. Its geometry is distinguished by the coordinates of the start and end nodes, and
additional coordinates that are ordered and serve as vertices (or shape points) between the
two nodes. An edge is a primitive feature in the Oracle database.
Effects of having Edge features in the MAF/TIGER Database (MTDB):
•
•

Represents an invisible boundary line for various geometry, geographic, and statistical data and
can stand alone.
A linear feature always occupies the same space as an edge and there are attributes on an edge
that are lone relevant when a linear feature exists.

Face - is a two-dimensional object (legacy 2-cell) bounded by two or more edges. Its boundary
includes not only the edges that separate it from other faces, but also any interior edges (twodimensional topological primitives) contained within the area of the face.
Geographic Area - is a demarcated area used for the collection and/or tabulation of Census
Bureau data.
Geographic Corridors - is an area that includes only a road (or other feature’s) right-of-way and
does not contain any structures. Figure 13 Annexed Area Corridor and Unincorporated shows a
corridor that has been created where an incorporated place annexed the road right-of-way, but
not the housing units assigned to either side of the road (these belong instead to an
unincorporated area). If it is important to the incorporated place that its ownership and/or
maintenance of the road and/or its right-of-way be displayed on Census Bureau’s maps, a
geographic corridor should be created. However, the Census Bureau does not require places to
report rights-of-way: maintaining geographic corridors in a nationwide database is difficult and
impractical, and the right-of-way should only be included if it is crucial to the place, or if state or
local laws require it. The Census Bureau would actually prefer that the area simply not be
assigned to the place at all.
Figure 14 shows an example where the right-of-way belongs in an unincorporated area, while
the housing units along it are included in an incorporated place (shown in color). While
depicting this corridor may be important for local purposes, it is not relevant for Census Bureau
tabulations and is not easy to depict in the Census nationwide database. This type of corridor
should not be included in a BAS response.

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Please note that the Census Bureau does not require places to display rights-of-way or road
maintenance corridors that do not contain or potentially contain housing or population. If local
or state law does not require depiction of these geographic features, the Census Bureau prefers
that they be left off BAS submissions. However, if it is necessary for the place to depict them,
then they must be submitted as a geographic corridor.

Figure 13. Annexed Area Corridor and Unincorporated Area
A corridor that has been created where an incorporated place annexed the road
right-of-way, but not the housing units assigned to either side of the road.

Figure 14. Incorporated Area and Unincorporated Area
The right-of-way belongs in an unincorporated area, while the housing units
along it are included in an incorporated place.

To recap, when a participant has a case where a road right-of-way is legally included in the
boundary, but the adjacent parcels/houses are not, there are two options. Either do not include
the area in the place at all (Scenario A in Figure 15), or include it in the place and flag it as a
corridor (Scenario C in Figure 15). Nevers include such areas within the place boundary without
flagging them as corridors (Scenario B in Figure 15).

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Figure 15. Participant Responses
Figure 15 – (A): The respondent did not include place ownership of the road or the
right-of-way, allowing houses along the road to be geocoded correctly. (B): The
respondent chose to show place ownership of the road, but did not flag it as a corridor,
causing houses along the road to be incorrectly geocoded. (C): The respondent chose to
show place ownership of the road, and flagged that ownership as a corridor, allowing
the houses to be geocoded correctly. Both A and C are acceptable.

Geographic Offsets

A geographic offset is an area (either within or outside of a geographic area) that is only on one
side of a road (unlike corridors, which involve both sides of the road) and does not include
structures addressed to that side of the road. Much of the same guidelines regarding corridors
also holds true for offsets.
The Census Bureau is aware that many governments base their legal boundaries on cadastral
(parcel-based) right-of-way mapping. Census Bureau maps are based on spatial data that are
topologically integrated which makes maintenance of geographic offsets inefficient. Using the
road centerline wherever possible will help to establish more accurate population counts. If a
boundary follows a front-lot-line, the Census Bureau strongly prefers that the road centerline
be used as the boundary. If a boundary is at the rear of a lot, then it should be depicted as such.
If it is unclear whether a particular line is a front-lot line or something else, please contact the
BAS team for assistance. As a rule, if a house or building could not conceivably be built in the
area between the potential line and the centerline of the road, then the line can be considered
a front-lot line. Figure 16 depicts a cadastral (parcel-based) boundary map and Figure 17 shows
how the boundary should be represented when it is sent to the Census Bureau.

Figure 16. A Cadastral (Parcel-Based) Boundary Map

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Figure 17. How a Boundary Should be Represented When Sent to the Census Bureau

Figure 18. Place Boundary – Front-Lot-Line
Shows a situation in which the place boundary is along the front-lot-line. In this example,
the respondent must either use the road centerline as the boundary (preferred) or create
an offset.

Figure 19. Place Boundary – Rear-Lot-Line
The place boundary is on the rear-lot-line, so the respondent should of course not use the
road centerline or create an offset but should rather digitize in a new boundary following
the rear-lot-line.

The Census Bureau has included an “offset” shapefile in the BAS materials
(bas_2020_offset_.shp), so that the jurisdiction can be checked for any existing
corridors or offsets. While the Census Bureau prefers that new offsets are not created
(see above), this information can be helpful in determining if current boundaries are correct.
Linear Feature - is a single dimension feature (Road/Path, Hydro, Rail, or Miscellaneous) along
one or more edges.
Point Feature - is an isolated node not connected to an edge. The XY coordinate point is where
a structure resides. Point Feature structures include housing units and legacy point landmark of
public facilities such as libraries, police stations, schools, churches, malls, and some
monuments.
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APPENDIX C

MTFCC DESCRIPTIONS

The MAF/TIGER Feature Classification Code (MTFCC) is a five-digit code assigned by the Census
Bureau to classify and describe geographic objects or features in Census Bureau MAF/TIGER
products.
Table 48: MTFCC Descriptions

MTFCC

Feature Class

Feature Class Description

C3022

Mountain Peak or
Summit

A prominent elevation rising above the surrounding level of the Earth’s
surface.

C3023

Island

An area of dry or relatively dry land surrounded by water or low
wetland [including archipelago, atoll, cay, hammock, hummock, isla,
isle, key, moku and rock].

C3024

Levee

An embankment flanking a stream or other flowing water feature to
prevent overflow.

C3026

Quarry (not waterfilled), Open Pit Mine or
Mine

An area from which commercial minerals are or were removed from
the Earth; not including an oilfield or gas field.

C3027

Dam

A barrier built across the course of a stream to impound water and/or
control water flow.

C3061

Cul-de-sac

An expanded paved area at the end of a street used by vehicles for
turning around. For mapping purposes, the Census Bureau maps it only
as a point feature.

C3062

Traffic Circle

A circular intersection allowing for continuous movement of traffic at
the meeting of roadways.

C3066

Gate

A movable barrier across a road.

C3067

Toll Booth

A structure or barrier where a fee is collected for using a road.

C3070

Tower/Beacon

A manmade structure, higher than its diameter generally used for
observation, storage, or electronic transmission.

