TIGER/LINE CENSUS FILES, 1990
                              DATA DICTIONARY

                         (SHAPE COORDINATE POINTS)

                             RECORD TYPE 2 

                                  CHARACTER
                    DATA          POSITION
        NAME        TYPE   SIZE  BEG  END     DESCRIPTION

        RT           N        1    1    1      RECORD TYPE (VALUE "2")

        VERSION      N        4    2    5      VERSION NUMBER

        TLID         N       10    6   15      RECORD NUMBER (PERMANENT)

        RTSQ         N        3   16   18      RECORD SEQUENCE NUMBER

        LONG1        N       10   19   28      LONGITUDE COORDINATE FOR 1ST
                                                SHAPE POINT.

        LAT1         N        9   29   37      LATITUDE COORDINATE FOR 1ST 
                                                SHAPE POINT.

        LONG10       N       10   190  199     LONGITUDE COORDINATE FOR 
                                                10TH SHAPE POINT.

        LAT10        N        9   200  208     LATITUDE COORDINATE FOR 10TH
                                                SHAPE POINT.


NOTE:  THERE WILL BE A MAXIMUM OF 10 SHAPE POINTS INCLUDED ON ONE RECORD;
THE NUMBER OF SHAPE RECORDS ASSOCIATED WITH A SINGLE SEGMENT MAY BE 0, 1,
OR MORE.  COORDINATES HAVE IMPLIED SIX DECIMALS.