Article published by the US Census Bureau discusses the impact that the first census TIGER database (Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing ) had on the mapping industry. Initially designed as a means of modernizing the census data collection process, the end results were much more far reaching. 
The publicly available census data and shape files, contributed to driving innumerable public and private mapping endeavors, including the online mapping sector in which jQueryMaps is specialized. The US Census Bureau continues to rely on modernized TIGER data for overlaying road data in a new initiative for 2015. In addition, the partnership that the US Census Bureau has with USGS and other high-tech companies, guarantee that census products will continue to bolster the mapping industry for years to come.
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