C3071

Lookout Tower

A manmade structure, higher than its diameter, used for observation.

C3072

Transmission Tower
including cell, radio and
TV

A manmade structure, higher than its diameter, used for electronic
transmission.

C3073

Water Tower

A manmade structure, higher than its diameter, used for water
storage.

C3074

Lighthouse Beacon

A manmade structure, higher than its diameter, used for transmission
of light and possibly sound generally to aid in navigation.

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MTFCC

Feature Class

Feature Class Description

C3075

Tank/Tank Farm

One or more manmade structures, each higher than its diameter, used
for liquid (other than water) or gas storage or for distribution activities.

C3076

Windmill Farm

One or more manmade structures used to generate power from the
wind.

C3077

Solar Farm

One or more manmade structures used to generate power from the
sun.

C3078

Monument or Memorial

A manmade structure to educate, commemorate, or memorialize an
event, person, or feature.

C3079

Boundary Monument
Point

A material object placed on or near a boundary line to preserve and
identify the location of the boundary line on the ground.

C3080

Survey Control Point

A point on the ground whose position (horizontal or vertical) is known
and can be used as a base for additional survey work.

C3081

Locality Point

A point that identifies the location and name of an unbounded locality
(e.g., crossroad, community, populated place or locale).

C3085

Alaska Native Village
Official Point

A point that serves as the core of an Alaska Native village and is used in
defining Alaska Native village statistical areas.

C3088

Landfill

A disposal facility at which solid waste is placed on or in the land.

G2100

American Indian Area

A legally defined state- or federally recognized reservation and/or offreservation trust land (excludes statistical American Indian areas).

G2101

American Indian Area
(Reservation Only)

American Indian Area (Reservation Only)

G2102

American Indian Area
(Off-Reservation Trust
Land Only)

American Indian Area (Off-Reservation Trust Land Only)

G2120

Hawaiian Homeland

A legal area held in trust for the benefit of Native Hawaiians.

G2130

Alaska Native Village
Statistical Area

A statistical geographic entity that represents the residences,
permanent and/or seasonal, for Alaska Natives who are members of or
receiving governmental services from the defining legal Alaska Native
Village corporation.

G2140

Oklahoma Tribal
Statistical Area

A statistical entity identified and delineated by the Census Bureau in
consultation with federally recognized American Indian tribes that have
no current reservation but had a former reservation in Oklahoma.

G2150

State-designated Tribal
Statistical Area

A statistical geographic entity identified and delineated for the Census
Bureau by a state-appointed liaison for a state-recognized American
Indian tribe that does not currently have a reservation and/or lands in
trust.

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MTFCC

Feature Class

Feature Class Description

G2160

Tribal Designated
Statistical Area

A statistical geographic entity identified and delineated for the Census
Bureau by a federally recognized American Indian tribe that does not
currently have a reservation and/or off-reservation trust land.

G2170

American Indian Joint
Use Area

An area administered jointly and/or claimed by two or more American
Indian tribes.

G2200

Alaska Native Regional
Corporation

Corporate entities established to conduct both business and nonprofit
affairs of Alaska Natives pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims
Settlement Act of 1972 (Public Law 92-203). There are twelve
geographically defined ANRCs and they are all within and cover most of
the State of Alaska (the Annette Island Reserve-an American Indian
reservation-is excluded from any ANRC). The boundaries of ANRCs
have been legally established.

G2300

Tribal Subdivision

Administrative subdivisions of federally recognized American Indian
reservations, off-reservation trust lands, or Oklahoma tribal statistical
areas (OTSAs). These entities are internal units of self-government or
administration that serve social, cultural, and/or economic purposes
for the American Indians on the reservations, off-reservation trust
lands, or OTSAs.

G2400

Tribal Census Tract

A relatively small and permanent statistical subdivision of a federally
recognized American Indian reservation and/or off-reservation trust
land, delineated by American Indian tribal participants or the Census
Bureau for the purpose of presenting demographic data.

G2410

Tribal Block Group

A cluster of census blocks within a single tribal census tract delineated
by American Indian tribal participants or the Census Bureau for the
purpose of presenting demographic data.

G3100

Combined Statistical
Area

A grouping of adjacent metropolitan and/or micropolitan statistical
areas that have a degree of economic and social integration, as
measured by commuting.

G3110

Metropolitan and
Micropolitan Statistical
Area

An area containing a substantial population nucleus together with
adjacent communities having a high degree of economic and social
integration with that core, as measured by commuting. Defined using
whole counties and equivalents.

G3120

Metropolitan Division

A county or grouping of counties that is a subdivision of a Metropolitan
Statistical Area containing an urbanized area with a population of 2.5
million or more.

G3200

Combined New England
City and Town Area

A grouping of adjacent New England city and town areas that have a
degree of economic and social integration, as measured by commuting.

G3210

New England City and
Town Metropolitan and
Micropolitan Statistical
Area

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MTFCC

Feature Class

Feature Class Description

G3220

New England City and
Town Division

A grouping of cities and towns in New England that is a subdivision of a
New England City and Town Area containing an urbanized area with a
population of 2.5 million or more.

G3500

Urban Area

Densely settled territory that contains at least 2,500 people. The
subtypes of this feature are Urbanized Area (UA), which consists of
50,000 + people and Urban Cluster, which ranges between 2,500 and
49,999 people.

G4000

State or Equivalent
Feature

The primary governmental divisions of the United States. The District of
Columbia is treated as a statistical equivalent of a state for census
purposes, as is Puerto Rico.

G4020

County or Equivalent
Feature

The primary division of a state or state equivalent area. The primary
divisions of 48 states are termed County, but other terms are used such
as Borough in Alaska, Parish in Louisiana, and Municipio in Puerto Rico.
This feature includes independent cities, which are incorporated places
that are not part of any county.

G4040

County Subdivision

The primary divisions of counties and equivalent features for the
reporting of Census Bureau data. The subtypes of this feature are
Minor Civil Division, Census County Division/Census Subarea, and
Unorganized Territory. This feature includes independent places, which
are incorporated places that are not part of any county subdivision.

G4050

Estate

Estates are subdivisions of the three major islands in the United States
Virgin Islands (USVI).

G4060

Subbarrio (Subminor
Civil Division)

Legally defined divisions (subbarrios) of minor civil divisions (barriospueblo and barrios) in Puerto Rico.

G4110

Incorporated Place

A legal entity incorporated under state law to provide general-purpose
governmental services to a concentration of population. Incorporated
places are generally designated as a city, borough, municipality, town,
village, or, in a few instances, have no legal description.

G4120

Consolidated City

An incorporated place that has merged governmentally with a county
or minor civil division, but one or more of the incorporated places
continues to function within the consolidation. It is a place that
contains additional separately incorporated places.

G4210

Census Designated Place

A statistical area defined for a named concentration of population and
the statistical counterpart of an incorporated place.

