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NNAAMMEE
       ttiigg..rriimm..sshh    -	Generates  various  vector  maps  from	a
       rim/TIGER data base.
       _(_G_R_A_S_S _S_h_e_l_l _S_c_r_i_p_t_)

SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
       ttiigg..rriimm..sshh hheellpp
       ttiigg..rriimm..sshh _d_b_n_a_m_e _t_r_a_c_t_N_1 _t_r_a_c_t_N_2 ...

DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
       _t_i_g_._r_i_m_._s_h is a shell  script  which  queries  information
       from  a	rim  data  base using the GRASS command _v_._d_b_._r_i_m,
       which is an interface between GRASS and RIM.   The  _d_b_n_a_m_e
       given on the command line should be the name of a rim data
       base created using  _v_._i_n_._t_i_g_e_r.	 _t_i_g_._r_i_m_._s_h  will  create
       several	new  vector  files.  Three of these are: a county
       outline map, a map of tract boundaries within the  county,
       and a map showing block group boundaries.  For every tract
       number given on the input  line,  additional  vector  maps
       will  be created showing: the tract outline, a block group
       boundary map for each block group within the tract, and	a
       map  showing  block  boundaries	within	each block group.
       Output files will be named _d_b_n_a_m_e_._c_o_u_n_t_y, _d_b_n_a_m_e_._t_r_a_c_t and
       _d_b_n_a_m_e_._b_g  for  the map layers showing the county outline,
       the tract outlines within the county, and the block  group
       boundaries within the county.  The vector file showing the
       boundary for an individual tract will  be  named  _T_t_r_a_c_t_N,
       where  _t_r_a_c_t_N  is  the  tract  number given on the command
       line.  The vector files	created  to  show  an  individual
       block  group  boundary  and  block  boundaries within that
       block group will be named using the appropriate tract num-
       ber  and block group number as part of the name, with suf-
       fixes of .bg and .bk respectively.

OOPPTTIIOONNSS
   PPaarraammeetteerrss::
       _d_b_n_a_m_e Name of an existing rim data base.

       _t_r_a_c_t_N Number of a tract located within this county.


NNOOTTEESS
       This command must be installed separately as part  of  the
       package	of  routines  dealing  with  the import of Census
       (TIGER) data.  It requires the use of  _r_i_m  and	_v_._d_b_._r_i_m,
       which must be compiled first.


       You  must include at least one tract number on the command
       line for this command to function.  Use	_t_i_g_e_r_._i_n_f_o_._s_h  to
       obtain  all  tract  numbers  for  a given TIGER type1 data
       file.


       If the master binary vector file created using  _v_._i_n_._t_i_g_e_r
       is modified after it is in GRASS, this program will proba-
       bly not work.  In that situation, the processes from  this
       shell  script  may  simply  be run by hand, using _v_._d_b_._r_i_m
       directly, but searching the old vector file to find  lines
       for  the  new vector files without using the binary offset
       field (vectoff).


       Vector files showing the block boundaries within  a  block
       group  may  contain  hydrology lines, which in fact define
       the edge of a census block.

SSEEEE AALLSSOO
       _v_._i_n_._t_i_g_._r_i_m

       _v_._d_b_._r_i_m

       _t_i_g_e_r_._i_n_f_o_._s_h

AAUUTTHHOORR
       Jim Hinthorne and David Satnik, GIS Lab, Central  Washing-
       ton University, Ellensburg, WA.

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