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Table 5.2.1
Record layouts - ArcInfo® (.shp), Geography Markup Language (.gml), and MapInfo® (.tab) files
Attribute name
Data type
Description
FID Object ID (4) Specific to ArcInfo®
Shape Geometry Specific to ArcInfo®
genCartographicBoundary MultiPolygon
PropertyType
Shape geometry; specific to Geography Markup Language
CDUID char (4) Uniquely identifies a census division (composed of the 2-digit province/territory code and the 2-digit census division code)
CDNAME char (100) Census division name
CDTYPE char (3) Census division type(see Domain)
PRUID char (2) Uniquely identifies a province or territory
PRNAME char (100) Province or territory name