G4300

Economic Census Place

The lowest level of geographic area for presentation of some types of
Economic Census data. It includes incorporated places, consolidated
cities, census designated places (CDPs), minor civil divisions (MCDs) in
selected states, and balances of MCDs or counties. An incorporated
place, CDP, MCD, or balance of MCD qualifies as an economic census
place if it contains 5,000 or more residents, or 5,000 or more jobs,
according to the most current data available.

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MTFCC

Feature Class

Feature Class Description

G5020

Census Tract

Relatively permanent statistical subdivisions of a County or equivalent
feature delineated by local participants as part of the Census Bureau’s
Participant Statistical Areas Program.

G5030

Block Group

A cluster of census blocks having the same first digit of their four-digit
identifying numbers within a Census Tract. For example, block group 3
(BG 3) within a Census Tract includes all blocks numbered from 3000 to
3999.

G5040

Tabulation Block

The lowest-order census defined statistical area. It is an area, such as a
city block, bounded primarily by physical features but sometimes by
invisible city or property boundaries. A tabulation block boundary does
not cross the boundary of any other geographic area for which the
Census Bureau tabulates data. The subtypes of this feature are Count
Question Resolution (CQR), current, and census.

G5200

Congressional District

The 435 areas from which people are elected to the U.S. House of
Representatives. Additional equivalent features exist for state
equivalents with nonvoting delegates or no representative. The
subtypes of this feature are 106th, 107th, 108th, 109th, and 111th
Congressional Districts, plus subsequent Congresses.

G5210

State Legislative District
(Upper Chamber)

Areas established by a state or equivalent government from which
members are elected to the upper or unicameral chamber of a state
governing body. The upper chamber is the senate in a bicameral
legislature, and the unicameral case is a single house legislature
(Nebraska).

G5220

State Legislative District
(Lower Chamber)

Areas established by a state or equivalent government from which
members are elected to the lower chamber of a state governing body.
The lower chamber is the House of Representatives in a bicameral
legislature.

G5240

Voting District

The generic name for the geographic features, such as precincts,
wards, and election districts, established by state, local, and tribal
governments for the purpose of conducting elections.

G5400

Elementary School
District

A geographic area within which officials provide public elementary
grade-level educational services for residents.

G5410

Secondary School
District

A geographic area within which officials provide public secondary
grade-level educational services for residents.

G5420

Unified School District

A geographic area within which officials provide public educational
services for all grade levels for residents.

G6100

Public-Use Microdata
Area

A decennial census area with a population of at least 100,000 or more
persons for which the Census Bureau provides selected extracts of
household-level data that are screened to protect confidentiality.

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MTFCC

Feature Class

Feature Class Description

G6300

Traffic Analysis District

An area delineated by Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs)
and state Departments of Transportation (DOTs) for tabulating
journey-to-work and place-of-work data. A Traffic Analysis District
(TAD) consists of one or more Traffic Analysis Zones (TAZs).

G6320

Traffic Analysis Zone

An area delineated by Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs)
and state Departments of Transportation (DOTs) for tabulating
journey-to-work and place-of-work data.

G6330

Urban Growth Area

An area defined under state authority to manage urbanization that the
Census Bureau includes in the MAF/TIGER® System in agreement with
the state.

G6340

ZIP Code Tabulation
Area (Three-Digit)

An approximate statistical-area representation of a U.S. Postal Service
(USPS) 3-digit ZIP Code service area.

G6350

ZIP Code Tabulation
Area (Five-Digit)

An approximate statistical-area representation of a U.S. Postal Service
(USPS) 5-digit ZIP Code service area.

G6400

Commercial Region

For the purpose of presenting economic statistical data, municipios in
Puerto Rico are grouped into commercial regions.

H1100

Connector

A known, but nonspecific, hydrographic connection between two
nonadjacent water features.

H2025

Swamp/Marsh

A poorly drained wetland, fresh or saltwater, wooded or grassy,
possibly covered with open water [includes bog, cienega, marais, and
pocosin].

H2030

Lake/Pond

A standing body of water that is surrounded by land.

H2040

Reservoir

An artificially impounded body of water.

H2041

Treatment Pond

An artificial body of water built to treat fouled water.

H2051

Bay/Estuary/Gulf/Sound

A body of water partly surrounded by land [includes arm, bight, cove
and inlet].

H2053

Ocean/Sea

The great body of salt water that covers much of the earth.

H2060

Gravel Pit/Quarry filled
with water

A body of water in a place or area from which commercial minerals
were removed from the Earth.

H2081

Glacier

A body of ice moving outward and down slope from an area of
accumulation; an area of relatively permanent snow or ice on the top
or side of a mountain or mountainous area [includes ice field and ice
patch].

H3010

Stream/River

A natural flowing waterway [includes anabranch, awawa, branch,
brook, creek, distributary, fork, kill, pup, rio, and run].

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Feature Class

Feature Class Description

H3013

Braided Stream

A natural flowing waterway with an intricate network of interlacing
channels.

H3020

Canal, Ditch or Aqueduct

An artificial waterway constructed to transport water, to irrigate or
drain land, to connect two or more bodies of water, or to serve as a
waterway for watercraft [includes lateral].

K1121

Apartment Building or
Complex

A building or group of buildings that contain multiple living quarters
generally for which rent is paid.

K1223

Trailer Court or Mobile
Home Park

An area in which parking space for house trailers is rented, usually
providing utilities and services.

K1225

Crew-of-Vessel Location

A point or area in which the population of military or merchant marine
vessels at sea are assigned, usually being at or near the home port pier.

K1226

Housing
Facility/Dormitory for
Workers

A structure providing housing for a number of persons employed as
semi-permanent or seasonal laborers.

K1227

Hotel, Motel, Resort,
Spa, Hostel, YMCA or
YWCA

A structure providing transient lodging or living quarters, generally for
some payment.

K1228

Campground

An area used for setting up mobile temporary living quarters (camp) or
holding a camp meeting, sometimes providing utilities and other
amenities.

K1229

Shelter or Mission

A structure providing low-cost or free-living quarters established by a
welfare or educational organization for the needy people of a district.

K1231

Hospital/Hospice/Urgent
Care Facility

One or more structures where the sick or injured may receive medical
or surgical attention [including infirmary].

K1233

Nursing Home,
Retirement Home, or
Home for the Aged

A structure to house and provide care for the elderly.

K1234

County Home or Poor
Farm

One or more structures administered by a local government that serve
as living quarters for the indigent.

K1235

Juvenile Institution

A facility (correctional and non-correctional) where groups of juveniles
reside; this includes training schools, detention centers, residential
treatment centers and orphanages.

K1236

Local Jail or Detention
Center

One or more structures that serve as a place for the confinement of
adult persons in lawful detention, administered by a local (county,
municipal, etc.) government.

K1237

Federal Penitentiary,
State Prison, or Prison
Farm

An institution that serves as a place for the confinement of adult
persons in lawful detention, administered by the federal government
or a state government.

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MTFCC

Feature Class

Feature Class Description

K1238

Other Correctional
Institution

One or more structures that serve as a place for the confinement of
adult persons in lawful detention, not elsewhere classified or
administered by a government of unknown jurisdiction.

K1239

Convent, Monastery,
Rectory, Other Religious
Group Quarters

One or more structures intended for use as a residence for those
having a religious vocation.

K1241

Sorority, Fraternity, or
College Dormitory

One or more structures associated with a social or educational
organization that serve as living quarters for college students.

K2100

Governmental

A place where employees are employed in federal, state, local, or tribal
government.

K2146

Community Center

A meeting place used by members of a community for social, cultural,
or recreational purposes.

K2110

Military Installation

An area owned and/or occupied by the Department of Defense for use
by a branch of the armed forces (such as the Army, Navy, Air Force,
Marines, or Coast Guard), or a state-owned area for the use of the
National Guard.

K2165

Government Center

A place used by members of government (either federal, state, local, or
tribal) for administration and public business.

K2167

Convention Center

An exhibition hall or conference center with enough open space to host
public and private business and social events.

K2180

Park

Parkland defined and administered by federal, state, and local
governments.

K2181

National Park Service
Land

Area—National parks, National Monuments, and so forth—under the
jurisdiction of the National Park Service.

K2182

National Forest or Other
Federal Land

Land under the management and jurisdiction of the federal
government, specifically including areas designated as National Forest,
and excluding areas under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service.

K2183

Tribal Park, Forest, or
Recreation Area

A place or area set aside for recreation or preservation of a cultural or
natural resource and under the administration of an American Indian
tribe.

K2184

State Park, Forest, or
Recreation Area

A place or area set aside for recreation or preservation of a cultural or
natural resource and under the administration of a state government.

K2185

Regional Park, Forest, or
Recreation Area

A place or area set aside for recreation or preservation of a cultural or
natural resource and under the administration of a regional
government.

K2186

County Park, Forest, or
Recreation Area

A place or area set aside for recreation or preservation of a cultural or
natural resource and under the administration of a county
government.

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MTFCC

Feature Class

Feature Class Description

K2187

County Subdivision Park,
Forest, or Recreation
Area

A place or area set aside for recreation or preservation of a cultural or
natural resource and under the administration of a minor civil division
(town/township) government.

K2188

Incorporated Place Park,
Forest, or Recreation
Area

A place or area set aside for recreation or preservation of a cultural or
natural resource and under the administration of a municipal
government.

K2189

Private Park, Forest, or
Recreation Area

A privately owned place or area set aside for recreation or preservation
of a cultural or natural resource.

K2190

Other Park, Forest, or
Recreation Area (quasipublic, independent
park, commission, etc.)

A place or area set aside for recreation or preservation of a cultural or
natural resource and under the administration of some other type of
government or agency such as an independent park authority or
commission.

K2191

Post Office

An official facility of the U.S. Postal Service used for processing and
distributing mail and other postal material.

K2193

Fire Department

Fire Department.

K2194

Police Station

Police Station.

K2195

Library

Library.

K2196

City/Town Hall

City/Town Hall.

K2300

Commercial Workplace

A place of employment for wholesale, retail, or other trade

K2361

Shopping Center or
Major Retail Center

A group of retail establishments within a planned subdivision sharing a
common parking area.

K2362

Industrial Building or
Industrial Park

One or more manufacturing establishments within an area zoned for
fabrication, construction, or other similar trades.

K2363

Office Building or Office
Park

One or more structures housing employees performing business,
clerical, or professional services

K2364

Farm/Vineyard/Winery/
Orchard

An agricultural establishment where crops are grown and/or animals
are raised, usually for food.

K2366

Other Employment
Center

A place of employments not elsewhere classified or of unknown type.

K2400

Transportation Terminal

A facility where one or more modes of transportation can be accessed
by people or for the shipment of goods; examples of such a facility
include marine terminal, bus station, train station, airport and truck
warehouse.

K2424

Marina

A place where privately owned, light-craft are moored.

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Feature Class

Feature Class Description

K2432

Pier/Dock

A platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by
piles. This platform may provide access to ships and boats, or it may be
used for recreational purposes.

K2451

Airport or Airfield

A manmade facility maintained for the use of aircraft [including
airstrip, landing field and landing strip].

K2452

Train Station, Trolley or
Mass Transit Rail Station

A place where travelers can board and exit rail transit lines, including
associated ticketing, freight, and other commercial offices.

K2453

Bus Terminal

A place where travelers can board and exit mass motor vehicle transit,
including associated ticketing, freight, and other commercial offices.

K2454

Marine Terminal

A place where travelers can board and exit water transit or where
cargo is handled, including associated ticketing, freight, and other
commercial offices.

K2455

Seaplane Anchorage

A place where an airplane equipped with floats for landing on or taking
off from a body of water can debark and load.

K2456

Airport—Intermodal
Transportation
Hub/Terminal

A major air transportation facility where travelers can board and exit
airplanes and connect with other (i.e. non-air) modes of transportation.

K2457

Airport—Statistical
Representation

The area of an airport adjusted to include whole 2000 census blocks
used for the delineation of urban areas.

K2458

Park and Ride
Facility/Parking Lot

A place where motorists can park their cars and transfer to other
modes of transportation.

K2459

Runway/Taxiway

A fairly level and usually paved expanse used by airplanes for taking off
and landing at an airport.

K2460

Helicopter Landing Pad

A fairly level and usually paved expanse used by helicopters for taking
off and landing.

K2540

University or College

A building or group of buildings used as an institution for postsecondary study, teaching, and learning [including seminary].

K2543

School or Academy

A building or group of buildings used as an institution for preschool,
elementary or secondary study, teaching, and learning [including
elementary school and high school].

K2545

Museum, Visitor Center,
Cultural Center, or
Tourist Attraction

An attraction of historical, cultural, educational or other interest that
provides information or displays artifacts.

K2561

Golf Course

A place designed for playing golf.

K2564

Amusement Center

A facility that offers entertainment performances or sporting events.
Examples include arena, auditorium, theater, stadium, coliseum,
racecourse, theme park, fairgrounds, and shooting range.

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MTFCC

Feature Class

Feature Class Description

K2582

Cemetery

A place or area for burying the dead [including burying ground and
memorial garden].

K2586

Zoo

A facility in which terrestrial and/or marine animals are confined within
enclosures and displayed to the public for educational, preservation,
and research purposes.

K3544

Place of Worship

A sanctified place or structure where people gather for religious
worship; examples include church, synagogue, temple, and mosque.

L4010

Pipeline

A long tubular conduit or series of pipes, often underground, with
pumps and valves for flow control, used to transport fluid (e.g., crude
oil, natural gas), especially over great distances.

L4020

Powerline

One or more wires, often on elevated towers, used for conducting
high-voltage electric power.

L4031

Aerial Tramway/Ski Lift

A conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers
suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers.

L4110

Fence Line

A man-made barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually
made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine,
or to mark a boundary.

L4121

Ridge Line

The line of highest elevation along a ridge.

L4125

Cliff/Escarpment

A very steep or vertical slope [including bluff, crag, head, headland,
nose, palisades, precipice, promontory, rim and rimrock].

L4130

Point-to-Point Line

A line defined as beginning at one location point and ending at
another, both of which are in sight.

L4140

Property/Parcel Line
(Including PLSS)

This feature class may denote a nonvisible boundary of either public or
private lands (e.g., a park boundary) or it may denote a Public Land
Survey System or equivalent survey line.

L4150

Coastline

The line that separates either land or Inland water from Coastal,
Territorial or Great Lakes water. Where land directly borders Coastal,
Territorial or Great Lakes water, the shoreline represents the Coastline.
Where Inland water (such as a river) flows into Coastal, Territorial or
Great Lakes water, the closure line separating the Inland water from
the other class of water represents the Coastline.

L4165

Ferry Crossing

The route used to carry or convey people or cargo back and forth over
a waterbody in a boat.

P0001

Nonvisible Linear
Legal/Statistical
Boundary

A legal/statistical boundary line that does not correspond to a
shoreline or other visible feature on the ground.

P0002

Perennial Shoreline

The more-or-less permanent boundary between land and water for a
water feature that exists year-round.

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Feature Class

Feature Class Description

P0003

Intermittent Shoreline

The boundary between land and water (when water is present) for a
water feature that does not exist year-round.

P0004

Other non-visible
bounding Edge (e.g.,
Census water boundary,
boundary of an aerial
feature)

A bounding Edge that does not represent a legal/statistical boundary
and does not correspond to a shoreline or other visible feature on the
ground. Many such Edges bound area landmarks, while many others
separate water features from each other (e.g., where a bay meets the
ocean).

R1011

Railroad Feature (Main,
Spur, or Yard)

A line of fixed rails or tracks that carries mainstream railroad traffic.
Such a rail line can be a main line or spur line, or part of a rail yard.

R1051

Carline, Streetcar Track,
Monorail, Other Mass
Transit

Mass transit rail lines (including lines for rapid transit, monorails,
streetcars, light rail, etc.) that are typically inaccessible to mainstream
railroad traffic and whose tracks are not part of a road right-of-way.

R1052

Cog Rail Line, Incline Rail
Line, Tram

A special purpose rail line for climbing steep grades that is typically
inaccessible to mainstream railroad traffic. Note that aerial tramways
and streetcars (which may also be called “trams”) are accounted for by
other MTFCCs and do not belong in R1052.

S1100

Primary Road

Primary roads are generally divided, limited-access highways within the
interstate highway system or under state management, and are
distinguished by the presence of interchanges. These highways are
accessible by ramps and may include some toll highways.

S1200

Secondary Road

Secondary roads are main arteries, usually in the U.S. Highway, State
Highway or County Highway system. These roads have one or more
lanes of traffic in each direction, may or may not be divided, and
usually have at-grade intersections with many other roads and
driveways. They often have both a local name and a route number.

S1400

Local Neighborhood
Road, Rural Road, City
Street

Generally, a paved non-arterial street, road, or byway that usually has a
single lane of traffic in each direction. Roads in this feature class may
be privately or publicly maintained. Scenic park roads would be
included in this feature class, as would (depending on the region of the
country) some unpaved roads.

S1500

Vehicular Trail (4WD)

An unpaved dirt trail where a four-wheel drive vehicle is required.
These vehicular trails are found almost exclusively in very rural areas.
Minor, unpaved roads usable by ordinary cars and trucks belong in the
S1400 category.

S1630

Ramp

A road that allows controlled access from adjacent roads onto a limited
access highway, often in the form of a cloverleaf interchange. These
roads are unaddressable and do not carry a name in the MAF/TIGER
System.

S1640

Service Drive usually
along a limited access
highway

A road, usually paralleling a limited access highway, that provides
access to structures along the highway. These roads can be named and
may intersect with other roads.

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MTFCC

Feature Class

Feature Class Description

S1710

Walkway/Pedestrian
Trail

A path that is used for walking, being either too narrow for or legally
restricted from vehicular traffic.

S1720

Stairway

A pedestrian passageway from one level to another by a series of
steps.

S1730

Alley

A service road that does not generally have associated addressed
structures and is usually unnamed. It is located at the rear of buildings
and properties and is used for deliveries.

S1740

Private Road for service
vehicles (logging, oil
fields, ranches, etc.)

A road within private property that is privately maintained for service,
extractive, or other purposes. These roads are often unnamed.

S1750

Internal U.S. Census
Bureau use

Internal U.S. Census Bureau use.

S1780

Parking Lot Road

The main travel route for vehicles through a paved parking area.

S1820

Bike Path or Trail

A path that is used for manual or small, motorized bicycles, being
either too narrow for or legally restricted from vehicular traffic.

S1830

Bridle Path

A path that is used for horses, being either too narrow for or legally
restricted from vehicular traffic.

S2000

Road Median

The unpaved area or barrier between the carriageways of a divided
road.

Note:

The information in this table was last updated in November 2020.

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APPENDIX D

STANDARD STREET TYPE ABBREVIATIONS
Table 49: Standard Street Type Abbreviations

Street Name Type
ALLEY
ANEX
ARCADE
AVENUE
BAYOU
BEACH
BEND
BLUFF
BLUFFS
BOTTOM
BOULEVARD
BRANCH
BRIDGE
BROOK
BROOKS
BURG
BURGS
BYPASS
CAMP
CANYON
CAPE
CAUSEWAY
CENTER
CENTERS
CIRCLE
CIRCLES
CLIFF
CLIFFS
CLUB
COMMON
COMMONS
CORNER
CORNERS
COURSE
COURT
COURTS
COVE
COVES
CREEK
CRESCENT
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Standard Abbreviation
ALY
ANX
ARC
AVE
BYU
BCH
BND
BLF
BLFS
BTM
BLVD
BR
BRG
BRK
BRKS
BG
BGS
BYP
CP
CYN
CPE
CSWY
CTR
CTRS
CIR
CIRS
CLF
CLFS
CLB
CMN
CMNS
COR
CORS
CRSE
CT
CTS
CV
CVS
CRK
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Street Name Type
CREST
CROSSING
CROSSROAD
CROSSROADS
CURVE
DALE
DAM
DIVIDE
DRIVE
DRIVES
ESTATE
ESTATES
EXPRESSWAY
EXTENSION
EXTENSIONS
FALL
FALLS
FERRY
FIELD
FIELDS
FLAT
FLATS
FORD
FORDS
FOREST
FORGE
FORGES
FORK
FORKS
FORT
FREEWAY
GARDEN
GARDENS
GATEWAY
GLEN
GLENS
GREEN
GREENS
GROVE
GROVES
HARBOR
HARBORS
HAVEN
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Standard Abbreviation
CRST
XING
XRD
XRDS
CURV
DL
DM
DV
DR
DRS
EST
ESTS
EXPY
EXT
EXTS
FALL
FLS
FRY
FLD
FLDS
FLT
FLTS
FRD
FRDS
FRST
FRG
FRGS
FRK
FRKS
FT
FWY
GDN
GDNS
GTWY
GLN
GLNS
GRN
GRNS
GRV
GRVS
HBR
HBRS
HVN

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Street Name Type
HEIGHTS
HIGHWAY
HILL
HILLS
HOLLOW
INLET
ISLAND
ISLANDS
ISLE
JUNCTION
JUNCTIONS
KEY
KEYS
KNOLL
KNOLLS
LAKE
LAKES
LAND
LANDING
LANE
LIGHT
LIGHTS
LOAF
LOCK
LOCKS
LODGE
LOOP
MALL
MANOR
MANORS
MEADOW
MEADOWS
MEWS
MILL
MILLS
MISSION
MOTORWAY
MOUNT
MOUNTAIN
MOUNTAINS
NECK
ORCHARD
OVAL
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Standard Abbreviation
HTS
HWY
HL
HLS
HOLW
INLT
IS
ISS
ISLE
JCT
JCTS
KY
KYS
KNL
KNLS
LK
LKS
LAND
LNDG
LN
LGT
LGTS
LF
LCK
LCKS
LDG
LOOP
MALL
MNR
MNRS
MDW
MDWS
MEWS
ML
MLS
MSN
MTWY
MT
MTN
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Street Name Type
OVERPASS
PARK
PARKS
PARKWAY
PARKWAYS
PASS
PASSAGE
PATH
PIKE
PINE
PINES
PLACE
PLAIN
PLAINS
PLAZA
POINT
POINTS
PORT
PORTS
PRAIRIE
RADIAL
RAMP
RANCH
RAPID
RAPIDS
REST
RIDGE
RIDGES
RIVER
ROAD
ROADS
ROUTE
ROW
RUE
RUN
SHOAL
SHOALS
SHORE
SHORES
SKYWAY
SPRING
SPRINGS
SPUR
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Standard Abbreviation
OPAS
PARK
PARK
PKWY
PKWY
PASS
PSGE
PATH
PIKE
PNE
PNES
PL
PLN
PLNS
PLZ
PT
PTS
PRT
PRTS
PR
RADL
RAMP
RNCH
RPD
RPDS
RST
RDG
RDGS
RIV
RD
RDS
RTE
ROW
RUE
RUN
SHL
SHLS
SHR
SHRS
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SPG
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Street Name Type
SPURS
SQUARE
SQUARES
STATION
STRAVENUE
STREAM
STREET
STREETS
SUMMIT
TERRACE
THROUGHWAY
TRACE
TRACK
TRAFFICWAY
TRAIL
TRAILER
TUNNEL
TURNPIKE
UNDERPASS
UNION
UNIONS
VALLEY
VALLEYS
VIADUCT
VIEW
VIEWS
VILLAGE
VILLAGES
VILLE
VISTA
WALK
WALKS
WALL
WAY
WAYS
WELL
WELLS

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Standard Abbreviation
SPUR
SQ
SQS
STA
STRA
STRM
ST
STS
SMT
TER
TRWY
TRCE
TRAK
TRFY
TRL
TRLR
TUNL
TPKE
UPAS
UN
UNS
VLY
VLYS
VIA
VW
VWS
VLG
VLGS
VL
VIS
WALK
WALK
WALL
WAY
WAYS
WL
WLS

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APPENDIX E
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GUPS TOOLS

Set Layer Symbology

GUPS loads a default layer symbology established for each Census Bureau geographic
partnership program. The default symbology can be changed to suit users’ preferences. To
change the default symbology for a layer in GUPS, follow the instructions in Table 50.
Table 50: Reset Layer Symbology

Step

Action and Result

Step 1

Right-click on the layer in the Layers Panel (in this example, the Edges layer is selected). The Layers
drop-down menu opens.

Step 2

In the drop-down menu, choose ‘Properties’. The Layer Properties screen opens.

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Step 3

In the left-hand pane, click on Style, then double-click the symbol to be edited in the layers list. In this
example, ‘Roads, substr (“MTFCC, 1,1) = S1100’ is selected.

The Rule Properties dialog box opens, and the Label and Filter fields display the item chosen. The
Symbol pane shows the current symbology (yellow line).

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Choose a new color from the Color drop-down menu or select a different symbol for the layer
altogether by double-clicking any symbol in the Symbols in Group field. Click OK. The new symbology
will display in the Layers Panel and in Map View.

Step 4

Change Label Display

To change the default labeling for a layer, follow the steps in Table 51.
Table 51: Change Default Labeling

Step
Step 1

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Action and Result
Right click on the layer (the edges layer is selected) in the Layers Panel. The Layers drop-down menu
opens.

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Step 2

In the drop-down menu, choose ‘Properties’. The Layer Properties dialog box opens.

Step 3

In the far left-hand pane, click Labels. The options to change the label display properties open in the
main window.

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To change the attribute field, click on the drop-down menu for ‘Label this layer with’ at the top of the
screen, and select the desired option.

Step 4

Text style options change the font, style, size, color, transparency, type case, and spacing of layer
labels. Shown below are the drop-down options for style.

Restoring Default Label Display Settings

To restore the default labeling for a layer, follow the steps in Table 52.
Table 52: Restoring Default Labeling

Step

Action and Result

Step 1

Right-click on the layer that was changed in the Layers Panel. The layer’s drop-down menu opens.

Step 2

In this example, the Edges layer is selected. In the drop-down menu, click on the arrow to the right
of ‘GUPS Layer’. Four options appear: ‘Load default style’, ‘Load all default style’, ‘Load BBSP Edges
style’, ‘Load Low profile Edges style’, ‘Load default style’, ‘Load all default styles’, ‘Load BBSP
Edges style’, and ‘Load Low profile Edges style’.

Step 3

Select ‘Load default style’ to restore the selected layer’s original properties OR select ‘Load all
default style’ to reset ALL the layers to their original settings.

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Using the Layers Panel Toolbar to Manage Layers

Using the buttons on the toolbar located at the top of the Layers Panel, users can add and
remove layers or groups, manage layer visibility, filter the legend by map content, expand or
contract all sections of the Layers Panel list at once, and group layers.
The Layers Panel Layers toolbar contains the items shown below in Figure 20.
Table 53: Layers Panel Toolbar Buttons describes the function of each of the buttons on the
toolbar.

Figure 20. Layers Panel Toolbar
Table 53: Layers Panel Toolbar Buttons

Button

Name
Open the Layer
Styling Panel

Customize symbology and labels of a selected layer.

Add Group

Organize layers in the Layers Panel into groups.

Manage Map
Themes

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Function/Description

Allows the user various view options
for Layers.

Filter Legend by
Map Content

Removes from the Layers Panel display any layers that are not
currently in the Map View extent. This feature ensures that
the Layers Panel does not contain entries for items not
currently in the map view.

Filter Legend by
Expression

Provides functions
which aggregate values
over layers and fields.

Expand All

Expands the Layers Panel menus (+) to display all layers under
each group’s menu.

Collapse All

Collapses the Layers Panel menus (-) to show only groups.

Remove
Layer/Group

Remove a layer or group from the Layers Panel.

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APPENDIX F

MAF/TIGER FEATURE CLASSIFICATION
Table 54: MAF/TIGER Feature Classification

MTFCC

FEATURE NAME

S1100

Interstate Highway or Primary Road with limited access

S1200

Primary Road without limited access, US Highway, State Highway, or County Highway, Secondary
and connecting roads

S1400

Local Neighborhood Road, Rural Road, City Street

S1500

Vehicular Trail (4WD)

S1630

Ramp

S1640

Service Drive usually along a limited access highway

S1710

Walkway/Pedestrian Trail

S1720

Stairway

S1730

Alley

S1740

Private Road for service vehicles (logging, oil fields, ranches, etc.)

S1750

Private Driveway

H3010

Stream/River

H3013

Braided Stream

H3020

Canal, Ditch or Aqueduct

R1011

Railroad Feature (Main, Spur, or Yard)

R1051

Carline, Streetcar Track, Monorail, Other Mass Transit Rail

R1052

Cog Rail Line, Incline Rail Line, Tram

P0001

Nonvisible Legal/Statistical Boundary

L4010

Pipeline

L4020

Power Transmission Line

L4110

Fence Line

L4121

Ridge Line

L4031

Aerial Tramway/Ski Lift

K2451

Airport or Airfield

L4140

Property/Parcel Line

L4165

Ferry Crossing

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APPENDIX G

SHAPEFILE NAMES

State Shapefile Names - PVS_20_v2__.shp, where is the number
corresponding to the state, for example, “24” and is the abbreviation for the
shapefile layer, describe in detail below.
Table 55: State Shapefiles Names

SHAPEFILE LAYER

American Indian Areas (AIA) – Legal

aial

2010 American Indian Areas (AIA) – Legal

aial2010

American Indian Areas (AIA) – Statistical

aias

American Indian Tribal Subdivisions (AITS) - Legal

aitsl

American Indian Tribal Subdivisions (AITS) - Statistical

aitss

Block Area Group

bag

Metropolitan Statistical Area/Metropolitan Statistical Area

cbsa

Congressional Districts

Census Designated Place

cdp

Counties and Equivalent Areas

county

2010 Counties and Equivalent Areas

county2010

Elementary School Districts

elsd

County Subdivisions - Legal

mcd

New England City and Town Areas

necta

Incorporated Places

place

2010 Public Use Microdata Areas

puma2010

Secondary School Districts

scsd

State Legislative Districts Lower

sldl

State Legislative District Upper Chambers

sldu

State

state

Tribal Block Groups

tbg

Tribal Census Tracts

tct

2010 Census Tracts

tracts2010

Urban Area

uac

Unified School District State-Based

unsd

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County Shapefile Names - PVS_20_v2__.shp, where is the
number corresponding to the state and county, for example, “24001” and is the
abbreviation for the shapefile layer, describe in detail below.
Table 56: County Shapefiles Names

SHAPEFILE LAYER

American Indian Areas (AIA) – Statistical

aias

American Indian Tribal Subdivisions (AITS) - Legal

aitsl

American Indian Tribal Subdivisions (AITS) - Statistical

aitss

Alaska Native Regional Corporations (ANRC)

anrc

Area Landmark

arealm

Block Area Groups

bag

Block Groups

Metropolitan Statistical Area/Metropolitan Statistical Area

cbsa

Census County Division

ccd

Congressional Districts

Census Designated Place

cdp

Consolidated Cities

concity

Counties and Equivalent Areas

county

Census Tracts - Current

curtracts

All Lines

edges

Elementary School Districts

elsd

Hawaiian Homelands (HHL)

hhl

County Subdivisions - Legal

mcd

New England City and Town Areas

necta

Offsets

offset

Incorporated Places

place

Point Landmarks

pointlm

2010 Public Use Microdata Areas

puma2010

Secondary School Districts

scsd

State Legislative Districts Lower

sldl

State Legislative Districts Upper

sldu

Subbarrios

submcd

Census Blocks - Current

tabblock

2010 Census Blocks

tabblock2010

2010 Traffic Analysis Delineation

tad2010

2010 Traffic Analysis Zones

taz2010

Tribal Block Groups

tbg

Tribal Census Tracts

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SHAPEFILE LAYER

2010 Census Tracts

tracts2010

Census Urban Areas

uac

Urban Growth Area

uga

Hydrography - Area

water

Unified School Districts

unsd

Relationship Tables
Address Ranges

addr

Topological Faces (2-cells with all geocodes)

faces

Topological Faces - Area Landmark Relationship

areafaces

Topological Faces - Area Hydrography Relationship

hydrofaces

Linear Feature Names - Fielded

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SHAPEFILE LAYOUTS
Table 57: Edges Shapefile (PVS_20_v2_edges)

ATTRIBUTE FIELD

LENGTH

TYPE

DESCRIPTION

STATEFP

String

FIPS state code

COUNTYFP

String

FIPS county code

TLID

Double

Permanent edge ID

TFIDL

Double

Permanent face ID (left)

TFIDR

Double

Permanent face ID (right)

MTFCC

String

MAF/TIGER Feature Class Code

FIDELITY

String

Indication to a respondent when their entity boundary
has changed through spatial enhancement

FULLNAME

String

Decoded feature name with abbreviated qualifier,
direction, and feature type

SMID

String

Spatial Theta ID

SMIDTYPE

String

SMIDTYPE code

BBSPFLG

String

Redistricting data project participant’s submitted
request of an EDGE for selection as a block boundary

CBBFLG

String

Indicates the status of an EDGE for a selection as a
block boundary

BBSP_2020

String

New BBSP flag

CHNG_TYPE

String

Type of linear feature update

JUSTIFY

150

String

Justification of change

LTOADD

String

Left To address

RTOADD

String

Right To address

LFROMADD

String

Left From address

RFROMADD

String

Right From address

ZIPL

String

Left ZIP code

ZIPR

String

Right ZIP code

EXTTYP

Char

Extension type

MTUPDATE

Date

Date of last update to the edge

Table 58: Address Ranges Attribute File (PVS_20_v2_addr)

ATTRIBUTE FIELD

LENGTH

TYPE

DESCRIPTION

OID

STRING

Object ID

TLID

Integer

TIGER Line ID

STATEFP

String

FIPS State Code

COUNTYFP

String

FIPS County Code

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ATTRIBUTE FIELD

LENGTH

TYPE

DESCRIPTION

FROMHN

String

From House Number

TOHN

String

To House Number

SIDE

String

Side Indicator Flag

ZIP

String

5-digit ZIP Code

PLUS4

String

ZIP+4 Code

LFROMADD

String

Left From Address

LTOADD

String

Left To Address

RFROMADD

String

Right From Address

RTOADD

String

Right To Address

ZIPL

String

Left 5-digit ZIP Code

ZIPR

String

Right 5-digit ZIP Code

ZIP4L

String

Left ZIP+4 Code

ZIP4R

String

Right ZIP+4 Code

Table 59: Census Block Shapefile (PVS_20_v2_tabblock2010)

ATTRIBUTE FIELD

LENGTH

TYPE

DESCRIPTION

BLKSZIND

String

Block Size Indicator

BLOCK

String

Block Number

BLOCKCE

String

Tabulation Block Number

BLOCKID

String

FIPS State Code, FIPS County Code, Census Tract Code,
Block Number

COUNTYFP

String

Census County FIPS code

COUNTYFP10

String

FIPS County Code

FID

Integer

Permanent Face ID

NCELIGBLE

String

New Construction Program eligible

PARTFLG

String

Part Flag Indicator

Shape

String

Type of shape

STATEFP

String

Census state FIPS code

STATEFP10

String

FIPS State Code

SUFFIX1CE

String

Census Block Suffix 1

SUFFIX2CE

String

Census Block Suffix 2

TRACTCE10

String

Census tract code

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Table 60: Census Tract Shapefile (PVS_20_v2_curtracts)

ATTRIBUTE FIELD

LENGTH

TYPE

DESCRIPTION

CHNG_TYPE

String

Type of area update

COUNTYFP

String

FIPS County Code

EFF_DATE

String

Effective Date or Vintage

FID

Integer

Permanent Face ID

JUSTIFY

150

Char

Justification

NAME

100

String

Name

NEW_CODE

String

New Congressional District Code

RELATE

120

String

Relationship Description

SHAPE

String

Type of shape

STATEFP

String

FIPS State Code

TRACTCE

String

Census Tract Code

TRACTID

String

FIPS State Code, FIPS County Code, Census Tract Code

TRACTLABEL

String

Tract number used for LUCA geocoding

TRACTTYP

String

Tract Characteristic Flag

VINTAGE

String

Vintage updated with returned data

Table 61: American Indian Areas Shapefile (PVS_20_v2_aial)

ATTRIBUTE FIELD

LENGTH

TYPE

DESCRIPTION

AIANNHCE

String

Census AIANNH Code

AIANNHFSR

String

Flag Indicating Level of Recognition of an AIA

AIANNHNS

String

ANSI numeric identifier for AIA areas

AREA

Double

Acreage of Area Update

AUTHTYPE

String

Authorization Type (O – Ordinance, R – Resolution, L –
Local Law, S – State Level Action, X – Other)

CHNG_TYPE

String

Type of Area Update

CLASSFP

String

FIPS 55 Class Code Describing an Entity

COMPTYP

String

Indicates if Reservation, Trust Land, or both are
Present

COUNTYFP

String

FIPS County Code

DOCU

120

String

Supporting Documentation

EFF_DATE

Date

Effective Date

FID

Integer

Permanent Face ID

FORM_ID

String

(MTPS and Web BAS Only)

FUNCSTAT

String

Functional Status

JUSTIFY

150

Char

Justification

LSAD

String

Legal / Statistical Area Description

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ATTRIBUTE FIELD

LENGTH

TYPE

DESCRIPTION

NAME

100

String

AIA name

NAMELSAD

100

String

Name with Translated LSAD

PARTFLG

String

Part Flag Indicator

RELATE

120

String

Relationship description

SHAPE

String

Type of shape

STATEFP

String

FIPS State Code

VINTAGE

String

Vintage of the Data

Table 62: County and Equivalent Areas Shapefile (PVS_20_v2_county)

ATTRIBUTE FIELD

LENGTH

TYPE

DESCRIPTION

STATEFP

String

FIPS state code

COUNTYFP

String

FIPS county code

COUNTYNS

String

ANSI feature code for the county or equivalent feature

NAMELSAD

100

String

Name with translated LSAD code

LSAD

String

Legal/Statistical Area Description code

FUNCSTAT

String

Functional status

CLASSFP

String

FIPS 55 class code describing an entity

CHNG_TYPE

String

Type of area update

EFF_DATE

Date

Effective date or vintage

AUTHTYPE

String

Authorization type (O – Ordinance, R – Resolution, L –
Local Law, S – State Level Action, X – Other)

DOCU

120

String

Supporting documentation

FORM_ID

String

Record ID (GUPS only)

AREA

Double

Area of update

RELATE

120

String

Relationship description

JUSTIFY

150

String

Justification of change

NAME

100

String

Entity name

VINTAGE

String

Vintage of the data

Table 63: County Subdivisions Shapefile (PVS_20_v2_mcd)

ATTRIBUTE FIELD

LENGTH

TYPE

DESCRIPTION

STATEFP

String

FIPS state code

COUNTYFP

String

FIPS county code

COUSUBFP

String

FIPS 55 county subdivision code

NAMELSAD

100

String

Name with translated LSAD

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ATTRIBUTE FIELD

LENGTH

TYPE

DESCRIPTION

COUSUBNS

String

ANSI feature code for the county subdivision

LSAD

String

Legal/Statistical Area Description

FUNCSTAT

String

Functional status

CLASSFP

String

FIPS 55 class code describing an entity

CHNG_TYPE

String

Type of area update

EFF_DATE

Date

Effective date or vintage

AUTHTYPE

String

Authorization type (O – Ordinance, R – Resolution, L –
Local Law, S – State Level Action, X – Other)

DOCU

120

String

Supporting documentation

FORM_ID

String

Record ID (GUPS only)

AREA

Double

Area of update

RELATE

120

String

Relationship description

JUSTIFY

150

String

Justification of change

NAME

100

String

Entity name

VINTAGE

String

Vintage of the data

Table 64: Incorporated Place Shapefile (PVS_20_v2_place)

ATTRIBUTE FIELD

LENGTH

TYPE

DESCRIPTION

STATEFP

String

FIPS state code

COUNTYFP

String

FIPS county code

PLACEFP

String

FIPS 55 place code

NAMELSAD

100

String

Name with translated LSAD

PLACENS

String

ANSI feature code for the place

LSAD

String

Legal / Statistical Area Description

FUNCSTAT

String

Functional status

CLASSFP

String

FIPS 55 class code describing and entity

PARTFLG

String

Indicates if only part of a feature is represented

CHNG_TYPE

String

Type of area update

EFF_DATE

Date

Effective date or vintage

AUTHTYPE

String

Authorization type (O – Ordinance, R – Resolution, L –
Local Law, S – State Level Action, X – Other)

DOCU

120

String

Supporting documentation

FORM_ID

String

Record ID (GUPS only)

AREA

Double

Area of update

RELATE

120

String

Relationship description

JUSTIFY

150

String

Justification of change

NAME

100

String

Entity name

VINTAGE

String

Vintage of the data

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File Title	Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS) Tribal Respondent Guide: GUPS
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File Created	2020-12-03